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.
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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 2 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 yesterday to 04:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 yesterday to 04:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:17 on 01 May to 04:28 on 01 May, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:22 on 01 May to 04:28 on 01 May. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 May 2019
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Ian Grimshaw3:03 PM
Newquay
Post code TR8 5AG. Aerial on the roof.
Over the past week we have not been able to view a few freeview channels including channel 81 as the picture is bad or no picture and the picture is also frozen. Before this we never had problem
I have retuned several times including a factory reset, turned off the power and removed the aerial but still no luck.
We have also contacted the freeview help line but they could not help.
Any ideas please.
Ian
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
10:27 PM
10:27 PM
Ian Grimshaw:
Having checked the expected reception at your location, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View I suspect you may have a poor connection in your aerial cables. So please check all the cables for any signs opf damage or deterioration. Unplug all the coaxial plugs/sockets and refit them. Then retune manually using the channe numbers for Redruth shown on the page I have quoted.
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Friday, 24 May 2019
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Norma Dale11:20 AM
We are experiencing problems with our FM radio signal in Falmouth.
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Thursday, 13 June 2019
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Derek Black6:03 PM
The Sky channels PickTV, Challenge and Sky News have no listings in the Freeview programme guide from about 7.00am next Monday 17th June 2019 onwards. (I'm tuned to the Redruth transmitter.) What's going on? Anybody know? Are the Sky Freeview channels going offline or is it time for a retune?
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StevensOnln19:56 PM
Derek Black: I'm seeing the same lack of EPG data for Sky's channels on Freeview. It's probably just an error preventing the data getting through. I very much doubt that they're leaving and no retune has been announced.
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Thursday, 4 July 2019
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:52 yesterday to 14:01 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 yesterday to 15:03 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 yesterday to 15:03 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 yesterday t [BBC]
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Friday, 19 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:52 on 17 Jul to 14:01 on 17 Jul. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 on 17 Jul to 15:03 on 17 Jul, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 on 17 Jul to 15:03 on 17 Jul, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 on 17 Jul t [BBC]
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