Full Freeview on the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter which serves 35,000 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 Plympton (Plymouth, 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)
The Plympton (Plymouth, 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 Plympton 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 Plympton (Plymouth, 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 Plympton transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 4km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 3km east-northeast (76°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||
| C/D E | W | W | W | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C30 | C5waves | C5waves | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | BBCB | |||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C56tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C64 | 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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
Plympton Freeview Plympton 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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Tuesday, 16 May 2017
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bourchier10:45 AM
Plymouth
No Signal at this time. Postcode PL40QU
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bourchier's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln12:34 PM
bourchier: There are no faults showing for either Plympton or Caradon Hill (both transmitters show good coverage for your location). Start by checking all the cables and connectors behind the TV for anything that become loose or damaged, then work your way back towards the aerial as far as you can safely access.
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Friday, 10 August 2018
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Allan Lloyd2:45 PM
When will the Plympton transmitter carry PBS?
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Allan Lloyd2:46 PM
When will PBS be on the Plympton transmitter
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
MikeP
10:25 AM
10:25 AM
Allan Lloyd:
Only when the commercial broadcasters jointly decide to ince=rease the range offered on the transmitter. That is a purely commercial decision for them.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2018
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A Lloyd1:19 PM
When will the Plymton transmitter show PBS ? Aerial on roof
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A Lloyd1:19 PM
When will Plymton start to show PBS? Aerial on roof
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StevensOnln13:53 PM
A Lloyd: PBS America is on the COM8 multiplex which is not broadcast from Plympton. COM8 (along with COM7) is a temporary service broadcast from 30 main transmitters covering around 70% of UK households. It is expected to close by 2022 and will not be added to any additional transmitters (it is already scheduled to close at the Beacon Hill transmitter near Torquay next year).
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Monday, 12 August 2019
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A Lloyd9:40 AM
Yet again it seems like "Freeview" does not LIKE the viewers that are using Plymton and have no other choice than Plymton;They advertise Ch 48 ,but is nit transmitted and they say Aljazeera English HD is NOT tranmitted ,yet I recieve it on Ch 235. Finally what about the rest of the Freeview channels such as NOW 80s, Now 90s, PBS America, Pick +1, Together TV +1, Quest Red +1, RT HD, Smithsonian Channel HD.Forces TV, Freesports ?
Will "Freeview" see this comment?
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Chris.SE12:05 PM
A Lloyd:
This really doesn't have anything to do with Freeview (and no they won't see your comment). Plympton is not a "Light" transmitter, it does transmit all the 6 main multiplexes. COMs 7&8 are only temporary muxes where they are transmitted and that is not from all transmitters, it is where the spectrum "space" allows without undue interference to other transmitters. The "space" allowed is a .gov & OFCOM decision (implemented by Arqiva).
The specific channels to which you refer are on the COMs 7&8 multiplexes, see Digital UK | Channel listings and such allocations are dependant on the capacity of each multiplex and the individual broadcaster's decision. Ch48 which you mentioned was moved at Sony's behest to Local multiplexes, if you don't receive a Local multiplex you won't get it, see True Entertainment | free and easy
Unless you have moved, Caradon Hill will give you best reception. Various details were provided in an answer to a previous post.
Al Jazeerra English on LCN 235 is not HD, it's SD.
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