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.
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 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 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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Friday, 10 January 2014
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John Lillis12:34 PM
St. Columb
Since just before Christmas, the Freeview reception at my house (and 2 neighbours' houses) has been subject to frequent poor reception periods followed by periods of perfect reception. We are in a poor reception area so any reduction in transmitter power tends to have a big effect. Are you working on the transmitter?
TR9 6BD - we use Caraden
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
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douglas saunders11:27 PM
Torpoint
please could the answer to my question be answered by someone,,, i live in torpiont pl112pu and have had a bad signal for over 3 weeks i have had my Ariel looked at and thats had all clear,,, i spoke to digital uk and they said it a faulty transmitter but no one can put a time scale on it,,,, so can you 1 day 2 days 1 week 2 weeks,,, a month or just get sky installed lol please let me know
thks
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douglas's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 6 March 2014
douglas saunders: This website is independent of broadcasters and does not have a crystal ball. If Digital UK can't tell you then I can't see how anyone else can tell you.
One thing: looking at Streetview aerials are pointing to Plympton which does not, according to Digital UK, have engineering works.
You're in a tricky spot because you don't have line-of-sight to either Caradon Hill or Plympton, you being at the bottom of a drop for each.
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douglas saunders: If your aerial were to point to Plympton you could potentially be tuned incorrectly to Caradon Hill, in which case then that is what needs putting right. Guidance on this can be given if you think it might be a possibility.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
Digital UK now saying that COM7 will come online on 10th June. for caradon hill
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michael11:13 PM
Tim, could you kindly provide a link to the original source of the notification of COM7 from the Caradon mast. Thus far I find no test transmissions on ch 31.
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michael: Coverage Checker - Detailed View
hope this helps. this is the page.
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Michael : oh, and my YouView box is picking up the signal from Caradon Hill at the moment.
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Sunday, 1 June 2014
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michael8:39 PM
Tim, Many thanks! I didn't think of the coverage checker :-) And I had not noticed that COM 7 is HD. So my lowly SD box would be blind. But I do have a vintage HD box in the loft, so I will have to borrow a duster from the XYL . . . I may not get a signal from Caradon at 50+ miles, but the checker sugests Wenvoe, so I will have to hoist a dedicated log and possibly dynamite the headland in the way... Before I do that, I had better check whether the programmes available on COM 7 merit the effort...
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Saturday, 14 June 2014
Just done a retune here in Croyde and the new multiplex is on air on Channel 31 from Caradon.
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