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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) mast?
Caradon Hill transmitter - Caradon Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
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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Monday, 13 August 2018
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StevensOnln17:31 PM
Adam: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Do not attempt to retune. Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted coverage etc.
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Adam7:58 PM
StevensOnln1: pl312lx and too late channels home
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Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 27 September 2018
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Julie10:03 AM
We are experiencing pixelation breakup and loss of signal which is intermittent and which began yesterday morning we are in swanpool Falmouth
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MikeP
10:22 AM
10:22 AM
Julie:
Firstly please follow the advice given in the text above the entry box and provide a full post code. Only then can we examine what the predicted reception is likely to be at your location. Further, please check all your aerial cables and connections. If there are coaxial plugs/sockets, please unplug and then refit. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation which is a common cause of problems such as you report.
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Thursday, 7 March 2019
***ALL*** See 20 Freeview HD TV channels to close March/June 2019 in Cornwall
20 Freeview HD TV channels to close March/June 2019 in Cornwall | free and easy
Beacon Hill will stop transmitting the channels to Torbay at the end of March, with the rest of Cornwall they will stop from 19 June 2019. These channels are on the so-called com7 and com8 multiplexes, which are being withdrawn from Cornwall. This is ahead of the rest of the UK where the licence expires May 2020.
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Monday, 22 April 2019
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S Bilton6:44 PM
Camelford
Postcode PL32 9YQ. transmitter Caradon Hill Cornwall.
On channels broadcast on COM6 we have been experiencing reception problems when we have good weather. The image is pixelated and audio is missing sections of words. When the weather is "normal" we have no problems, what can we do to maintain a good reception at all times. This has only recently started and we cannot pinpoint any incident that would have triggered it.
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S's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
7:25 PM
7:25 PM
S Bilton:
It ois possible that the current warm/hot weather is causing atmospheric inversion problems. There is nothing you can do about the natural phenomenon. All you can do is to make sure that your aerail system and all the cables are in perfect condition. Also unplug and then refit all coaxial plugs/sockets to ensure there is no oxidationon the contacts.
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Friday, 24 May 2019
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Norma Dale11:12 AM
We are having a problem with our FM radio reception since 10 am yesterday. Is there a fault?
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MikeP
9:11 PM
9:11 PM
Norma Dale:
Do you mean ypu're having problems with DAB recep[tion? They did some work on the Caradon Hill DAB transmitter yesterday - see the posting above yours.
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