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 15/04/2024 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, 6 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:31 AM
11:31 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:06 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:31 PM
5:31 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:06 today to 15:52 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:06 yesterday to 15:52 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 9 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:06 on 07 Jun to 15:52 on 07 Jun. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 16 June 2016
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denyse shorrocks2:16 PM
my signal has been playing up for weeks now . ....it seems to coincide with the sky advert about changing to sky ..... ...... seeing as I pay a TV licence every year , ...it seems only fair that I should receive a service ! and , no , it is not my aerial at fault ......
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Richard Cooper3:18 PM
Norwich
denyse shorrocks: Hi Denyse. You are unlucky that there has been an announcement that viewers who use the Caradon Hill transmitter are likely to experience disruptions today. That's all it says. It would be better if 'they' gave a reason, such as "essential engineering works". it looks like this disruption comes less than a week after there really were engineering works! It does rather seem that our broadcast transmitter network is getting more like railways in terms of the frequency (excuse the pun) of engineering works! Unfortunately there is no replacement bus service apart from Freesat, and unless you can install it yourself, the installation cost, plus the cost of a TV or box that can decode satellite tv signals seems excessive when you've paid 145 pounds and 50 pence for a year's worth of tv already! Richard, Norwich.
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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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