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There are no longer any television transmissions on the Sandale (Cumbria, England) transmitter

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

54.749,-3.142 or 54°44'55"N 3°8'31"W

CA7 1EW

The symbol shows the location of the Sandale (Cumbria, England) transmitter. 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 Sandale (Cumbria, England) transmitter.

This transmitter is no longer being used for TV

In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.

Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.

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

	1950s-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	31 Dec 2019-
	VHF	W	W	W	A B C/D E K T VHF	A B C/D E K T VHF
C4	BBCtv_waves
C22		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C67		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

500kW

Local transmitter maps

Sandale Freeview Sandale AM/FM Caldbeck TV region BBC Scotland 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. Sandale 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

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Friday, 14 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:00 on 12 Feb to 15:04 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:03 on 12 Feb to 18:56 on 12 Feb. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak from 03:17 yesterday to 05:49 yesterday. [BBC]

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7:23 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:03 on 12 Feb to 18:56 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:00 on 12 Feb to 15:04 on 12 Feb. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak from 03:17 yesterday to 05:49 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 15 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:00 on 12 Feb to 15:04 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:03 on 12 Feb to 18:56 on 12 Feb. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak from 03:17 on 13 Feb to 05:49 on 13 Feb. [BBC]

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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:03 on 12 Feb to 18:56 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:00 on 12 Feb to 15:04 on 12 Feb. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak from 03:17 on 13 Feb to 05:49 on 13 Feb. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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7:23 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:47 today to 16:00 today, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced from 16:06 today to 17:40 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:00 on 12 Feb to 15:04 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:03 [BBC]

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10:23 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:00 on 12 Feb to 15:04 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:03 on 12 Feb to 18:56 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:47 today to 16:00 today, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced fro [BBC]

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Monday, 17 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:47 yesterday to 16:00 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced from 16:06 yesterday to 17:40 yesterday. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 03:17 on 13 Feb to 05:49 on 13 Feb. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:23 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:47 on 16 Feb to 16:00 on 16 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced from 16:06 on 16 Feb to 17:40 on 16 Feb. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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10:23 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Reduced from 16:06 on 16 Feb to 17:40 on 16 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:47 on 16 Feb to 16:00 on 16 Feb. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Transmitter engineering

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6:35 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:37 today. [BBC]

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