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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Saturday, 16 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 on 14 Jan to 13:28 on 14 Jan. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Sunday, 20 March 2016
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TERRY7:20 PM
hi .are all the hd channels running on full power .after setting up my aerial i am getting data errors on a few of the new hd channels & am unable to receive a good signal on them even after tweaking the aerial to obtain the best signal .all other channels seem ok.problem appears to be on the newer hd channels.
postcode ST ISSEY.
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jb388:51 PM
TERRY: As no faults are listed against the Caradon Hill transmitter, nor are any engineering works taking place at same, I feel that your problem is more inclined to be down to the fact of receiving signals from lower powered transmitters via a line of sight obstruction. The newer HD channels referred to, namely COM7 & COM,8 only radiating on 10.5Kw and 2.5Kw respectively compared to PSB3 (HD) on 100Kw.
By the way, the line of sight obstruction referred to can be seen by opening the undermentioned link.
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Monday, 21 March 2016
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TERRY7:27 AM
hi. are there any future plans to increase the power of com7 & com8 to improve signal .
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KMJ,Derby3:24 PM
TERRY: no, COM7 and COM8 are low budget multiplexes introduced on a temporary basis to encourage viewers to equip themselves with DVB-T2 compatible tuners. Although there are suggestions that viewers would like these muxes to remain on air beyond 2018, the proposed spectrum clearance for 5G in about 2020 might force them off air if the frequencies currently used by these muxes are required for displaced relay transmitters. Reception from Caradon Hill requires a group A receiving aerial in areas where signals are poor. Wideband aerials give a generally poor performance over the frequencies used at Caradon, especially so on the low powered COM muxes.
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Sunday, 3 April 2016
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Jo7:21 PM
Why can't we get free view channel 60 real crime in Plymouth Devon
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jb389:00 PM
Jo: True Crime (60) is only broadcast by main stations covering larger area's of the population on whats known as a "local multiplex", neither Caradon Hill nor Plympton operating a local service.
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Thursday, 21 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 today. [BBC]
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