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Freeview Light on the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 7,900 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 Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Kendal 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C42- (641.8MHz)223mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)223mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C57 (762.0MHz)223mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Kendal (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Kendal transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 97km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 64km north (350°)
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?

Kentmere AActive deflector12 km N Kendal22 homes
Kentmere BActive deflector12 km N Kendal23 homes (second level)

How will the Kendal (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-1319 Aug 2020
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TE T
C1BBCtvwaves
C42BBCA
C45D3+4
C53tv_offD3+4
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C57tv_offBBCBBBCB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C60tv_off-BBCA
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area

Sep 1961-Feb 2004Border Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Kendal was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:38 PM

Mrs B Bellas: As MikeB says, you're only likely to receive PSB channels, which does not give you 5* and 5USA.

YouView offers catch-up along with Freeview. Freetime is the equivalent for Freesat, which might be worth investigating.

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Dave Lindsay's 5,724 posts GB flag
Saturday, 5 December 2015
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S Atkinson
11:11 AM

I have no signal on either of my TV's and wondered if there was a problem with the signal from Kendal? I have done an installation check which says 'no stations found'.

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S Atkinson
11:12 AM
Carnforth

Apologises re the last message, my postcode is LA6 2DH (Low Biggins) and my aerial is on the roof.

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

3:07 PM

S Atkinson: Since there doesn't seem to be any problems with the transmitter, its down to you. We have had some high winds recently, so I'd start with the aerial lead behind the TV and work backwards.

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MikeB's 2,579 posts GB flag
Monday, 11 April 2016
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John Hitchings
8:22 PM

Could you please tell me why for the past year or more we have not been able to receive Al Jazeera ?

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John Hitchings's 1 post US flag
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
B
B Banks
9:22 PM
Kendal

All ITV programmes are coming in at low signal or not on at all been light this for the last 24/48 hours
We are at la9 7DH

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B's: ...
Friday, 20 April 2018
J
J.C. Moore
10:03 AM
Kendal

I have been receiving poor reception for the past 3 weeks. The screen keeps breaking up, as does the sound. I wonder if it is possible for you to attend to this for me. I have a small set which is about 2 years old.
I live in the Oxenholme area LA9 7EP.
I would be grateful if you could help me.
Mrs C. Moore

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:21 AM

J.C. Moore: No one from this website can come out to your house. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and do not attempt to retune as this will not fix a problem with weak signal. If that doesn't solve it you may need to contact a local aerial installer.

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StevensOnln1's 3,681 posts GB flag
Sunday, 13 January 2019
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Dave
11:02 PM

Film4 +1 now showing on this transmitter

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:38 PM

Dave: Film4 +1 has been available on every Freeview transmitter for a long time. Last week it moved from the PSB3 multiplex to the PSB2 mux, making it receivable on any Freeview enabled TV or set top box (previously it could only be received by Freeview HD TVs/boxes).

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