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Freeview reception at PL13 2JY

For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 1 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of PL132JY (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

EE, Multiple operators, O₂, 3, Vodafone, location on line-of-sight, Selected location, Freeview transmitter, Freeview light transmitter, Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1	BBC One (SD)	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
2	BBC Two	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
3	ITV 1 (SD)	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
4	Channel 4 (SD)	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
5	Channel 5	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2

6	ITV 2	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
9	BBC Four	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
10	ITV3	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
11	Sky Mix	Caradon Hill	COM5
12	Quest	Caradon Hill	COM6

13	E4	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
14	Film4	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
15	Channel 4 +1	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
17	Really	Caradon Hill	COM5
18	More4	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2

19	U&Dave	Caradon Hill	COM5
20	U&Drama	Caradon Hill	COM4
21	5USA	Caradon Hill	COM4
23	BBC Three	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
25	U&W	Caradon Hill	COM6

26	ITV4	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
27	U&Yesterday	Caradon Hill	COM6
28	ITVBe	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2
29	ITV2 +1	Caradon Hill	COM4
30	E4 +1	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2

31	E4 Extra	Caradon Hill	COM5
32	5STAR	Caradon Hill	COM4
33	5Action	Caradon Hill	COM4
34	GREAT! movies	Caradon Hill	COM6
35	ITV1 +1	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2

36	Sky Arts	Caradon Hill	COM5
38	Channel 5 +1	Caradon Hill	COM4
39	DMAX	Caradon Hill	COM6
40	Quest Red	Caradon Hill	COM5
41	Legend	Caradon Hill	COM4

42	GREAT! action	Caradon Hill	COM4
43	Food Network	Caradon Hill	COM5
44	HGTV	Caradon Hill	COM6
46	5SELECT	Caradon Hill	PSB3
47	Film4 +1	Caradon Hill	COM5

48	Challenge	Caradon Hill	COM5
49	4seven	Caradon Hill	COM5
52	GREAT! christmas	Caradon Hill	COM6
56	That's TV (UK)	Caradon Hill	COM6
57	U&Dave ja vu	Caradon Hill	COM4

58	ITV3 +1	Caradon Hill	COM4
59	ITV4 +1	Caradon Hill	COM4
60	U&Drama +1	Caradon Hill	COM5
63	GREAT! romance mix	Caradon Hill	COM6
64	Blaze	Caradon Hill	COM4

65	That's TV 2	Caradon Hill	COM5
67	TRUE CRIME	Caradon Hill	COM4
68	TRUE CRIME XTRA	Caradon Hill	COM4
70	Quest +1	Caradon Hill	COM5
71	That’s 60s	Caradon Hill West Country	PSB2

73	HobbyMaker	Caradon Hill	COM6
74	&UYesterday +1	Caradon Hill	COM5
75	That's 90s	Caradon Hill	COM6
76	That's TV 2 MCR	Caradon Hill	COM5
81	Blaze +1	Caradon Hill	COM4

82	Talking Pictures TV	Caradon Hill	COM6
83	Together TV	Caradon Hill	COM4
84	PBS America	Caradon Hill	COM6
91	WildEarth	Caradon Hill	COM4
93	ITVBe +1	Caradon Hill	COM4

101	BBC One HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
102	BBC Two HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
103	UTV HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
103	STV HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
103	ITV 1 HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3

104	Channel 4 HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
105	Channel 5 HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
106	BBC Four HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
107	BBC Three HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
108	BBC Scotland HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3

110	Channel 4 HD (Wales)	Caradon Hill	PSB3
201	CBBC	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
202	CBeebies	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
204	CBBC HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3
205	CBeebies HD	Caradon Hill	PSB3

209	Ketchup TV	Caradon Hill	COM4
210	Ketchup Too	Caradon Hill	COM4
211	YAAAS!	Caradon Hill	COM4
231	BBC News	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1
232	BBC Parliament	Caradon Hill South West	PSB1

233	Sky News	Caradon Hill	COM5
235	Al Jazeera Eng	Caradon Hill	COM6
251	Al Jazeera English	Caradon Hill	COM4
255	FRANCE 24 (in English)	Caradon Hill	COM4
265	Rok Sky +1	Caradon Hill	COM4

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Comments

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Frank Chammings
9:56 AM
North Tawton

I bought a HD set-top box yesterday, and when connected it said "". I live at the top of Hatherleigh and get good at 2 Martins Close, EX20 3GB. The is in the . Should I try another box?

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Saturday, 18 January 2014

Joe
6:24 PM
Thornton-cleveleys

I'm just checking for my mother-in-law. She recently had a replacement fitted. Since then she has had to keep retuning BBC 1. Postcode is FY5 2HF. I assume she is on the . Anybody else having issues?

Thanks.

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Sunday, 19 January 2014

Steve McHarg
8:43 PM
Derby

Installed our new TV last week. New Samsung LED Smart TV.

Had no end of problem tuning it, brought a new fly lead which improved it, however it got worse today. Not sure how old the is though. But in the end we managed to get all the . Only problem is ITV1 ITV2 etc. are all blocky... until you put your hand/something metallic behind the tv... any ideas?

I did notice that there are 2 cables in the socket! 1 has been cut and left open.

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MikeB

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

9:50 PM

Steve McHarg: have you checked your strength and which your tuned to?

If you click on the 'home to plot' or UK tradeview links, you can see you should be tuned into or . If your signal strength is very low, then it might be another transmitter being picked up first, or if too high (90-100%) then that will also cause problems. If its too high, search for 'too much of a good thing' on this website.

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Steve McHarg
10:25 PM

Cheers MikeB,

I will have a look at them!

strength/ is all over the place when on those . Good channels are 55/100 for strength. 100/100 quality.

Any idea what might be causing the to disappear when something 'shields' the back of the tv?

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Monday, 20 January 2014

dsb
11:17 PM
Cambridge

JB38:

I posted about a month ago, with no reply - but Ted seems to have reported a similar problem to me.

I just attempted to reduce the as far as possible, using a signal attenuator and multiple cables and connectors. I got it to the point that BBC1 was just breaking up - but still a manual on channel 21 returned no . The signal strength was around 40% (no numbers - just a bar), but signal did not change from 0%, and nothing was found.
The TV tuner was less useful and just returns "0 channels". I can only get signal strength for tuned-in channels there.

Both the PVR and TV are capable of receiving , and have in the past. Is it possible the is boosted so much it scrambles the HD channels with a recent increase in signal power?

There is an unconnected aerial on the side of the building, but it is small and only one storey up. It may be worth a shot?

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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

jb38

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

7:54 AM

dsb: According to the terrain indicator your location would appear to be line-of-sight with Sandy (trees or man made structures excluded) and as such nothing stands out as an immediately obvious reason for your difficulty in receiving except the factor mentioned by yourself of an excessively high level, the tuners used in some HD receivers (e.g: LG / Samsung) being most intolerant to this sort of situation.

When you mention the is "boosted so much" are you meaning that you do have some form of amplification on this aerial? because if you have then this could well be the reason for your problem and so you should try a with the amp being bypassed, in other words not just switched off as this would immediately turn it into a high level attenuator.

Maybe you could also let me know the model numbers of your TV as well as your PVR.

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Rob

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

8:32 AM
Kidlington

Well Dear all,
The confusion continues, as you know only been suffering with intermittent blocky pictures and sound glitches on channel 60 programmes from , all other fine on Sony KDL375500. Latest is that i borrowed a set top box which is at low level on top of my dvd recorder / hard drive and i now do not have any at all.
However I have looked at the and meter on the alba set top that i have borrowed and it is saying for most channels 100% signal 7 to 10% quality, however the seems fine to me, thinking back i also got the same kind of readings with my daughters tv when i plugged it in to the same Ariel socket, however the picture looked fine to me on that too.
The Sony on the same socket says 100% signal but does not show the quality.
Have dropped a note in to neighbor to ask about a baby monitor or simular near the .
So my question is could this be the Sony TV on the blink? or is this just because the set top box is in a different location lower and further from the wall than the back of the sony tv? I suppose it could be both........dam this is doing my noggin in, dont really want the expense of a set top box and another remote either.

Again thanks for all the advice

Rob

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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Dave
6:16 PM
Redruth

UHF Channel 52 from has in the past week caused some erratic problems on it's associated Freeview ie 11, 12, 42 travel channel and 82 Sky News etc the is watchable but the sound is interupted.
I am nearby - within sight of the transmitter between Redruth and - on high ground about 4 miles from the .

Tried all options- re tune, check cables and antenna in attic and connections on coax cables - all seem fine. So interesting that it is only today 22 Jan 2014 that a Transmitter maintainence is schedules on this website. Searching the BBC website indicated it was not their problem as BBC channels were OK.

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Dave Lindsay

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6:37 PM

Dave: At such close proximity to this high you could potentially find yourself with an excessive level. The effect of too much signal can appear the same as that of too little a signal.

Does the signal strength and constantly dip? This might suggest too much signal.

Perhaps the works necessitate use of the reserve array for at least and that results in the signal being a little stronger for you.

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