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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-spotlight.jpg)
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 82km east-northeast (78°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-westcountry.jpg)
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 withheldWednesday, 25 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 10:06 until 25 Nov 15:37. Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 10:06 until 24 Nov 15:42. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:27 PM
1:27 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 26 Nov 10:07. Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 10:06 until 25 Nov 15:37. Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 10:06 until 24 Nov 15:42. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:26 PM
4:26 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 26 Nov 10:07 until 26 Nov 13:56. Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 10:06 until 25 Nov 15:37. Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 10:06 until 24 Nov 15:42. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 26 Nov 10:07 until 26 Nov 13:56. Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 10:06 until 25 Nov 15:37. . [BBC]
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Monday, 30 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 26 Nov 10:07 until 26 Nov 13:56. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:56 AM
10:56 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Dec 10:07. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Dec 10:07 until 10 Dec 10:43. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:15 PM
9:15 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 20:42. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:57 AM
10:57 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 27 Dec 08:30. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 20:32 until 27 Dec 08:30. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:51 PM
1:51 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 27 Dec 08:30 until 27 Dec 12:49. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 20:32 until 27 Dec 08:30. . [BBC]
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