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Freeview Light on the Lorton (Cumbria, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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54.638,-3.311 or 54°38'18"N 3°18'39"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Lorton (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Lorton (Cumbria, England) mast?

Lorton transmitter - Lorton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Lorton 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	C40 (626.0MHz)	228m	DTG-	10W
	1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C43 (650.0MHz)	228m	DTG-	10W
	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	C46 (674.0MHz)	228m	DTG-	10W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North East and Cumbria, 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 66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

The Lorton (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 Lorton transmitter?

BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 115km east-northeast (71°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.

ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 38km northeast (44°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees

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

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	31 Jul 2019
	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	B E K T
C40					BBCA
C43					D3+4
C46					BBCB
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	D3+4
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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	50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 10W

Local transmitter maps

Lorton Freeview Caldbeck TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Border (England)

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

Sep 1961-Feb 2004	Border Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Lorton 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?

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Monday, 1 April 2019

Mrs.A.Roberts
8:12 PM

BBC jumps freezers crackles.

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BBC crackles jumps freezers
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Thursday, 10 October 2024

Transmitter engineering

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2:20 PM

- : Poor due to a fault from 10 Oct 09:45. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 2 November 2024

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8:21 AM

- : Weather conditions may be affecting your from 2 Nov 07:08. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2 Nov 05:28 until 2 Nov 05:38. . [BBC]

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- : Poor due to a fault from 2 Nov 07:08. Weather conditions may be affecting your from 2 Nov 05:28 until 2 Nov 05:38. . [BBC]

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- : Poor due to a fault from 2 Nov 07:08 until 2 Nov 12:56. Weather conditions may be affecting your from 2 Nov 05:28 until 2 Nov 05:38. . [BBC]

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Monday, 4 November 2024

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10:47 AM

- Lorton transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all [DUK]

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Monday, 11 November 2024

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- Lorton transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all [DUK]

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- Lorton transmitter: Possible effect on TV week commencing 11/11/2024 Shutdown [DUK]

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