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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Thursday, 21 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 PM
5:31 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 today to 11:22 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:37 today to 14:15 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 22 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:37 yesterday to 14:15 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 yesterday to 11:22 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 yesterday to 11:22 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:37 yesterday to 14:15 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:37 on 21 Apr to 14:15 on 21 Apr, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 on 21 Apr to 11:22 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:52 on 21 Apr to 11:22 on 21 Apr, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:37 on 21 Apr to 14:15 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 May 2016
Carson hill seems to be putting out 70% signal on channel 24, but 0% signal quality.
Is there any explanation for this? Signal degrades when we have a high pressure,
But not a complete loss of signal.
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Meant that we rarely lose the channels completely, but pick, e4+1 are just no longer there. Service not running, and with a retune the channels are not even listed.
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Friday, 6 May 2016
MikeP
10:21 AM
Trowbridge
10:21 AM
Trowbridge
Christopher Wilton:
To assist you we really need to know where you live in relation to the transmitters. To help us do tat please enter a full post code, or that of a very nearby shop or post office, so that we can examine the preferred transmitter (I'm not aware of any called 'Carson Hill') and the signalpath to your aerial.
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MikeP's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Hi Mike,
I live on the PL10 area, near Cawsand. Channel 24 has now completely gone, no signal level at all.
I have tried re-installing as a first time, and still nothing. It's almost like ch24 has just stopped transmitting.
Cheers
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Sorry, auto correct. Carson hill should have read caradon hill.
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