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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.

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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;
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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
Thursday, 22 August 2024
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Steve Donaldson
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3:26 PM

StevensOnln1: Thanks for that.

BBC Reception sometimes reports "Wrong regional programme due to a fault", and the back-up satellite feed being BBC London may explain this.

BBC Reception is currently reporting for Kendal transmitter (identical for BBC A and BBC B multiplexes):

From 6:48am to 7:04am on 22nd Aug 2024: Off the air due to a fault
From 8:07am on 21st Aug 2024: Wrong regional programme due to a fault

I am a long-time out of date thinking ITV3 and ITV4 were on one of the COMs!

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Chris.SE
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10:51 PM

Jeremy Johnson:

If you have no ITV3 or 4 then in theory you won't have ITV1 and ITV2 UNLESS you went and retuned when you had No Signal or badly pixellated pictures. DON'T. You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded. The usual result is to clear your correct tuning.

As you can see from the previous replies, Kendal had a reported fault. In addition to which, although it is line fed, it's part of the Caldbeck transmitter group and Caldbeck is listed for Planned Engineering, so this could be related to the issue that occured.

I suggest you check you are correctly tuned to Kendal's UHF channels for its 3 multiplexes - which are C39, C42 & C45 in the order PSB1/2/3. (not those listed on this page which is obviously out of date). If not, MANUALLY retune those with missing channels until all have returned. Also check none of them are in the LCNs 800+, if so you may have to clear all your tuning and start again.


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Monday, 30 September 2024
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5:06 PM

Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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5:11 AM

Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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Kendal transmitter - Kendal transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 18 November 2024
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2:20 PM

KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Nov 11:42. . [BBC]

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KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Nov 11:42 until 18 Nov 11:54. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 23 November 2024
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8:20 AM

KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Nov 11:42 until 18 Nov 11:54. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 23 Nov 07:01. . [BBC]

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KENDAL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Nov 11:42 until 18 Nov 11:54. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 23 Nov 08:03 until 23 Nov 08:45. Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 23 Nov 07:01 until 23 Nov 07:18. . [BBC]

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