Freeview Light on the Looe (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Looe (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 2,100 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 Looe (Cornwall, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Looe (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Looe 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 89m | DTG-3 | 20W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 89m | DTG-3 | 20W |
3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (West Country), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 89m | DTG-6 | 20W |
73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Looe (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Looe transmitter?

BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 24km east (83°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 31km east (84°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Looe (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-6dB) 5W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 16 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
LOOE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:59 today to 15:04 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:59 yesterday to 15:04 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:59 on 13 Sep to 15:04 on 13 Sep. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:31 today to 18:16 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:31 today to 18:16 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:31 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:31 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 17 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:31 on 15 Dec to 18:16 on 15 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:31 on 15 Dec to 18:16 on 15 Dec. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Feb 11:36 until 17 Feb 11:55. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:39. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
LOOE transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:39. . [BBC]
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