Full Freeview on the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Friday, 26 April 2019
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Rob B2:57 PM
Thanks Richard B. Have probably spent 4 hours fiddling around to try and sort the problem - nearly bought another Humax box.
It would have been extremely helpful if Freeview had posted the fact that there is a problem.
As you say wait and see but they have had a month already.
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Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:51 on 23 Apr. [BBC]
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Bob Herbert7:55 PM
I get a no signal message and pixelating on the six HD channels transmitting on channel 47. This has happened ever since the retune on March 27th. I cannot watch HD on my 2500.00 TV because of a reduced signal strength.
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Monday, 29 April 2019
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Chris Arkell3:46 PM
I have re tuned both my TV's twice since march 27th and still I get 2-3 second blank screens when watching BBC programs whether HD or normal. Happens with no regularity but can be as often as every 15 minutes. Not noticed what happens on ITV as don't watch it very often. I can see from other posts and other sites that is is a problem a lot of people are suffering with.
When can we expect to receive a constant uninterrupted service?
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 yesterday to 23:53 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 yesterday to 23:53 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:51 on 23 Apr. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:53 today to 22:03 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 yesterday to 23:53 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:51 on 23 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:53 today, HD Digita [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 on 29 Apr to 23:53 on 29 Apr, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:53 yesterday to 22:03 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 on 29 Apr to 23:53 on 29 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
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BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 on 29 Apr to 23:53 on 29 Apr, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:53 on 30 Apr to 22:03 on 30 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 on 29 Apr to 23:53 on 29 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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Mike Tate8:43 AM
Intermittent "No Signal" for a few seconds from time to time.
Freeview admit this is a problem and suspect 4G phone signal interference.
Phone 0808 100 0288 the Freeview Advice Line and report the problem.
Phone 0808 1313 800 the 4G Advice Line to get a 4G Filter for your aerial.
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Friday, 3 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
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BEACON HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:53 on 30 Apr to 22:03 on 30 Apr, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:50 on 29 Apr to 23:53 on 29 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:51 on 23 Apr, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:53 on 30 Ap [BBC]
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