Full Freeview on the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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 TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 14 July 2018
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Paul8:36 PM
Hello
I'm unable to get any of the Com8 channels. I'm pointed at Caradon Hill.
Thanks
Paul
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Sunday, 15 July 2018
MikeP
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Paul:
Please put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker That will show you that Caradon Hill still carries COM 7 and COM 8 and will show how well you should be getting it.
There are a number of factors that can affect your reception of these temprary transmissions. You need to have a TV that is Freeview HD equipped - do you get BBC1 HD on 101? If so, your TV is so capable. Is your TV tuned to the correct channel fo COM 8 from Caradon Hill? What signal strength is being reported by your TV set on the COM 8 multiplex? It needs to be between 60% and 85%, no more and no less. Are all your aerial cables in good condition with good connections all the way from the aerial to the TV?
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Tuesday, 7 August 2018
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:31 today. [BBC]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:31 today to 15:43 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:31 yesterday to 15:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:33 today. [BBC]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:33 today to 15:38 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 August 2018
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:33 yesterday to 15:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:20 today. [BBC]
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CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:20 today to 15:52 today. [BBC]
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