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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Monday, 19 December 2016
My postcode PL15 8BT (Launceston). Often get poor Freeview reception and frequently re-tune channels. Even when good reception for most Freeview, always have trouble with Talking Pictures (ch 81) and Al Jazeera English (ch 108). Can the signal for these channels be enhanced from Caradon transmitter? Why their weakness compared to other channels? Is that a fault at Caradon? How to enhance reception for these two (both important to me)? I already have a booster. Continually fluctuating number of channels received when I re-tune. (almost 40-channel fluctuation at times) Engineer says my antenna good and correctly placed.
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Jan's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln112:23 PM
Jan van Heurck: Talking Pictures and Aljazeera HD are broadcast on the COM7 multiplex which (along with COM8) is a temporary service which is broadcast at lower power to avoid causing interference with other transmitters using the same frequency. It won't receive a power boost and is due to close in 2020.
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MikeB1:58 PM
Jan van Heurck: Your just 15km from the transmitter with a clear path - why do you have a booster?
Check signal strength - although that mux is on relatively low power, you might still have a high signal strength and its worth checking the other muxes as well to make sure that you don'y have a fault with your system.
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MikeP
3:39 PM
3:39 PM
Jan van Heurk:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1 and MikeB, it is worth removing the amplifier altogether and plugging the two aerial cable connectors together using a suitable coupler. As you are only 15 km from the powerful transmitter it is likely that you have too much signal causing the tuner to be overloaded.
Please would you then tell us what the reported signal strengths are for each multiplex.
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Thursday, 19 January 2017
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TERRY10:48 PM
Wadebridge
are there problems on COM4 .Lost all channels this evening on com4 19/01 ,also yesterday evening in postcode.ST ISSEY pl27 7rn.
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Friday, 17 March 2017
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Ian Powell7:38 PM
Can anyone confirm that tiny pop channel has gone it said to retune i have done this on two tv's. The only channel that shows up 791 saying to retune. I checked the freeview website and should still be broadcasting on this transmitter.
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Ian Powell7:51 PM
Just confirmed it's gone for good only available in select cities.
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Saturday, 27 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:06 today to 01:29 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:06 yesterday to 01:29 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 29 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:06 on 27 May to 01:29 on 27 May. [BBC]
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