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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Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:33 PM
2:33 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:56 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:56 today to 14:23 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:56 yesterday to 14:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:56 on 27 Jun to 14:23 on 27 Jun. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 August 2017
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Geoffrey Cusick2:33 PM
Recurring problem with high BER from Caradon, affecting most channels. I have checked signal strength (53dB at the antenna downlead), and found bursts of high BER on the antenna signal. Any thoughts?
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Paul4:38 PM
Geoffrey Cusick: I have lost all freeview channels thus after
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Wednesday, 2 August 2017
MikeP
11:08 AM
Winchester
11:08 AM
Winchester
Geoffrey Cusick & Paul:
Please provide a full post code so that we contributors can look at the reception conditions at your exact location.
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MikeP's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 13:43 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 13:43 yesterday to 23:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 November 2017
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Mike3:18 PM
Hi
I am only receiving channel 25 and 28 from the caradon hill transmitter. Are there any problems or works going on?
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