Freeview Light on the Compton (Plymouth, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Compton (Plymouth, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Compton (Plymouth, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Compton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Compton 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36+ (594.2MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 2W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Compton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Compton transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 1km west-southwest (252°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 7km east (90°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Compton (Plymouth, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||||
| E | E | E | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C41 | +D3+4 | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C68 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 5W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Compton transmitter - Compton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Compton transmitter - Compton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 27 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:21 PM
11:21 PM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 22:54. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:21 AM
5:21 AM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 22:54 until 27 Aug 23:23. . [BBC]
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