Full Freeview on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 50.210,-5.239 or 50°12'37"N 5°14'20"W |  | TR16 6QZ |
The symbol shows the location of the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 97,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter._______
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 Redruth (Cornwall, 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 Redruth 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 Redruth (Cornwall, 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 Redruth transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 82km east-northeast (78°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 89km east (79°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Coverack | Transposer | 15 km S Falmouth | 70 homes |
How will the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 1 May 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C32 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C33 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA |
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 8 Jul 09 and 5 Aug 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-15.2dB) 3kW | |
| Mux D* | (-16.6dB) 2.2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-18dB) 1.6kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Redruth transmitter area
|
|
Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 3 February 2011
Bob Hayes: Yes, the only issue reported was "REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:10 today to 11:04 today [BBC]".
If you put your postcode into the box at the top right, there will be a box shown that has links to the various places to look.
| link to this comment |
G
Geoff Frewer11:27 PM
Redruth
Brian, we are still getting breakup on BBC1/2 (at least) at 11:26pm - any idea's ? Many thanks
| link to this comment |
Geoff's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 4 February 2011
Geoff Frewer: The problem should have cleared now, can you please try this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
| link to this comment |
G
Geoff Frewer10:37 AM
Good morning, Brian, many thanks for your pointer which I have carried out. I can now tell you that ITV1/CH4 and 5, Sky3 are excellent with 100% signal strength. BBC1/2/3 and BBC24 plus Sky News are still breaking up and the signal strength is wildly varying from 100% to zero - picture blanks out. Is there any chance the height of the aerial has been lowered - a daft question, but it would affect me. Many thanks, Geoff
| link to this comment |
Geoff Frewer: No, no changes can be made to the transmitter! If you are having problems still I would report them via the BBC tool, the official way to report all problems, see the Broadcaster complaints details | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
Also you can check the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice just in case it is a problem "at your end".
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 26 May 2011
V
Valerie Grey11:19 PM
Falmouth
My signal has always been strong from a loft aerial. My neighbour has a roof aerial. In the last two days, we are both having trouble with getting a steady signal. It has to be a fault between the station and our village. My picture is still breaking up badly and I keep getting the no signal box. The speech is not understandable. This morning the picture looked like a worn Turkish carpet. Tonight, the picture is recognizable when it is not cracking up or disappearing. The freeview programmes are not registering at all.
| link to this comment |
Valerie's: mapV's Freeview map terrainV's terrain plot wavesV's frequency data V's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 27 May 2011
Sunday, 12 June 2011
S
Stephen2:20 AM
I'd like to report a problem with the transmitter as at the moment I'm getting no signal at all on most channels and too poor for a signal on the rest even the programme guide is down.
| link to this comment |
Monday, 13 June 2011
Select more comments
Your comment please