Freeview Light on the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Torquay Town (Torbay, 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 Torquay Town (Torbay, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Torquay Town 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
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 Torquay Town (Torbay, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Torquay Town transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 43km west (261°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 36km west (259°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 8 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 40W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 3 July 2011
TORQUAY TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 on 01 Jul to 09:09 on 01 Jul BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 on 01 Jul to 04:34 on 01 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 on 01 Jul to 09:09 on 01 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 on 30 Jun to 05:54 on 30 Jun [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
TORQUAY TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 on 01 Jul to 09:09 on 01 Jul BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 on 01 Jul to 04:34 on 01 Jul HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 on 01 Jul to 09:09 on 01 Jul [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
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Bell8:30 PM
No channel guide information available on non BBC channels. Please give advise. Am using a GOODMANS FReeview receiver.
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Monday, 16 January 2012
Saturday, 11 February 2012
TORQUAY TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 today [BBC]
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TORQUAY TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 today to 10:18 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 today to 10:18 today [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
TORQUAY TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 yesterday to 10:18 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 yesterday to 10:18 yesterday [BBC]
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Monday, 13 February 2012
TORQUAY TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 on 11 Feb to 10:18 on 11 Feb HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:15 on 11 Feb to 10:18 on 11 Feb [BBC]
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Monday, 2 July 2012
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Steven Moore11:27 AM
I have Technomate TM-6902 HD T2 Super, I receive both Satellite and Terrestrial reception.
On the Terrestrial channel 57 HD. I have found that the signal level is 90% and the quality is 90% but dropping or flickering off and on which blanks my tv viewing, this happens on all HD channels.
Is there a problem with the signal as there was some maintenance work carried out recently. Look forward to your reply.
Steven Moore
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Steven Moore: You have posted on the page for the Torquay Town transmitter, yet C57 is that of its parent, Beacon Hill.
If your aerial is vertical and points to Torquay Town transmitter which is on the roof of Walden Point on St Luke's Road South then the problem is that your box is incorrectly tuned.
If your aerial is horizontal and points to Beacon Hill, then perhaps you have too much signal. See this page for an explanation and remedy in this case:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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