Full Freeview on the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter which serves 35,000 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 Plympton (Plymouth, England) mast?
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 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)
The Plympton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Plympton 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)
The Plympton (Plymouth, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Plympton transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 4km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 3km east-northeast (76°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||
| C/D E | W | W | W | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C30 | C5waves | C5waves | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | BBCB | |||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C56tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 1-5 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
Plympton Freeview Plympton 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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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
katie: Indoor aerials are not suitable for stable Freeview reception, please connect the television to a rooftop aerial.
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
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Austin Waterworth5:26 PM
Torpoint
On the roof pointing towards Plympton, but signal strength weak and some programmes lost. I pick up good signals through the "tail" of the aerial with loss of signal during poor weather. Should I have the aerial turned to point to Caradon to ensure a good and permanent signal?
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Austin's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 6 January 2012
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Jeff Meagor7:15 PM
Ivybridge
I live in Bittaford Nr Ivybridge PL21 0EN could i pick up the main Plympton transmitter at the moment i can pick up beacon hill during the day but at night i loose most of the channels i have a booster. I know i can pick up the relay transmitter at waetlake but not all freeview channels are broardcast, please help.
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Jeff's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 7 January 2012
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KMJ,Derby1:42 AM
Jeff Meagor: Digital UK do not make any prediction for reception from Plympton in your postcode area. There is in fact a frequency clash with Beacon Hill and Plympton both using C42 and C45. Which channels are you losing from Beacon Hill in the latter part of the day? If it is those carried on the SDN and ArqA muxes then it is possible that interference from Plympton is the cause. Careful aerial positioning to find the best signal from Beacon Hill whilst losing any interference from other directions could give you more reliable reception of the temperamental channels. You are incidentally predicted to have good reception from Beacon Hill on the five Standard definition muxes, the HD mux is shown as variable. You could see a more accurate prediction for yourself if you click on the link to Digital UK tradeview, then change the address to include your house number. Predictions shown in green are for good reception, subject to there being no local obstructions such as trees or tall buildings in the signal path.
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Jeff Meagor: The three commercial (COM) multiplexes from Beacon Hill are at half power with respect to the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) ones, they are 10kW and 20kW respectively. The power of the PSBs is so as to provide the same coverage as the old analogue ones did. My point being that the COMs are restricted as opposed to the PSBs having extra strength. This could be to protect against interference with other transmitters using the same channels such as Plympton.
The other thing about Beacon Hill is that the UHF channels (frequencies) it used to use and those which it uses now. For analogue it was Group C/D (Ch48-68) only and if you haven't had the aerial changed from a C/D, then it could be the problem. Whilst the PSBs are C/D channels, the two COMs SDN and ArqA are a bit lower down in Group B (Ch35-53).
For information on aerial groups, see here:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
For a list of services carried by each multiplex, see here:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
Are the services that you are trouble with in the COM multiplexes which are on lower power? Are the BBC and ITV1/C4 ones OK?
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Friday, 16 March 2012
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Simon Waring2:25 PM
Plymouth
Hi there...
Would you be able to advise on optimum channels I could select for inputing a video input from CCTV via a Modulator on a domestic TV aerial system in order that I avoid conflicts with existing channels, in this particular case in PL9 8JJ ?
Any info you could give or direct me to would be greatfully recieved...
Kind regards
simon@maydayalarms.co.uk
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Simon's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb383:26 PM
Simon Waring: Avoid using any channels under 30 and anything between 41 - 63, this covering all the four transmitting stations that could possibly affect the analogue picture quality from the CCTV camera.
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jb383:52 PM
Simon Waring: Just a small correction to the second range mentioned as I just noticed that in 2013 one of the muxes used by Ivybridge drops to Ch40, this now making the the "either on or between" channel ranges to avoid being 39 - 62.
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Monday, 23 July 2012
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Rich Reed5:02 PM
Plymouth
I live in modern flats with a communal aerial (post code PL1 2BD), I have a signal booster and use a Humax FoxT2 HD box. I have poor reception on BBCA and ARQA multiplexes. The picture quality is often unwatchable. I have auto tuned the box several times without any improvement. Can you suggest anything I could do?
Thanks,
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Rich's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
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jb387:21 AM
Rich Reed: You are indicated as being able to have good reception from the Plympton transmitter at roughly 4 miles away, and so you should ensure that your Humax is receiving that station and not Caradon Hill, the way to check being to carry out a signal check on BBC1 and mux channel number 54 should be indicated along with the signal strength / quality, if though its 28 then thats Caradon.
Do likewise on ArqA (11-Pick TV) and in that case mux Ch45 should be seen whereas 24 if Caradon.
You should also try a test without using the booster and giving an update on the results of your findings, as although Plympton is predicted as being by far the best bet for reception some local impediment to its reception might well be applying which will not show up on the predictor.
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