Full Freeview on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 97,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast?
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 Redruth (Cornwall, 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 Redruth 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 Redruth (Cornwall, 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 Redruth transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 82km east-northeast (78°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 89km east (79°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Coverack | Transposer | 15 km S Falmouth | 70 homes |
How will the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 1 May 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C33 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA |
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 Jul 09 and 5 Aug 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-15.2dB) 3kW | |
| Mux D* | (-16.6dB) 2.2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-18dB) 1.6kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Redruth transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 20 September 2012
Douglas Angwin: Click the link "Digital UK Tradeview" by your posting. Redruth is at 274° although remember that Magnetic North moves and therefore your compass may not be exact.
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Saturday, 23 March 2013
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Paul Forrester5:44 PM
MY tv has started to say 'poor signal'
on some channels (BBC's 1 2 3 & 4)
we have lived here for two years and it's only just happened, the ariel is in the loft.
We have had the tv checked by an engineer, who says it's ok.
Can you help?
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Thursday, 18 April 2013
D
Danny Meehan2:44 PM
Penzance
Hi, I live in St Just in Penwith and have not had a TV signal all day. Thursday 18th April. It is now 2.30 p.m. and I first tried at 9 a.m.
Post code TR19 7JL. Aerial is on the roof
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Danny's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby2:51 PM
Danny Meehan: The St Just relay transmitter is shown as off air since 08.30 today 18th April 2013.
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Hi
The DAB signal from Redruth has been pretty good for the months i've had a radio at work, and now in the car, but in the last few days the signal in the car has broken up by the time i reach stithians area and the reception at work in falmouth is near non-existent
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phil: You have posted on the page for Freeview from Redruth. The page for DAB is here and Kevin made a posting expressing similar sentiments to yours earlier today:
Redruth (Cornwall, England) DAB transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Friday, 28 June 2013
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Joslin Murray6:25 PM
I receive my Freeview programmes from the Redruth transmitter. After numerous re-tuning of my receiver (which is inbuilt in my Sony TV)I am unable to receive any programmes listed under Com 5 Arquiva A. On retuning today the receiver found 96 channels where I have usually over 100.
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Sunday, 7 July 2013
H
H King11:51 AM
Have been receiving all the Freeview channels for years (Redruth transmitter) and suddenly the Sky News (82) and Challenge (46)have disappeared!
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H King12:01 PM
Penzance
TR20 9HU
We have had no problem before with freeview, having excellent reception for years with a loft aerial, from Redruth transmitter, but suddenly Sky News and Challenge have disappeared
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H's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb384:25 PM
H King: Your problem is most likely being caused by Redruths mux Ch52 having dropped under the level required to produce a picture, and so provided that you have not retuned for any reason select one of the programmes mentioned and carry out a signal strength on it, as even although the screen is blank the signal will still be there.
The other method is to go into the tuning menu / manual tune and enter mux Ch52 but do NOT follow this by pressing search or scan, because on most equipment as soon as Ch52 is entered the signal strength its being received at should be indicated.
After having noted the indications seen on Ch52 enter mux Ch48 (ITV3 etc) and compare its strength / quality indications with that obtained on Ch52.
Further advice dependant on the outcome of the test.
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