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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Beacon Hill (Torbay, 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)
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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-spotlight.jpg)
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 37km west (262°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-westcountry.jpg)
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 |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Sunday, 22 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:47 yesterday to 22:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
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BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:47 on 21 Apr to 22:51 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 July 2018
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Pete Kettell11:07 AM
I have lost BBC4HD, a channel I loved and cannot see why it has been downgraded to only be powered at 1KW on COM8. Is there any future plan to make it more widely available or it that it and I can no longer access via Freeview? thanks
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Pete Kettell11:08 AM
Will I ever receive BBC4HD again? I live in Chudleigh
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StevensOnln112:51 PM
Pete Kettell: The Digital UK checker doesn't show any plans for COM8 to be increased from its current 1kW from Beacon Hill. COM7 & COM8 are temporary multiplexes and are expected to close in the next few years. If you put your postcode in to the Digital UK checker (see link below) and tick the detailed view box you will be able to see your predicted coverage for your location.
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Friday, 10 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 PM
6:07 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 PM
9:07 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 AM
12:07 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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