Full Freeview on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, 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 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
Caradon Hill Freeview Caradon Hill DAB Caradon Hill AM/FM Caradon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016
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Karen Scott 8:33 PM
Just switched on to watch great debate Europe referendum and no signal,!!!!!!!! Had problems with this a few months ago and had aerial and broadband checked and no problem found with our equipment so must be caradon hill we were told
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Richard Cooper8:55 PM
Norwich
Karen Scott : Hi Karen. Regretfully, the problem is not at Caradon Hill. The Government is extremely keen that as many people as possible in the UK view, "EU Referendum: The Great Debate", currently on BBC One. Here is a current quotation concerning the current state of the Caradon Hill transmitter: "This transmitter has no current reported problems-
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter." I suggest you check all aerial lead and plug connections, switch everything back on and try again, the motto being, "if at first you don't suceed..." This proverb always worked for my paternal grandmother! Richard, Norwich.PS, Your programme goes on until 10 p.m., so we're barely half way through at the time of writing.
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Thursday, 28 July 2016
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Annette Russett10:08 PM
Holsworthy
Over the past couple of months BBC channels have been very unreliable. I was without red button for about 2 weeks, resulting in my complaining under the guarantee about my television, then all of a sudden it came back. Now it is very intermittent. I use it for the weather forecast. I never know whether I am going to able to receive BBC from one day to the next. I do not have any problem with ITV. I have emailed BBC in London asking them to look into it twice, but they do not have the manners to reply. My postcode is EX22 7EX , I have retuned my television several times. I never had a problem in the past. My aerial is in the loft, and was professionally set.
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Friday, 29 July 2016
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MikeB12:20 AM
Annette Russett: You need to check your signal stengths on the various muxes - at just 32km from the transmitter, you should be getting a great signal - if anything, too good.
So if your getting a poor signal, then points to something wrong with your aerial system. I'm not surprised that the BBC has not replied - they must get many hundreds of such emails a week, and unless there is a pattern caused by an actual transmitter problem, its not their fault. Its as if people emailed a car maker because their car wouldn't go, when it turns out the petrol tank is empty. The reality is that the vast majority of such problems are local to the receiver.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2016
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Richard Cooper3:29 PM
D: Regarding Com 7 & Com 8 from the 30 main transmitters that transmit these two multiplexes, at the next tv digital switchover (DSO2), Com 7 & Com 8 will cease to exist. DSO2 will occur either later this decade or early in the 2020s, when everybody will be forced to receive Freeview tv in HD (high definition) and SD (standard definition) will cease to be transmitted. As a consequence of the plan for DSO2 as explained above, there are no plans for increasing the powers of Com 7 & Com 8 between now and the date of DSO2. Richard, Norwich.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Would like to know if there is there any work going on at Caradon Hill transmitter? As today all my three TV sets are getting a weak or no signal.
My kitchen & bedroom TV's keep breaking up, and completely losing signal intermittently. These two have indoor aerials which only occasionally have problems.
My main TV (which has a loft aerial, and almost never has a problem) is also breaking up badly today.
I am on a hill and can see the transmitter from my window, so we usually get a very good signal.
My postcode is PL7 5HP
Couldn't find anything on the site to say if there was a transmitter fault. Thank you.
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John Clegg11:07 AM
Hi Jean
I am experiencing exactly the same - it was particularly bad last night. For me the problem seems to be limited to BBC and Channel 4
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Jean12:46 PM
John Clegg: Hi John
It all seems OK now. Good signals on all TV's. I reckon there must have been a temporary fault at the transmitter. Or maybe something nearby was interfering with the signal.
We weren't affected last night, just this morning.
Hope you are back to normal too.
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
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John Clegg3:44 PM
Jean: We are fine today thanks. Must have been temporary. Wrecked a few recordings though!
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