Full Freeview on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast?
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 24 July 2014
Dave Lindsay
6:37 PM
6:37 PM
Dave Laurie: The terrain plot suggests you have clear line-of-sight at 18.3 miles (assuming no obstructions that are on the ground):
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location Also judging by that plot, I suggest that the only likely obstructions could be trees and buildings within several hundred metres of your property. So, has a tree grown, or building gone up or been modified in the time your difficulties started? (Obviously we're talking about possible obstructions in the general direction of the transmitter.
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Michael8:57 PM
Dave Laurie: I would first double check you are tuned in to the Redruth transmitter, as Caradon Hill would be found first in any automatic search due to its lower frequencies, but wouldn't give as good a signal for the commercial channels.
Go to BBC1, then go your TV's menu, and look for a manual retune or signal information option (could be in retune/installation/setup etc) - and see what UHF channel number or frequency it gives.
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Monday, 18 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:07 today to 14:10 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:07 yesterday to 14:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:07 on 18 Aug to 14:10 on 18 Aug. [BBC]
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Saturday, 30 August 2014
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David Stone11:22 AM
Truro
Hi All,
How do you check if a wind turbine will interfere with reception of terrestrial tv and radio? A 77m is proposed 380m from my home. I live at TR4 9AU
David
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb388:09 PM
David Stone: Unfortunately, there is no technical way of being able to check whether it will or not, the order of the day being to "wait and see". However, Redruth is indicated as being the station that covers your area on a bearing of 238 degrees from you, and so you should check if the proposed structure is sited in a direct line-of-sight between the station and you, if it is, then it might possibly have an affect on your reception, the severity of being dependant on the rotational speed of the blades coupled to the weather conditions at the time, i.e: more so during wet weather due to reflections from the blades.
But though, nothing is cut and dried as far as interference from turbine blades is concerned, as so many variables apply.
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Wednesday, 8 October 2014
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David Stone8:36 AM
Truro
David Stone: Many thanks for your very useful and thoughtful reply. It is greatly appreciated.
David
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 9 April 2015
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john garratt7:32 PM
Falmouth - lost TV signal on Freeview almost completely today - nothing changed in setup, no building works, nothing indicated on engineering; happened a few weeks ago as well and came back after a day, but is getting irritating. Retuned twice. J
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MikeB8:30 PM
john garratt: You've gone through all the things it cant be - which leaves your system at fault. Retuning of course makes things worse - your TV was tuned fine - its just that there is a fault in your system.
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