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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)163mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)163mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (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, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)163mDTG-400W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)163mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)163mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)163mDTG-8400W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 4km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1710 Apr 2019
C/D EWWWW TW TK T
C30C5wavesC5waves_local_local_local_local
C40BBCA
C41SDN
C42SDNSDNSDND3+4
C44ArqA
C45ArqAArqAArqABBCB
C47ArqB
C49tv_off D3+4D3+4
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCABBCABBCA
C56tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Plympton was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 25 November 2016
MikeP
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3:25 PM

Kingsley Bishop:

No. As it appears that all the flats on a communal aerial system have lost services you need to contact the Management Company responsible for the block of flats as they are responsible for the maintenance of the aerial system.



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Transmitter engineering
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4:33 PM

PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:0 [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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7:34 PM

PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today to 14:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today to 14:37 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Ra [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Saturday, 26 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:32 AM

PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 yesterday to 14:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 yesterday to 14:37 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15: [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Sunday, 27 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
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10:33 AM

PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 on 25 Nov to 14:37 on 25 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 on 25 Nov to 14:37 on 25 Nov. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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10:34 PM

PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 on 25 Nov to 14:37 on 25 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 on 25 Nov to 14:37 on 25 Nov. [BBC]

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Monday, 28 November 2016
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Wendy barnes
10:54 AM

Hello

I have freeview with a loft aerial.
I cannot get any reception today ( Monday 28 Nov 2016)
I live in PL7 1ah.. Plympton St. Mary Plymouth
Is there work being done please?
Kind Regards
Wendy Barnes

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2:33 PM

PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:34 today to 11:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:34 today to 11:12 today. [BBC]

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StevensOnln1
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3:20 PM

Wendy barnes: There was work going on at Plympton last week so it may well be continuing today. Don't attempt to retune, but wait and see if the signal returns on its own this evening.

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MikeP
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3:37 PM

Wendy:

Look at the Transmitter Engineering entry immediately below yours. It states that there was a service interruption today. So there is work being done. It does not state when it will finish so DO NOT retune and try again late afternoon and evening today.

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