Full Freeview on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C44+ (658.2MHz)	400m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	H max	C41+ (634.2MHz)	400m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	400m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	400m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	400m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C32 (562.0MHz)	400m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 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	BBCtv_waves
C32						ArqB
C33						ArqA
C37			C5_waves	C5_waves
C41		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	+D3+4	D3+4
C44		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	+BBCA	BBCA
C47		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C48					SDN	SDN
C51_{tv_off}		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	ArqB
C52_{tv_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

Local transmitter maps

Redruth Freeview Redruth TV region BBC South West West Country

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Redruth transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981	Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Redruth was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Transmitter engineering

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1:31 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 08:57 today to 09:05 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:01 today to 10:26 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:57 today to 09:01 today. [BBC]

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4:31 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 08:57 today to 09:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:57 today to 09:01 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:01 today to 10:26 today. [BBC]

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4:31 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 08:57 yesterday to 09:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:57 yesterday to 09:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:01 yesterday to 10:26 yesterday. [BBC]

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4:31 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 08:57 on 05 Mar to 09:05 on 05 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:57 on 05 Mar to 09:01 on 05 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:01 on 05 Mar to 10:26 on 05 Mar. [BBC]

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10:31 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 08:57 on 05 Mar to 09:05 on 05 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:01 on 05 Mar to 10:26 on 05 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:57 on 05 Mar to 09:01 on 05 Mar. [BBC]

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Tony Collins
8:41 PM

What is happening to my TV signal at 7.00 pm (now 8.00 pm BST) every day?
I get a '' at this time every day, lasting for a few seconds, followed by intermittent breakup until approx 7.04. This has been going on for months now, and is very frustrating.

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StevensOnln1

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10:17 PM

Tony Collins: If it's happening at the same time every day, the most likely explanation is that something operating on a timer in your home (or a near neighbour) is causing electrical .

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James Hart
2:03 PM
Plymouth

Hello we run a holiday park at Bovisand (postcode PL9 0AA)
There are approx. 100 holiday units here each with an individual Arial.
Across the board we are getting complaints about the weak it seems there is little or no bbc and itv is intermittent , the signal was reasonable for the last few years but there is something different now , has the signal strength weakened? is the at rame head having work , and /or what would the cost of a relay being installed here ???(future planning )
Thank you
James

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Transmitter engineering

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5:09 AM

- : BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:17 today to 04:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 today. [BBC]

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8:09 AM

- : BBC TV Off Air; related from 00:17 today to 04:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 today to 04:28 today. [BBC]

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