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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Saturday, 9 February 2019
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Terry Bannon10:38 AM
I can no longer pick up ch 60 (radio) has anything changed.. The epg is available but it won't pick up a channel. Other stuff ok including stron HD.
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StevensOnln111:34 AM
Terry Bannon: What do you mean by channel 60 (radio)? Are you referring to UHF channel 60 which carries the PSB1 multiplex from Beacon Hill (BBC SD channels) or do you mean LCN 60 (Sony Crime Channel +1) which is not broadcast from Beacon Hill?
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Monday, 25 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:18 today to 18:39 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:18 yesterday to 18:39 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:18 on 25 Feb to 18:39 on 25 Feb. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 March 2019
***ALL*** Urgent Note!!!
See 20 Freeview HD TV channels to close March/June 2019 in Cornwall
20 Freeview HD TV channels to close March/June 2019 in Cornwall | free and easy
Beacon Hill will stop transmitting the channels to Torbay at the end of March, with the rest of Cornwall they will stop from 19 June 2019. These channels are on the so-called com7 and com8 multiplexes, which are being withdrawn from Cornwall. This is ahead of the rest of the UK where the licence expires May 2020.
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Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today to 05:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 today to 05:30 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 yesterday to 05:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:20 yesterday to 05:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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N L Bell12:21 PM
Brixham
I am getting no signal at all on most channels, I have between 6% and 19 % on a couple. On retuning I am getting no joy at all on any channel. Tells me No Signal
Help
Brixham TQ5 9LA No.65
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John3:04 PM
Until recently, I was able to get a moderate quality signal from the Beacon Hill transmitter. After retuning, I now get a few channels, very low quality, on 2 of the frequencies on one of my TV sets, the other TV cannot find any channels. I have switched to the Chudleigh transmitter which means I get many fewer channels. What is happening?
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