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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C28+ (530.2MHz)602mDTG-100,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C25+ (506.2MHz)602mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C22+ (482.2MHz)602mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C21+ (474.2MHz)579mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C24- (497.8MHz)579mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C27- (521.8MHz)579mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 26km east-southeast (123°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
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?

BarleycombeActive deflector25 km E Plymouth3 homes
ParracombeTransposer17 km NE Barnstaple80 homes

How will the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1961-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-1327 Mar 2019
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C12ITVwaves
C21+SDNSDN
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C24-ArqAArqA
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4D3+4
C27-ArqBArqB
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves+BBCABBCA
C30_local_local
C31com7
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C37com8

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Comments
Tuesday, 26 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 on 24 Dec to 20:49 on 24 Dec. [BBC]

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Monday, 22 January 2018
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S.Woodbridge
3:53 AM

Since the move of BBC4 HD to com7, my Panasonic hard drive video recorder, won't record on the timer.
It just keeps flashing pause.
Please advise

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MikeB
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10:50 AM

S.Woodbridge: have you retuned?

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MikeP
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9:33 PM

S. Woodbridge:

As MikeB says, have you retuned both your TV and the PVR?



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Wednesday, 24 January 2018
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S.Woodbridge
11:14 PM

MikeP:
Yes, I've retuned both and the problem still exists. I believe it's common on Panasonic pvrs.
Sws

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S.Woodbridge
11:15 PM

MikeP:
Yes, I've retuned both and the problem still exists. I believe it's common on Panasonic pvrs..
BBC4 is on com 7, this is what's causing the problem

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Thursday, 22 February 2018
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John Tyler
3:40 PM
North Tawton

Hi I live in okehampton postcode ex20 1nr The transmitter I use is Huntshore cross,late last year my signal has dropped off and I keep getting interference.I have a talktalk box signal used to be 56 now it is 42 can not get HD have reset box I am now thinking about useing Caradon Hill as the signal is 100,000 watts Huntshore cross is only 10,000 watts I think.If you could please advise thank you J Tyler

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Friday, 23 February 2018
MikeP
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11:23 AM

John Tyler:

If you look at the digitaluk trade box below your posting (http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/trade/ex20+1nr/NA/0/) you will see that both Huntshaw Cross and Caradon Hill have some reception problems at your location. The Okehampton Freeview Light transmitter should be fine for you. But, as it is a 'light' transmitter it does not broadcast all the multiplexes.

Huntshaw Cross radiates the three PSB multiplexes at 20 kW and the three COM multiplexes at 10kW. Caradon Hill radiates the PSB multipexes at 100 kW and the COM multiplexes at 50 kW.

As the three transmitters are in completely different direction and need different group aerials you cannot just retune to a different one, reception would be even worse! If you do not want to use the Okehampton transmitter then you will need to try a good log-periodic aerial (which will cover all the present and future signals groups) and aim it at either Huntshaw Cross and try those signals or esle at Caradon Hill and try those. None are likely to give you perfect reception because of the geography of the area.

The alternative would be Freesat with a properly mounted dish.



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Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
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1:29 PM

CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:56 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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4:29 PM

CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:56 today to 15:22 today. [BBC]

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