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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Windermere (Cumbria, England) transmitter.

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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),

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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
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5:05 PM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 13:05 today to 13:16 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 1 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
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5:05 AM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 13:05 yesterday to 13:16 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 2 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
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5:05 AM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 13:05 on 31 Oct to 13:16 on 31 Oct. [BBC]

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Friday, 11 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 PM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 today to 15:09 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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11:09 PM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:19 today to 19:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 today to 15:09 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 12 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:19 yesterday to 19:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 yesterday to 15:09 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 13 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:19 on 11 Jan to 19:23 on 11 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 on 11 Jan to 15:09 on 11 Jan. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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8:09 AM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 on 11 Jan to 15:09 on 11 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:19 on 11 Jan to 19:23 on 11 Jan. [BBC]

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Thursday, 17 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
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10:31 PM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 today to 20:59 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 18 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

WINDERMERE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:51 today to 03:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:47 yesterday to 20:59 yesterday. [BBC]

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