Full Freeview on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 180,000 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 Caradon 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 Caradon Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 26km east-southeast (123°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 32km east-southeast (116°)
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?
Barleycombe | Active deflector | 25 km E Plymouth | 3 homes |
Parracombe | Transposer | 17 km NE Barnstaple | 80 homes |
How will the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C12 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C30 | _local | _local | |||||||
C31 | com7 | ||||||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C37 | com8 |
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 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com7 | (-16.3dB) 11.6kW | |
Mux 1* | (-20dB) 5kW | |
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 4kW | |
com8 | (-24.2dB) 1.9kW |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 9 May 2011
CARADON HILL transmitter - Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Sunday, 15 May 2011
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chris howell6:08 PM
Kingsbridge
I have gone all winter with no pixellation at all and now May 14th 2011 its all started again, mainly on the Quest and UK History Channels, when will the Caradon Hill Transmitter be working again, and why do we suffer a low grade service. We have spent a fortune on new ariels, cable, amplifiers and a new television.
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chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
chris howell: If you have an amplifier, I would suggest you try disconnecting it from your system, it may be causing your signal to overload.
The engineering work is listed by Digital UK on a week-by-week basis.
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Friday, 27 May 2011
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SlimTim7:50 AM
When does Caradon hill digital signal go on full power? Some of my channels are very poor signal, the tv aerial man said to me last year that it will remain the same until all the channels are on full power.
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michael9:25 AM
Caradon transmitter engineering post of 9-5-11 (above) indicates *TV analog* ... What analog transmissions are still being broadcast from Caradon post-DSO?
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michael: There are no services, but Digital UK's status still provides a "no fault" status for them.
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SlimTim: The transmitter is on full power, it has been since Wednesday 9th September 2009.
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Monday, 20 June 2011
CARADON HILL transmitter - Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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