Full Freeview on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 97,000 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)
The Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Redruth 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)
The Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Redruth transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-spotlight.jpg)
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 82km east-northeast (78°)
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, 89km east (79°)
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?
Coverack | Transposer | 15 km S Falmouth | 70 homes |
How will the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 1 May 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | ||||
C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C32 | ArqB | ||||||||
C33 | ArqA | ||||||||
C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C48 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | |||||
C52tv_off | ArqA |
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 Jul 09 and 5 Aug 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 | |
Analogue 5 | (-15.2dB) 3kW | |
Mux D* | (-16.6dB) 2.2kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-18dB) 1.6kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Redruth transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 25 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 23:08 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14:21 on 23 Jan, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 01:12 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14: [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 23:08 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 01:12 today, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14:21 on 23 Jan, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 01: [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:29 PM
4:29 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 23:08 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 yesterday to 01:12 today, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14:21 on 23 Jan, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14: [BBC]
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Friday, 26 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 23:08 on 24 Jan. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14:21 on 23 Jan, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 01:12 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 23:08 on 24 Jan. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 01:12 yesterday, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14:21 on 23 Jan, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 23:08 on 24 Jan. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to 14:21 on 23 Jan, Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 01:12 on 25 Jan, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:26 on 23 Jan to [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 23:08 on 24 Jan. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 01:12 on 25 Jan, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to 01:12 on 25 Jan, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 23:01 on 24 Jan to [BBC]
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Friday, 2 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:45 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:30 today to 02:45 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:30 today to 02:45 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 02:34 today to 02:45 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 02:34 tod [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:45 today to 09:32 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:30 today to 02:45 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:30 today to 02:45 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 02:34 today to 02:45 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:30 yesterday to 02:45 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:45 yesterday to 09:32 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 02:30 yesterday to 02:45 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 02:34 yesterday to 02: [BBC]
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