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 04/11/2024 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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Tuesday, 25 June 2019
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terry10:37 AM
Wadebridge
hi . any idea why i am unable to receive comm 7 & comm 8 at PL27 7QB .Has tuned in before but i am now unable to even tune any of the channels . Other tv has them tuned but is unable to receive any picture or sound . All other channels are working ok
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terry's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln13:38 PM
terry: COM7 & COM8 are no longer broadcast from the Caradon Hill transmitter, no amount of retuning or anything else will change this.
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Wednesday, 26 June 2019
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terry6:55 PM
terry: why are comm7 & comm 8 still showing on the website as channels available when they are not .can someone please update available channel comms list please
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StevensOnln110:05 PM
terry: It's a huge job for the owner of this website (Briantist) to keep the multiplex/frequency listings up to date for over 1,100 transmitters. I'm sure he will catch up eventually.
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Wednesday, 10 July 2019
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Chris Hawke8:42 PM
10-7-2019 Good Evening - a pensioner friend of mine has explained to me that she has a problem with her freeview box and its channels - she lives in Penzance and her signal comes from Caradon Hill Redruth and she cannot get true entertainment which the message said that it has moved from 61 to 48 and a family member has re-tuned a number of times as message said to do but has not made any difference and she cannot get any of the true channels (True Movies). Can you respond with the reason - sending this on behalf of a friend as she has not got your phone number to contact you - thank you
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MikeP
9:16 PM
9:16 PM
Chris Hawke:
True Entertainment is now only transmitted on the local multiplexes if available. Caradon Hill does not transmit any local services so True Entertainment is not available.
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Michael10:14 PM
Sadly, channel reallocations have resulted in the loss of some popular channels. Other channels of lesser public service character survive. Surely nothing to do with commercial interests? Has "Freeview" lost its way? For full channel listings, see Digital UK | Channel listings
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Thursday, 11 July 2019
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Chris.SE4:35 AM
Chris Hawke: & Michael:
These changes have been made by Sony, not Freeview, see
Service Updates | Freeview /sony-channel-changes.html">Sony Channel changes | Freeview
Service Updates | Freeview /channel-changes-on-27-june-2019.html">Channel launches, closures and changes on 27 June 2019 | Freeview
If you go to the True Entertainment page on this site, there is a link to their Official Site True Channels and at the bottom of the page a contact us link where you can email them at info@truemovies.tv and complain about the moves to local muxes so you can no longer receive them. This is likely the only way it may change. Good luck.
This page is worth keeping an eye on Service Updates | Freeview
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019
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Peter Wotton7:06 PM
channels 19 and 17 In spite of retuning. Problems with break-up occur at this time of day (8 p.m.) We are on the eastern edge of St. Austell and receive from the Caradon transmitter.
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Chris.SE9:47 PM
Peter Wotton:
Those two channels are on the ArqA multiplex (UHF C24 at Caradon Hill). Put your postcode unto Digital UK - Coverage checker to see the transmitters you might receive and the predicted reception at your location. Do check your TV tuning to see that you are correctly tuned to the UHF channels for Caradon Hill.
Are you having problems with any other channels (LCNs) on the ArqA multiplex? see Digital UK | Channel listings
Please also note that reception of all multiplexes may be subject to interference due to the current weather & propagation conditions.
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