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 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, 13 November 2017
S
StevensOnln14:10 PM
Mike: There are no faults or engineering work showing for Caradon Hill. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels before searching for them again, which makes it much more difficult to know when the problem is fixed. Please provide a full postcode so we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted signal strength etc.
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Sunday, 10 December 2017
J
John5:36 PM
St. Austell
I live at Pl26 6DJ and until mid November could easily receive all Caradon hill transmitter channels. Since mid November I have lost all of Channel 21 and have today installed a new wideband weak signal Labgear aerial which has made no difference. I note from this forum others are having similar issues with channel 21, so ask how long this problem will be in place before being resolved.
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MikeB9:44 PM
John: Two thoughts - are you actually tuned to Caradon, since the prediction tools say you should only get St. Austell.
Secondly, if your losing a mux, there is a problem with your system. Putting a new aerial on a system with a likely fault doesn't change that.
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 today to 08:23 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 yesterday to 08:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 on 12 Dec to 08:23 on 12 Dec. [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 December 2017
Currently missing ITV3 and all the other
channels listed on COM4. PL8 area. Normally
everything is rock solid.
Anyone else? Thanks
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MikeP
6:42 PM
6:42 PM
Nick Faulkner:
A general post code as vague as you've given does not help us identify whether there is a problem with reception at you precise location - PL8 covers a huge area.
Have you checked all your aerial connections from the aerial right to the back of the TV set? If not, then that is where you should start. Poor connection are the usual cause of loss of one or more channels as you describe.
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 today to 20:49 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 yesterday to 20:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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