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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) mast?
Beacon Hill transmitter - Beacon Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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)
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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Monday, 21 July 2014
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Bob D3:36 PM
Paignton
Thanks for your reply MikeB. I agree that I should be receiving a good signal and up until last Wednesday I was, then all BBC channels went off. Nothing has been altered and I can still receive all other channels except BBC.
I have just checked my booster in the loft thinking it might be that playing up but when I switched it off I lost everything so I assume it's doing its job.
The only thing I can think of is that when the BBC came back (briefly) we had just had a thunderstorm so I am wondering if it might be weather related (what do I know!). If the aerial has moved (birds landing on it) would that be enough to lose only BBC?
I've just found a channel checker on my Freeview box and it tells me that on channel 60 the signal strength is excellent but of poor quality - what does that mean and why would that be so?
Confused
Bob D
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 28 July 2014
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michael scott9:19 PM
hello Bob D,
If you're in Paignton then Channel 60 BBC mux should be always both good/excellent for signal and quality.
You might have a weather-related cause loss of C60 probably due to LIGHTNING but it could be co-incidental. It needs a pro to diagnose in situ.Don't use a cowboy though,get someone who is 'trade-recognised',e.g. Confederation of Aerial Installers. CAI. Good luck!
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Sunday, 2 November 2014
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John Wotton1:02 PM
I seem to be having problems receiving c51 channels signal strength low, picture breaks up, Other channels ok. Any problems reported?
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Wednesday, 12 November 2014
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Terry Bannon10:08 AM
Hi,
Com7 channels very low power since yesterday. Not useable. Breaking up . on all TVs.
Bishopsteignton.
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Dave Lindsay
12:39 PM
12:39 PM
Terry Bannon: Have you fitted a wideband aerial?
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MikeB1:22 PM
Terry Bannon: Whats your postcode - because that would help diagnose the problem.
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terry bannon4:42 PM
MikeB: tq14 9q9 was all ok until this week. just com7 affected.
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terry bannon4:44 PM
Dave Lindsay: I haven't changed anything. OK up to this week ariel is about 12 years old I suppose. have checked connections etc.
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MikeB4:59 PM
terry bannon: That postcode doesn't seem to be valid. When you next post, just put your postcode into the website, and it will bring up lots of links which enable us to work out the terrain from the transmitter to you, distance etc.
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terry bannon5:07 PM
Teignmouth
MikeB: tq14 9qp
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