Freeview Light on the Plymouth North Rd (Plymouth, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Plymouth North Rd (Plymouth, England) transmitter which serves 2,100 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 Plymouth North Rd (Plymouth, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Plymouth North Rd (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Plymouth North Rd 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max H -13dB | C46 (674.0MHz) | 65m | DTG- | 2W 0W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max H -13dB | C43 (650.0MHz) | 65m | DTG- | 2W 0W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max H -13dB | C39 (618.0MHz) | 65m | DTG- | 2W 0W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Plymouth North Rd (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Plymouth North Rd transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 2km northeast (52°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 9km east (82°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Plymouth North Rd (Plymouth, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 | 6W | |
| PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-4dB) 2.4W | |
| PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-17dB) 0.12W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 4 November 2019
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Chris Carter11:05 AM
Plymouth
I live at 86 Wilton Street Plymouth PL1 5LU and receive my Freeview signal from the North Road Plymouth VP transmitter. Since Saturday 2/11/19 I have not been able to receive any signal.
My arial is in my loft and protected from the elements.
I have checked on the following site Check transmitter faults | Help receiving TV and radio and this shows a transmitter fault on the North Road Plymouth VP transmitter.
Can you please advise if there is a problem and when it is likely to be fixed.
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StevensOnln12:07 PM
Chris Carter: This is an independent website which has no connection with any broadcaster or transmitter company. No one who posts on here has any further information than that provided by BBC Engineering. If a fault has been acknowledged then someone will be working on getting it fixed, timescales are never given as the transmitter engineers often don't know how long any particular fault will take to fix until they have identified the cause, obtained any required parts and have suitable weather conditions if any outdoor work is required.
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Chris.SE6:02 PM
Chris Carter:
The BBC site Problems with Freeview reception? | Help receiving TV and radio now shows "Off the air due to a fault - From 8:52am on 2nd Nov 2019 to 2:54pm on 4th Nov 2019" and that there are currently no faults.
I note that according to the Freeview Coverage Checker the Plympton Transmitter (also VP) is within 3degrees of the direction of the Plymouth VP transmitter at your location. Do you get signals for the SDN, ArqA & ArqB multiplexes from Plympton on UHF channels 41, 44, & 47?
I also note that it predicts that you'd get good coverage of all 6 multiplexes from Caradon Hill 308degrees HP.
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