Freeview Light on the Port Isaac (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Port Isaac (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Port Isaac (Cornwall, England) mast?
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 20 May 15:01 until 20 May 15:04. . 
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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.
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 Port Isaac (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice +1, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network +1, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Shopping Quarter , Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together, Yesterday.
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 Port Isaac 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 86m | DTG-3 | 50W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 86m | DTG-3 | 50W |
 3 ITV (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 86m | DTG-6 | 50W |
 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 58 Freeview channels?
The Port Isaac (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice +1, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network +1, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Shopping Quarter , Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together, Yesterday.
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 Port Isaac transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 55km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 62km east-southeast (113°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Port Isaac (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 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 | 50W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-17dB) 1W |
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 withheldThursday, 10 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:25 today to 10:39 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:25 today to 10:39 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:55 today to 11:13 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 11 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:25 yesterday to 10:39 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:55 yesterday to 11:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:25 on 10 Oct to 10:39 on 10 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:55 on 10 Oct to 11:13 on 10 Oct. [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:39. . [BBC]
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Friday, 29 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
PORT ISAAC transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 20 May 15:01 until 20 May 15:04. . [BBC]
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