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 December 2013
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Alan4:01 PM
Are channels 31 & 37 working on Caradon Hill? I can now receive BBC3 with no problem but, no signal at all on the new channels after both an auto scan and a manual set up.
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Alan: No, they don't come on air until some time next year.
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michael 10:02 PM
Mervyn Mugford :-
Thanks for the confirmation, Mervyn.
Our Self-Help was crushed by CCI from Carmel. The village committee, guided by one techno-nerd..., supported most permanent residents to set up a satellite dish on their own or on anearby friendly neighbour's property.
Sadly, we have little hope of seeing shiny fibre in this life or the next to implement greater than our current 1MB/s "narrowband".... BUT we do have nice views...
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Monday, 16 December 2013
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Adrian Retallack6:17 PM
help. I get my signal from Caradon hill but I cant get ITV. I can get Itv 2 and 3. can anyone help
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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
Monday, 24 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:23 PM
1:23 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:24 today. [BBC] Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
4:23 PM
4:23 PM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:24 today to 12:29 today. [BBC] Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Thursday, 27 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:24 yesterday to 12:29 yesterday. [BBC] Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Friday, 28 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
CARADON HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:24 on 26 Feb to 12:29 on 26 Feb. [BBC] Over the next week Caradon Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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