Full Freeview on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 120,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Caldbeck transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Caldbeck transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 97km east-northeast (77°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 17km northeast (45°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
Are there any self-help relays?
| Boreland | Active deflector | 25 km NE Dumfries | 22 homes School |
| Carsphairn | Transposer | 35 km SE Ayr | 84 homes |
| Crosby Garrett | Active deflector | 35 km N Dumbarton | 42 homes |
| Deepdale | Active deflector | 20 km SW Penrith | 20 homes |
| Eskdalemuir B | Active deflector | 45 km NW Carlisle | 31 homes |
| Keld | Active deflector | 30 km E Sedbergh | 17 homes |
| Stainton | Transposer | 8km W Penrith | 251 homes (low lying area of housing) |
How will the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 25 Mar 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W T | W T | W T | A K T | ||||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C23 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C24 | -D3+4 | ||||||||
| C25 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C26 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C27 | -BBCA | ||||||||
| C28 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C29 | -ArqB | LOCAL2 | |||||||
| C30 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -BBCB | ArqB | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C33 | _local | ||||||||
| C34 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | _local |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 24 Jun 09 and 22 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB, PSB3 sc | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, PSB1 sc, PSB2 sc | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-11.5dB) 35.8kW | |
| com7 | (-12dB) 31.9kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-15.2dB) 15kW | |
| Analogue 5, Mux 1* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux B* | (-21.9dB) 3.2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-24.9dB) 1.6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Caldbeck Freeview Caldbeck DAB Caldbeck TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Border (England)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 21 November 2016
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John Maguire 6:03 PM
Since retuning my tv I cannot access BBC North East News. Can you help please as we now get BBC Scotland. Thanks in advance.
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MikeP
6:32 PM
6:32 PM
John Maguire :
To help you we need to know where you are in relation to the transmitters serving your area. It seems likely that the retune has picked up signals from a different transmitter to the one you previously used. If you could check what channel numbers the various multiplexes are being received on that will help us advise you further.
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Friday, 23 December 2016
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teresa1:18 PM
there is currently no tv signal in keswick 23rd dec 2016
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StevensOnln12:03 PM
teresa: The Keswick transmitter page (this is the page for Caldbeck) shows that it has been off air since 11:55 this morning. No planned engineering work is listed so this is presumably due to a fault at the transmitter site (e.g. loss of power). Do not attempt to retune, your channels will return on their own once the transmitter is back on air.
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Sunday, 19 March 2017
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Gregor Stewart10:49 PM
For the third Sunday in a row i have experienced problems with my freeview signal coming from caldbeck transmitter to my flat in cockermouth. In particular i have lost all itv channels and get a very poor blocky signal on BBC channels. Yet there is nothing on internet regarding transmission problems or engineering works etc. The channels usually come back up and running by Monday evening. Can anyone shed any light on this. Thanks. G Stewart.
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Gregor Stewart: Give us a postcode and check your signal strength - transmitters are normally fine, so the most likely problem is at your end. Start with cables.
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Monday, 20 March 2017
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Gregor Stewart12:00 AM
MikeB: postcode is CA 13 0HQ. Will a!So check cables. Thanks. Gregor
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Gregor Stewart12:48 AM
Gregor Stewart: mike b. Just checked my TV with an indoor aerial and i can get the channels working with that so it looks like your theory re the cables is right. I will get another cable tomorrow and check the connections. Thanks again.
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Monday, 27 March 2017
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George McVay9:50 PM
Cockermouth
I am wondering about True Crime Channel 60 Freeview Sky 185. I can't get Channel 60 on my Panasonic TX-32AS520B TV Located at Post Code CA13 9DA my set as been re-tuned a number of times
Should I be able to see this channel or not ???
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George's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:11 PM
George McVay: True Crime is broadcast on capacity used by local TV channels, none of which are available in your area so therefore you won't be able to receive True Crime via Freeview.
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