Full Freeview on the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Monday, 31 October 2011
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 today [BBC]
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PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 today to 15:17 today [BBC]
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PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 today to 15:17 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 yesterday to 15:17 yesterday [BBC]
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PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 yesterday to 15:17 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 on 31 Oct to 15:17 on 31 Oct [BBC]
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PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:11 on 31 Oct to 15:17 on 31 Oct [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
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Austin Waterworth5:26 PM
Torpoint
On the roof pointing towards Plympton, but signal strength weak and some programmes lost. I pick up good signals through the "tail" of the aerial with loss of signal during poor weather. Should I have the aerial turned to point to Caradon to ensure a good and permanent signal?
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Austin's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 6 January 2012
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Jeff Meagor7:15 PM
Ivybridge
I live in Bittaford Nr Ivybridge PL21 0EN could i pick up the main Plympton transmitter at the moment i can pick up beacon hill during the day but at night i loose most of the channels i have a booster. I know i can pick up the relay transmitter at waetlake but not all freeview channels are broardcast, please help.
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Jeff's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 7 January 2012
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KMJ,Derby1:42 AM
Jeff Meagor: Digital UK do not make any prediction for reception from Plympton in your postcode area. There is in fact a frequency clash with Beacon Hill and Plympton both using C42 and C45. Which channels are you losing from Beacon Hill in the latter part of the day? If it is those carried on the SDN and ArqA muxes then it is possible that interference from Plympton is the cause. Careful aerial positioning to find the best signal from Beacon Hill whilst losing any interference from other directions could give you more reliable reception of the temperamental channels. You are incidentally predicted to have good reception from Beacon Hill on the five Standard definition muxes, the HD mux is shown as variable. You could see a more accurate prediction for yourself if you click on the link to Digital UK tradeview, then change the address to include your house number. Predictions shown in green are for good reception, subject to there being no local obstructions such as trees or tall buildings in the signal path.
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