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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.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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 70m | DTG-3 | 2W |
1 BBC One South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 70m | DTG-3 | 2W |
3 ITV (West Country), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 14 More4, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 24 ITV4 +1, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (West Country), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 70m | DTG-6 | 2W |
45 Film4 +1, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, |
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview channels?
The Compton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 7km east
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?
years | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30th Jun 2019- | ||
aerial group | E | E | E | B E K | B E K | B E K | A B C/D E K VHF | ||
C41 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | ||||||
C44 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C47 | C4 | C4 | C4 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
700 | C51 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | |||||
800 | C68 | ITV | ITV | ITV |
orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 12th August and 9th September 2009.
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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Friday, 21 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:33 PM
2:33 PM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 today to 11:58 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 today to 11:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:08 today to 14:25 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 yesterday to 11:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:08 yesterday to 14:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:46 on 21 Jul to 11:58 on 21 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:08 on 21 Jul to 14:25 on 21 Jul. [BBC]
link to this |
Monday, 1 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:59 today to 04:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:59 today to 04:36 today. [BBC]
link to this |
Tuesday, 2 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:59 yesterday to 04:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:59 yesterday to 04:36 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this |
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
COMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:59 on 01 Jan to 04:36 on 01 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:59 on 01 Jan to 04:36 on 01 Jan. [BBC]
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