Freeview Light on the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 12,000 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 Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kendal Fell (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 Freeview channels does the Kendal Fell 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 | H max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
 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 | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
 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 | H max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 3W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Kendal Fell (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 Fell transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 100km south-southeast (162°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 62km north (352°)
to ITV Border England region - 33 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Tyne Tees
How will the Kendal Fell (Cumbria, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 |
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 | 16W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caldbeck transmitter area
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
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Chris6:30 PM
Kendal
Thanks Briantist and kmj. We have downsized to an apartment in a block of flats so have to rely on internal ariel. Have emailed ITV but don't expect any meaningful response. I can't understand why ITV don't give us ITV4 given their investment in sport. 8% of potential viewers sounds like a group worth catering for. However, logic doesn't seem to count in in Freeview lite.
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Sunday, 28 August 2011
Chris: To cover the extra 8%, another 1000+ transmitters would need to be provided for, which would be 13 times the number provided already. It's just not economic, outside the cross-subsidy provided by the BBC and ITV/C4.
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Friday, 9 September 2011
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Geoff. Dixon5:18 PM
Kendal
Mike Dimmick: LA97LB above is not my aerial, but one nearby and I was just checking the direction before I advised them. The present aerial(I think a Televes DAT45(W/Band type) has been erected pointing correctly at Lancaster(188 Deg./Vertical). Chimney mounted on 1 metre pole and seems to have a masthead amp.
BUT, IT HAS BEEN SET-UP IN THE HOREZONTAL PLANE ?
They are new to the area and have hardly moved in, so I have now left a note advising them to rotate through 90Deg. when they have time.
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Thursday, 29 March 2012
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Mrs Aspin12:52 AM
I live in Kendal Cumbria every thing was fine untill I started ghanging channels I now have no signel for over 15 channels . One in fact I can get on my laptop which does not close down on my TV till 1.30am.Please can you tett me if there is a problem with the transmitter
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Mrs Aspin: Which channels are you or have you had issues with?
It may be helpful if I point out that Kendal Fell transmitter is a Public Service one only (carries BBC, ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4, E4, More 4, Channel 5, HD and a few others).
If you are receiving Commercial channels such as ITV3, Pick TV, Yesterday, Dave, Film 4 and many others, then you are not picking them up from Kendal Fell. If your aerial faces Kendal Fell and you pick up these channels, then poor reception of these channels may ensue.
The solution is to have an aerial fitted for another transmitter which carries these services, *if* you are in a location where such signals can be picked up reliably.
See also the postings from "Transmitter engineering" above and before yours. It is from the BBC and says "Wrong Region" from 23:37 to 03:13. I wonder if this was your cause. Has the problem corrected itself?
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
I've been experiencing above average channel loss over the last month from the Kendal Fell Transmitter (Freeview). BBC channels have been fine (no loss) but for the most part the independent channels have been showing "No Signal" on my TV.
The aerial is situated in my attic and has provided good reception up until a month ago.
I've checked the cable and connections and nothing seems untoward.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance...
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Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Nik Schofield: Can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice ?
Loft aerial are not generally recommended for Freeview reception.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
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Lynda Edmondson9:40 AM
Kendal
Since the recent wet weather i don't think i've had one full night in the last 2 weekes where I've been able to get all the normal channels on freeview & more often than not have had nothing. I've re-set & re-set & nothing which is immensley frustrating. Please can you help?
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Thursday, 22 September 2016
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Barbara 8:53 PM
Kendal
LA9 7DH since transmission going off this afternoon.I have lost all ITV programmes
can get ITV HD on one tv bur not the others.
have retuned rebooted but still nothing
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jb3811:45 PM
Barbara : The problem referred to is almost certainly related to the engineering works presently taking place at the Kendal transmitter, Digital UK having listed the station with a status of "possible service interuptions".
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