Freeview Light on the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Coniston (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Quest HD, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together, True Entertainment, True Movies, Yesterday, YourTV.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Coniston 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 306m | DTG-3 | 18W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC SD, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 306m | DTG-3 | 18W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Border (England)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), 45 Film4 +1, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 306m | DTG-6 | 18W |
 86 More4 +1, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 61 Freeview channels?
The Coniston (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Quest HD, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together, True Entertainment, True Movies, Yesterday, YourTV.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Coniston transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 110km south-southeast (154°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 59km north (9°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Coniston (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 2020 - 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 | 90W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 18W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 yesterday to 12:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 yesterday to 12:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 on 04 Mar to 12:51 on 04 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:44 on 04 Mar to 12:51 on 04 Mar. [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:51 today to 16:13 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:51 today to 16:13 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:51 yesterday to 16:13 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:51 yesterday to 16:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 24 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CONISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:51 on 22 Jun to 16:13 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:51 on 22 Jun to 16:13 on 22 Jun. [BBC]
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