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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-spotlight.jpg)
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 37km west (262°)
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, 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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 11 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:07 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 6 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 14 November 2016
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Dave Barber3:07 PM
Torquay
Perfect reception of all BBC channels broadcast on UHF 60 via Beacon Hill until Saturday lunchtime 12/11/2016. Since then at best the sketchiest but usually NO signal until now. Please can you tell me who operates this transmitter so I can report the problem as Digital UK claim all channels are transmitting well. The other 4 channels appear to have normal signal strength but all BBC programmes have been missing all weekend.
Please please please let me know to whom I should report faults...
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln15:04 PM
Dave Barber: Transmitter faults should be reported to the broadcaster concerned, however as there are no other reports of any faults with the transmitter it's much more likely that there is either a fault with your aerial system or you're suffering from local interference. Start by checking for loose connections, damaged cables etc behind the TV then work back as far as you can safely access towards the aerial. Also make sure that any HDMI cables are well separated from the aerial cable as HDMI cables are a notorious source of interference.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
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Graham Bastin8:58 AM
Hello.
I have a holiday lodge at Ladram Bay (between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth).
There is a nearby site mini tv transmitter which presumably gets its feed direct from Beacon Hill or possibly from Budleigh Salterton.
I can get all channels very clearly without any breakup except those carried by channel 33.
So I cannot get for example BBC News HD or BBC Four HD.
Why is this and what can be done?
Thank you.
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Graham Bastin: Check your signal strength - too high or too low/ If high, see 'tto much of a good thing', if too low, then check your system
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MikeP
5:13 PM
5:13 PM
Graham Bastin:
To determine which transmitter you are using we need a full post code for your location. Without that information it is impossible to assist in any meaningful way.
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:08 today to 12:29 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:08 yesterday to 12:29 yesterday. [BBC]
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