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54.249,-2.987 or 54°14'55"N 2°59'12"W

LA12 8QX

4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C60: D3+4
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

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

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The symbol shows the location of the Backbarrow (Cumbria, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 homes.

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Winter Hill region

BBC North West

Granada

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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.

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Backbarrow transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical max	C53 (730.0MHz)	125m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2W
	1 BBC One North West, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	vertical max	C60 (786.0MHz)	125m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2W
	3 ITV (Granada), 4 Channel 4 North ads, 5 Channel 5 The North ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 North ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Granada),
PSB3 BBCB	vertical max	C57 (762.0MHz)	125m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	2W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space,

Looking for these 26 channels?

The Backbarrow (Cumbria, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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.

Regional news from the Backbarrow transmitter

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.7%
from Salford M50 2QH, 97km south-southeast
to BBC North West region - 90 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 97km south-southeast
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E
700	C50	C4	C4	C4
	C53				BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C57	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C60	ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
800	C63	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 4th November and 2nd December 2009.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	2W
Analogue 1-4	(-3dB) 1W

History of Channel 3 in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Granada 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. Backbarrow 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.

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khalid khalifeh
Friday 7 September 2012 3:22PM

no signal all day todaysince 8am when is it likely to be resolved

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KMJ,Derby
Friday 7 September 2012 5:54PM

khalid khalifeh: The Backbarrow transmitter was reported back on air at 17.01, Friday 7th September 2012.

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 7 September 2012 7:54PM

BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:55 today to 17:01 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:55 today to 17:01 today [BBC]

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