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.
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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 withheldFriday, 29 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:27 today to 10:38 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 30 January 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:27 yesterday to 10:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 31 January 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:27 on 29 Jan to 10:38 on 29 Jan. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 February 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 02:27 on 29 Jan to 10:38 on 29 Jan. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 3 February 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 28 April 2016
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re CBSDrama4:47 PM
CBSDrama is moving today from 74 to 71 which seems to be on COM7/COM8 - thought you might like to update your page... Which Freeview channels does the Redruth transmitter broadcast?
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re CBSDrama: Of course that mean you can't now watch the channel as the Redruth transmitter doesn't carry com7 and com8..
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Briantist's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:31 today to 19:41 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 June 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:31 yesterday to 19:41 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 24 June 2016
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REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:31 on 22 Jun to 19:41 on 22 Jun. [BBC]
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