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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Sunday, 12 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
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12:07 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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6:07 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 on 10 Aug to 01:11 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 on 10 Aug to 01:23 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 on 10 Aug to 01:43 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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9:07 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 on 10 Aug to 01:23 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 on 10 Aug to 01:11 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 on 10 Aug to 01:43 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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6:07 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 on 10 Aug to 01:43 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 on 10 Aug to 01:23 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 on 10 Aug to 01:11 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Friday, 24 August 2018
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Dave Ayres10:58 PM
II live in Exmouth and have to receive my tv signal form Beacon Hill. I cannot receive channel4 HD on my PVR. Why is the power on Com 8 C34 so low, only 1KW. Will the power be increased in the future?
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StevensOnln111:14 PM
Dave Ayres: Channel 4 HD is broadcast on the PSB3 multiplex (which also carries BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD, ITV HD, Channel 5 HD & CBBC HD) at 20kW from Beacon Hill. Perhaps you meant Channel 4 +1 HD which is found on COM7 (currently broadcast at 7.3kW)? COM7 & COM8 are temporary services which are broadcast at lower power levels in order to avoid causing interference with other transmitters which use the same frequencies.
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Tuesday, 5 February 2019
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Phil9:09 AM
Since HD content started on Beacon Hill it seems the signal power to Teignmouth decreased and where we used to be able to view without the picture breaking up this changed and the slightest change and the picture breaks up. Todays misty weather is an example case.
Sure we have a half hearted attempt at a local tv repeater but as it doesn't carry hal the channels it isn't worth bothering with. Overall digital TV is disappointment, no doubt it will only get worse and higher definition is squuezed through too. Can we sort out getting increased channels from local transmitters first please.
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StevensOnln110:11 AM
Phil: HD channels were introduced at every transmitter between 2010-2012, with the main HD channels being broadcast at the same power level as BBC and ITV SD channels. There is very little chance of any Freeview Lite relays having additional commercial multiplexes added as the commercial broadcasters are not prepared to pay the additional costs when it will only make their channels available to relatively few extra viewers (there are 80-90 main transmitters broadcasting 6 or more multiplexes to around 90% of UK households - to reach 98.5% coverage of the PSB multiplexes requires over 1,000 additional transmitters). If you provide a full postcode we can see what coverage is predicted at your location and may be able to offer suggestions to improve your reception.
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David11:02 PM
Paignton
I can no longer pick up COM8 in the TQ4 5JW area. Also PSB1 is breaking up but other frequancies are fine. Any idea why?
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
MikeP
9:42 PM
9:42 PM
David:
You are just 4 km from the Beacon Hill transmitter and the Clennon Valley transmitter is right next door to you. So you either have too much signal or a problem with your aerial or cables. Start by checking the channels you are tuned to and cross reference that with the Digital UK coverage Checker at Coverage Checker - Detailed View In the detailed view mode it will show you the channels used by both transmitters.
Then check the signal strengths being shown. Ideally that should be between 60% and 85% on all channels. If they are higher than that you need to fit an attenuator, search this website for 'Too much of a good thing'
Finally, check all your aerial cables and connections, unplugging all coaxial plugs/sockets and refitting.
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