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The symbol shows the location of the Windermere (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves 7,600 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 Windermere (Cumbria, England) mast?

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 14 Aug 10:19 until 14 Aug 10:59. . BBC


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Windermere 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
C44 (658.0MHz)252mDTG-100W
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
C47 (682.0MHz)252mDTG-100W
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
C41+ (634.2MHz)252mDTG-100W
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 Windermere (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 Windermere transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 109km south-southeast (157°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Lookaround 0.2m homes 0.7%
from Carlisle CA1 3NT, 57km north (3°)
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?

DillicarActive deflector6 km NW Sedbergh20 homes
Great LangdaleActive deflector14 km NW Windermere12 homes Caravan park?
ParkcliffeActive deflector7 km S Windermere mobile caravan park

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

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1319 Aug 2020
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+BBCBBBCB
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100W

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. Windermere 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.

Comments
Thursday, 6 January 2011
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terry
5:45 PM

As the Windermere transmitter is a relay of the main Kendal transmitter is it possible to reposition the aerial to receive a signal fro m Kendal and thus receieve more channels

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Saturday, 8 January 2011
Briantist
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9:25 AM

terry: It depends on your location. It might be possible, enter your postcode at the top right.

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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
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Jean Acker
10:58 AM

I have a guest house with 4 rooms all which have free view digital.
The aerial and cabling have all been recently professionally replaced recently.
In the mornings guest report that the picture can be fragmented (I believe this is called pixelation)
can anything be done to correct this.
The picture is good at other times

The picture is poor when the weather is bad wet/and or windy is this just a feature of the digital signal or can it be fixed?
Frustrated Guest House owner

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Friday, 22 June 2012
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Neil Willis
6:34 PM

What resolution is Freeview HD broadcast in from Windermere transmitter?

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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Briantist
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3:45 PM

Neil Willis: All Freeview HD transmitters are providing 1920x1080 at the moment.

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Wednesday, 31 October 2012
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Donald Clark
8:44 PM

I receive TV transmissions from a local relay transmitter in Windermere. The number of Freeview channels received is limited compared to other areas of the country. I should be grateful if you would let me know why this is and if there are plans to improve the situation. Thank you.

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Dave Lindsay
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9:02 PM

Donald Clark: This is how it is likely to stay. See here for an explanation:

Londonderry transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Unless you can receive from another full-service transmitter, then you won't receive the Commercial (COM) channels. In some areas another region's full-service transmitter can overlap and be used in conjunction with the local relay but the hilly terrain you live in probably rules this out.

Judging by the coverage maps on this site, then if you live high up, then you "might" be able to receive the other channels from Lancaster transmitter.

This isn't the answer you might have been hoping for, but I make this simply as quite possibly the only way, if indeed you are lucky enough to have it as a possibility.

Additional channels are also available via satellite, the main free-to-air service being Freesat.

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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Gareth Bowness
12:25 AM

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Chris.SE
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5:03 AM

Gareth Bowness:

Your limited language skills show that you are obviously completely ignorant about the effects of engineering work and current weather conditions.

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