Full Freeview on the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmitter which serves 84,000 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 Beacon Hill (Torbay, 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)
Which Freeview channels does the Beacon Hill 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Beacon Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 37km west (262°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 30km west (260°)
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?
| Lannacombe | Active deflector | 25 km SW Torbay | 4 homes |
How will the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | E T | E T | W T | K T | |||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C44 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | |||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | |||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
| 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 8 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 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 | |
| com7 | (-11.4dB) 7.3kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D*, com8 | (-20dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Beacon Hill Freeview Beacon Hill AM/FM Beacon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Thursday, 25 July 2013
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Diana Masters8:44 PM
Paignton
I live in TQ3 1QG, receive my signal from Beacon Hill and have five TV sets in the house. Two of these receive a 'split' signal with a slightly lower signal strength (9 instead of 10).Recently I am finding that my BBC Freeview channels sometimes become pixillated or disappear altogether. While this is happening, all other channels can still be received perfectly. Does anyone else have a similar problem, or is it caused by an intermittent fluctuation in the strength of the signal from this transmitter?
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Diana's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
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Alan8:17 AM
I live in TQ 3 and receive my signal from Beacon Hill. Monday night I retuned a Logica set that I have had for years so that I could receive the Drama channel and everything was fine. Last night I went to switch on and the set goes through its bootup sequence and then immediately returns to standby. I have heard that this has happened recently to a number of cheaper brands due to some issues with the transmitter(s). Is this correct? Or is it just coincidence that this failure occured the first time I tried to start up after a retune.
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Monday, 19 August 2013
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Martin11:44 AM
Paignton
I am moving home to about 2 Miles south of Beacon Hill ( TQ4) and I am getting conflicting answers as to the correct aerial to install. The aerial has to be in the loft but it will have , more or less, direct line of sight to the transmitter. I am told I need a group W or alternatively a group E. With future channels in mind, which should I choose?
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Martin's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Martin: Wideband, this being if Group A channels are used in future.
A log periodic will be your best bet at such close proximity:
Online FM DAB TV Aerial sales
VISION Log Periodic W/B (30 Element) > AerialSat.com
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Martin2:41 PM
Paignton
Thank you. In fact I have measured the distance again and it is only 1.25 miles between the transmitter and my location.
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Martin's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Martin: I suggest that as a matter of course you use double-screened coax and join any cables using f-connectors. Lots of information on ATV:
Satellite, Television, FM, DAB, Aerial, Coaxial Cable, Plugs, Sockets, Connectors & Leads
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013
J
John Farmer9:01 PM
Paignton
Why have I lost channels 30 and 31 (5 USA & 5*)
I have auto re-tuned several times but to no avail.
It was fine until about a week ago.
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013
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Diana Masters7:39 PM
John Farmer, I've had this problem with my oldest T.V. The missing channels are now 101/102 and Channel 3 sometimes vanishes when I retune. The only answer appears to be perseverence and several retunes!
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Wednesday, 28 August 2013
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Geoffrey Brian Tucker.5:31 PM
Dear Sir/Madam,
I live in Totnes which is about 7km from Beacon Hill,
Back in December 2012 I purchased a new aeriel, and a new digi box, up until Saturday of last week, I have been getting almost perfect pictures on most of the popular freeview channels, since then reception has been poor with a lot of blocking and breaking up, and now I cannot get BBC1, BBC2 or channel 80 news, I have tried to search for the channels several times now but when trying to get them on my set, I get the message "invalid entry", is there a problem with BBC at the moment?
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Monday, 9 September 2013
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Phil White10:22 PM
hello
Like Geohhrey Brian Tucker since the apparent station retune, I have retuned all my TVs and recorder and the pictures are totally unviewable. I'm now reduced to watching on BBCiplayer, which is not ideal. I have an outdoor antenna with an unobstructed view of Beacon Hill abut 5 miles away. I can't even get any BBC channels now with the latest retune. I was advised to reset my TV to factory settings and then retune again. That didn't work. It seems to me that the retune by BBC (to accommodate 4G. ?) was an unmitigated disaster. All my TVs were working perfectly well before with no interference and good quality as one would expect given my location (Brixham). Quite frankly, if this is the best the BBC can do they should refund all our licences and get some 5 year olds in to run their systems
Phil White.
Retired Electronics Engineer.!
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