Full Freeview on the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 120,000 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 Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Caldbeck 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Caldbeck transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 97km east-northeast (77°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 17km northeast (45°)
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?
| Boreland | Active deflector | 25 km NE Dumfries | 22 homes School |
| Carsphairn | Transposer | 35 km SE Ayr | 84 homes |
| Crosby Garrett | Active deflector | 35 km N Dumbarton | 42 homes |
| Deepdale | Active deflector | 20 km SW Penrith | 20 homes |
| Eskdalemuir B | Active deflector | 45 km NW Carlisle | 31 homes |
| Keld | Active deflector | 30 km E Sedbergh | 17 homes |
| Stainton | Transposer | 8km W Penrith | 251 homes (low lying area of housing) |
How will the Caldbeck (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 25 Mar 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W T | W T | W T | A K T | ||||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C23 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C24 | -D3+4 | ||||||||
| C25 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C26 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C27 | -BBCA | ||||||||
| C28 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C29 | -ArqB | LOCAL2 | |||||||
| C30 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -BBCB | ArqB | ||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C33 | _local | ||||||||
| C34 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C35 | com8 | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | _local |
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 | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB, PSB3 sc | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, PSB1 sc, PSB2 sc | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com8 | (-11.5dB) 35.8kW | |
| com7 | (-12dB) 31.9kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-15.2dB) 15kW | |
| Analogue 5, Mux 1* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux B* | (-21.9dB) 3.2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-24.9dB) 1.6kW |
Local transmitter maps
Caldbeck Freeview Caldbeck DAB Caldbeck TV region BBC North East and Cumbria Border (England)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 4 November 2014
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David8:19 AM
My signal keeps breaking up first thing in the morning then about 9.00 it becomes clear do they power down the transmitter at night I am tuned to caldbeck
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David: I suspect the question you should be asking is "what time does my central heating go off at in the morning?".
This type of interference problem will be local to you because the transmitter output is constant.
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Sunday, 16 November 2014
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keith hetherington2:52 PM
I have the Humax Freeview PVR, with Aa Skyplus PVR in another room. The humax has clear reception on all SD channels, but all DH channels are very blotchy with occasional hoizontal black lines about 2 cms apart. Sky is fine on all channels.
I have reset and refreshed all options on the Humax menu to no avail. I have disabled all other boxes that have a sat connection, but still the interference continues.
The Caldbeck transmitter reception quality is identical,accross all used frequencies.
Can anyone help please???
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jb387:33 PM
keith hetherington: Is your aerial connected directly into the Humax ?or it is being fed via the Sky boxes RF1input / RF2 output then into the Humax? because if it is your Sky boxes RF modulator might be set to the same (or near to) channel as used by Caldbecks HD transmitter.
A post code, or one from nearby, would assist in being able to check on the signal strength expected in your area from the Caldbeck transmitter.
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jb389:58 PM
keith hetherington : In addition to that said, on having reread your posting I noticed you having stated that the signal "quality is the same across all used frequencies, does this include Mux C30 BBC HD England or alternatively Mux C22 HD Scotland.
The reason for asking being, that the quality being indicated whilst on the HD channels would be expected to be extremely erratic judging by what you have reported, and although not as yet having knowledge of your location, but should your signal strength be a tad on the high side then this can cause problems with HD reception, excessive signal strength always affecting HD before SD, sometimes the latter appearing to be perfectly OK.
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015
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Len Sparks9:35 AM
Chanel 32 from Coldbeck the signal has gone down to 2 all other changes are 10. I live at CA288YG/9
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Tuesday, 19 May 2015
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Lewis Spedding1:20 PM
Carlisle
Hi
I am having problems storing my Freeview channels and thus watching TV.
The 160 channel are found OK but Whilst waiting for the option to press to OK and watch the TV there seems to be a freeze and The screen goes blank and seems to switch to analogue.
I can thus watch DVDs and videotapes but no TV
It seems to have happened over last weekend
Is it a software update issue from the Calbeck transmitter? If so when Can I expect the update.
I live at CA2 4AS Carlisle
Please advise
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Lewis's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb386:36 PM
Lewis Spedding: The problem referred to is more inclined to be caused by some form of glitch having occurred in your TV or boxes tuner, you should try carrying out a manufacturers reset on your Freeview device rather than just a normal auto-tune, as resetting wipes out everything stored in the tuner including any possible data glitches.
By the way, "reset" is also known on some devices as "default setting" - "first time installation" or some other similar sounding meaning.
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jb386:53 PM
Lewis Spedding : Meant also to say. That this procedure is sometimes more effective on some Freeview devices if the device in question (TV or box) is completely switched off (unpowered) "after" having carried out the reset, the retuning being carried out once the TV or box is powered up again.
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Saturday, 28 November 2015
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d teale7:47 PM
Canonbie
We are having poor signal is it the weather or is there a problem with the transmitter for area DG14 0TW
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d's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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