Full Freeview on the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter which serves 35,000 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 Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Plympton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Plympton 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Plympton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Plympton transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 4km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 3km east-northeast (76°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||
| C/D E | W | W | W | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C30 | C5waves | C5waves | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | BBCB | |||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C56tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C64 | 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 1-5 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
Plympton Freeview Plympton DAB Caradon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
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Mark11:04 AM
Plymouth
I have a new LG 32 inch LED tv and initially could get all channels. It is plugged into a roof aerial of which I have another 19 inch freeview tv attached. Over the last two weeks I have intermitently lost reception but only on my BBC channels. It is using the Plympton transmission. Any help greatly received!!
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Mark: Please can you see the Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
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Dee9:05 PM
Plymouth
Hi there please can someone tell me why we've lost Dave, Dave ja vu and one or two others please?
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Dee's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby10:37 PM
Dee: The problem could be single frequency interference. Check that you do not have equipment such as a VCR or Sky box with the RF modulator set around C45. Check that cables and connectors are in good order. Another possibility is that during a scan a signal from Caradon Hill on C24- was found and the channels stored, the stronger signal from Plympton being ignored as a duplicate.If this is the case do a factory reset to clear the channel list and rescan or enter the Plympton frequencies manually to store the correct version of all the channels.
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Thursday, 7 July 2011
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Ben Moore5:19 PM
Hello,
Please help, i have preview. All channels are okay except channel 12 & 15. We have a communal aerialk. I have a booster which help greatly on the other channels. I tried a high pass filter but it then completed reject channels 12 and 15 ( Yesterday Ch. & Film 4)
Many Thanks Ben
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Ben Moore: Bit hard to be specific without a postcode, see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for general suggestions.
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Monday, 25 July 2011
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Matty2:02 PM
Plymouth
Help! We have no freeview signal in either of our Panasonic televisions. We lost the signal late on Friday night and have not been able to get anything since. We have reset them and this makes no difference. The aeria is in the loft. The website says there are no engineering work planned for this area but we did lose signal the other week.
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Matty's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Matty: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . You may wish to move your aerial to the roof, if you want a reliable Freeview service.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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katie11:45 PM
im going to have my tv in an attic room in central plymouth, can anyone recommend me an indoor aerial for a hd tv? thanks
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
katie: Indoor aerials are not suitable for stable Freeview reception, please connect the television to a rooftop aerial.
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