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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-spotlight.jpg)
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 4km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-westcountry.jpg)
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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Friday, 27 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
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Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 30 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 2 June 2023
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john Marriner12:37 PM
.several channels have reduced signal (12, 18, 27) which has happened in the last few weeks. Is this due to change soon. Many Thanks
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Chris.SE5:16 PM
john Marriner:
Do you mean Quest, More4 and Yesterday?
Two different multiplexes are involved.
As you haven't given a full postcode we don't know what your predicted reception may be, whether or not your predicted transmitter would be Plympton or whether you are just somewhere around the Plympton area and may be receiving another (maybe main) transmitter.
Are your aerial rods (or squashed Xs) vertical, and which way is it pointing?
Plympton isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering.
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Friday, 11 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 March 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
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Plympton transmitter - Plympton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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