Full Freeview on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 180,000 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)
Which Freeview channels does the Caradon 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 Caradon Hill transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-spotlight.jpg)
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 26km east-southeast (123°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-westcountry.jpg)
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 32km east-southeast (116°)
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?
Barleycombe | Active deflector | 25 km E Plymouth | 3 homes |
Parracombe | Transposer | 17 km NE Barnstaple | 80 homes |
How will the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C12 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C30 | _local | _local | |||||||
C31 | com7 | ||||||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C37 | com8 |
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 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com7 | (-16.3dB) 11.6kW | |
Mux 1* | (-20dB) 5kW | |
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 4kW | |
com8 | (-24.2dB) 1.9kW |
Local transmitter maps
Caradon Hill Freeview Caradon Hill 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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Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:09 today. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:09 today to 13:58 today. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 27 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:09 yesterday to 13:58 yesterday. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Friday, 28 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:09 on 26 Nov to 13:58 on 26 Nov. [BBC] MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Sunday, 1 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:26 today to 08:49 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 2 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:26 yesterday to 08:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:26 on 01 Feb to 08:49 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:26 on 01 Feb to 08:49 on 01 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:26 on 01 Feb to 08:49 on 01 Feb. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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