Freeview Light on the Polperro (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Polperro (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 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 Polperro (Cornwall, 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 Polperro (Cornwall, 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 Polperro 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 | V max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Polperro (Cornwall, 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 Polperro transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 29km east (79°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 36km east (81°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Polperro (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 14 May 2013
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john gossan7:24 AM
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Is there a problem with the Polperro transmitter.Since 7pm 13/5/2013 I can only receive BBC and no ITV programmes
Property address PL13 2RH
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Berenice Pilcher10:47 AM
john gossan: We also lost all channels apart from BBC last night at 7pm. Don't know how to report it. Shouldn't they put a notice on the site telling us about it?
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Monday, 20 May 2013
Berenice Pilcher: If just multiplex PSB2 has a fault, then the systems don't show this.
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Saturday, 7 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Dec 12:26. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Dec 12:26 until 8 Dec 08:22. . [BBC]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:21 AM
11:21 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Dec 09:01. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Dec 12:26 until 8 Dec 08:22. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:21 PM
2:21 PM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Dec 09:01 until 9 Dec 11:30. Off the air due to a fault from 7 Dec 12:26 until 8 Dec 08:22. . [BBC]
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Friday, 13 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Dec 09:01 until 9 Dec 11:30. . [BBC]
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