Freeview Light on the Hawkshead (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hawkshead (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 800 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 Hawkshead (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Hawkshead (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Hawkshead 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 281m | DTG- | 12W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 281m | DTG- | 12W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Border (England)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 281m | DTG- | 12W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Hawkshead (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Hawkshead transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 109km south-southeast (154°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 59km north (7°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Hawkshead (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 19 Aug 2020 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 61W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.1dB) 12W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:39 yesterday to 08:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 6 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:39 on 04 Sep to 08:50 on 04 Sep. [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 today to 17:56 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 5 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 yesterday to 17:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 17:49 on 04 Oct to 17:56 on 04 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 today to 16:54 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 today to 16:54 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 yesterday to 16:54 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 yesterday to 16:54 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 on 11 Oct to 16:54 on 11 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 on 11 Oct to 16:54 on 11 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:27 today to 01:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:27 today to 01:37 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 18 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
HAWKSHEAD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:27 yesterday to 01:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:27 yesterday to 01:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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