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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Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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StevensOnln12:11 PM
Clement Fisher: Digital UK report PSB1-3 as being 20kW and COM4-6 as 10kW. Given that no one posting on this completely independent website has anything to do with any broadcaster or transmitter company we can only take their word for it. If you provide a full postcode we can look at your predicted coverage and may be able to offer further advice.
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Hi
I live in Stoke Gabriel which I know is not a wonderful area for TV reception generally but we have had good freeview coverage. However, in the last few years, all the channels multiplexed on to 666MHz have become unusable (picture artefacts and sound breakup). I know this frequency is transmitted 3dB lower at 10kW, but the channels on 642MHz (at the same transmitter power) are still fine.
Looking at the signal strength and quality monitors on the TV, 666MHz was quite often reporting no signal or very low signal with poor quality
I have now put another pre-amp in front of the main signal amplifier/splitter box and that seems to have made the performance acceptable, albeit with the odd burst of errors.
Are you sure the TX power is 10kW on this frequency? I assume the antenna pattern is the same as 642MHz (within reason).
Cheers
Clem (retired electronics/radio engineer)
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MikeB2:46 PM
Clem Fisher: If the signal used to be OK, but now isn't, wouldn't that point to a problem with your system, rather than the transmitter? In which case, the extra booster is essentially a patch.
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Friday, 23 February 2018
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Phil White5:21 PM
After several months of problem free viewing, severe interference and picture loss has returned to the BBC channels again in Brixham. If this is down to 4G mobiles, why is it allowed to continue. Any new service provider must ensure they do not cause interference to existing services before they start operating. This is an international requirement, so why is it not enforced by our national body?.
Phil White
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StevensOnln17:57 PM
Phil White: Problems with interference from 4G mobile masts are addressed by an organisation funded by the mobile networks called AT800, who when contacted will check for any new 4G masts operating in the 800MHz band in your area and will send you a free filter if they think 4G interference is likely.
at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz
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Monday, 5 March 2018
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Noel Humphries10:25 AM
For the past 3 nights we have had no tv reception from around 8pm,although it is normal during the day from early morning.
What's the problem?
We live in Queen Elizabeth Drive-a stone throw from the main areal in Beacon Hill.
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StevensOnln110:41 AM
Noel Humphries: If you are loosing signal at the same time each night, the most likely explanation is that you're suffering from local interference caused by something operating on a timer (probably something with an electric motor such as a central heating pump, appliances such as washing machines, etc).
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Monday, 26 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:36 today to 14:37 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:36 yesterday to 14:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:36 on 26 Mar to 14:37 on 26 Mar. [BBC]
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