Freeview Light on the Polperro (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Polperro (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 600 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Polperro (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, W, 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 Polperro 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 140m | DTG- | 2W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Polperro (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, W, 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 Polperro transmitter?

BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 29km east (79°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 36km east (81°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Polperro (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C33 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C63 | 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 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
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 withheldWednesday, 10 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:03 today to 15:29 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:03 today to 15:29 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:03 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:03 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 12 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:03 on 10 Apr to 15:29 on 10 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:03 on 10 Apr to 15:29 on 10 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 26 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:33 today to 11:35 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:33 yesterday to 11:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:33 on 26 Jul to 11:35 on 26 Jul. [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:05 today to 12:12 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 11 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:05 yesterday to 12:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:05 on 10 Oct to 12:12 on 10 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
POLPERRO transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:39. . [BBC]
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