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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) mast?
Caradon Hill transmitter - Caradon Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 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 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?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 26km east-southeast (123°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
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 AM/FM 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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Sunday, 24 December 2017
Currently missing ITV3 and all the other
channels listed on COM4. PL8 area. Normally
everything is rock solid.
Anyone else? Thanks
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MikeP
6:42 PM
6:42 PM
Nick Faulkner:
A general post code as vague as you've given does not help us identify whether there is a problem with reception at you precise location - PL8 covers a huge area.
Have you checked all your aerial connections from the aerial right to the back of the TV set? If not, then that is where you should start. Poor connection are the usual cause of loss of one or more channels as you describe.
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Monday, 22 January 2018
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S.Woodbridge3:53 AM
Since the move of BBC4 HD to com7, my Panasonic hard drive video recorder, won't record on the timer.
It just keeps flashing pause.
Please advise
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MikeP
9:33 PM
9:33 PM
S. Woodbridge:
As MikeB says, have you retuned both your TV and the PVR?
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Wednesday, 24 January 2018
S
S.Woodbridge11:14 PM
MikeP:
Yes, I've retuned both and the problem still exists. I believe it's common on Panasonic pvrs.
Sws
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S.Woodbridge11:15 PM
MikeP:
Yes, I've retuned both and the problem still exists. I believe it's common on Panasonic pvrs..
BBC4 is on com 7, this is what's causing the problem
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Thursday, 22 February 2018
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John Tyler3:40 PM
North Tawton
Hi I live in okehampton postcode ex20 1nr The transmitter I use is Huntshore cross,late last year my signal has dropped off and I keep getting interference.I have a talktalk box signal used to be 56 now it is 42 can not get HD have reset box I am now thinking about useing Caradon Hill as the signal is 100,000 watts Huntshore cross is only 10,000 watts I think.If you could please advise thank you J Tyler
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Friday, 23 February 2018
MikeP
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
John Tyler:
If you look at the digitaluk trade box below your posting (http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/trade/ex20+1nr/NA/0/) you will see that both Huntshaw Cross and Caradon Hill have some reception problems at your location. The Okehampton Freeview Light transmitter should be fine for you. But, as it is a 'light' transmitter it does not broadcast all the multiplexes.
Huntshaw Cross radiates the three PSB multiplexes at 20 kW and the three COM multiplexes at 10kW. Caradon Hill radiates the PSB multipexes at 100 kW and the COM multiplexes at 50 kW.
As the three transmitters are in completely different direction and need different group aerials you cannot just retune to a different one, reception would be even worse! If you do not want to use the Okehampton transmitter then you will need to try a good log-periodic aerial (which will cover all the present and future signals groups) and aim it at either Huntshaw Cross and try those signals or esle at Caradon Hill and try those. None are likely to give you perfect reception because of the geography of the area.
The alternative would be Freesat with a properly mounted dish.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2018
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ROGER FURNEAUX8:58 PM
Tuesday 24.04.18, roof aerial PL160JR
All channels lost tonight half-way through Emmerdale - MOST annoying.
You say there are no problems, which is obviously a lie...
Am using a Philips TV with built-in Freeview, I re-set it but still nothing!
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