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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Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:25 PM
1:25 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Nov 10:03 until 10 Nov 15:07. . [BBC]
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Monday, 7 December 2020
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David Sargeant2:24 PM
Hello,
I am used to having a few days of poor reception periodically over a year. I live at the bottom of a valley and reception can, on occasion, be difficult. I use the Mevagissey repeater for terrestrial TV. However, this year and specifically in the last 6 months, reception has been consistently very poor. Interestingly the BBC channels are first to break up and ITV channels the last to fail if indeed they fail at all.
I have had a full review of my aerial installation by a professional installer and they could find no problem with the equipment and had no better or more up to date aerial to offer that would improve things. Coming from a technical background I can only conclude that since nothing has changed at my end and that the equipment I have is operating correctly either there is a new obstruction in the path of my signal or a change at the transmitter. Weather conditions do have some affect. High pressure tends to cause me problems, but once they clear I used to get back to normal reception. Now, reception is almost always poor. BBC is impossible to tune. I have installed a satellite dish as an interim solution, but would very much like to resolve my aerial reception issue. My problem is further enhanced by a poor broadband speed and so on demand television is not a practical solution. Looking forward to any assistance,
Kind regards,
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Tuesday, 8 December 2020
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Chris.SE2:56 AM
David Sargeant:
Can't find any reported faults either by Freeview or the BBC, and the Mevagissey transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering.
There has been a lot of "Tropospheric Ducting" accompanying High Pressure over recent months, most recently it did affect quite a few areas of Devon and Cornwall as well as other parts of the UK from time to time. However it is currently totally clear according to current predictions.
Without a full postcode, we can't look at what your predicted reception might be, or what even the typical Line-of-Sight to the transmitter might be. That in any case would not take account of any new buildings or trees etc on the L-O-S.
Do you have any trees near you that have grown larger and maybe on the LOS?
Whilst you've had your aerial checked, have you changed you installation in any way?
Also check any wall-plates, coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them.
See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
The UHF channels for Mevagisey are C46, C43, C40 in the order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3.
Are the BBC ones poorer than D3&4?
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:22 AM
9:22 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Monday, 20 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Sep 11:44. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Sep 11:44 until 20 Sep 12:05. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 23 Sep 11:47. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Sep 11:44 until 20 Sep 12:05. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:06 PM
3:06 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 23 Sep 11:47 until 23 Sep 13:34. Poor quality due to a fault from 20 Sep 11:44 until 20 Sep 12:05. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 25 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 23 Sep 11:47 until 23 Sep 13:34. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:26 PM
12:26 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 30 Sep 08:31. . [BBC]
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