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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 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C44+ (658.2MHz)400mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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)400mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)400mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C48 (690.0MHz)400mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)400mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C32 (562.0MHz)400mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 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?

regional news image
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
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?

CoverackTransposer15 km S Falmouth70 homes

How will the Redruth (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-131 May 2019
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E TK T
C1BBCtvwaves
C32ArqB
C33ArqA
C37C5wavesC5waves
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves+BBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C48SDNSDN
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesArqB
C52tv_offArqA

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

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV 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

Comments
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:57 AM

Douglas Angwin: Click the link "Digital UK Tradeview" by your posting. Redruth is at 274° although remember that Magnetic North moves and therefore your compass may not be exact.

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Dave Lindsay's 5,724 posts GB flag
Saturday, 23 March 2013
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Paul Forrester
5:44 PM

MY tv has started to say 'poor signal'
on some channels (BBC's 1 2 3 & 4)
we have lived here for two years and it's only just happened, the ariel is in the loft.
We have had the tv checked by an engineer, who says it's ok.
Can you help?

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Thursday, 18 April 2013
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Danny Meehan
2:44 PM
Penzance

Hi, I live in St Just in Penwith and have not had a TV signal all day. Thursday 18th April. It is now 2.30 p.m. and I first tried at 9 a.m.

Post code TR19 7JL. Aerial is on the roof

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

2:51 PM

Danny Meehan: The St Just relay transmitter is shown as off air since 08.30 today 18th April 2013.

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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
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phil
7:36 PM

Hi
The DAB signal from Redruth has been pretty good for the months i've had a radio at work, and now in the car, but in the last few days the signal in the car has broken up by the time i reach stithians area and the reception at work in falmouth is near non-existent

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:41 PM

phil: You have posted on the page for Freeview from Redruth. The page for DAB is here and Kevin made a posting expressing similar sentiments to yours earlier today:

Redruth (Cornwall, England) DAB transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

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Friday, 28 June 2013
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Joslin Murray
6:25 PM

I receive my Freeview programmes from the Redruth transmitter. After numerous re-tuning of my receiver (which is inbuilt in my Sony TV)I am unable to receive any programmes listed under Com 5 Arquiva A. On retuning today the receiver found 96 channels where I have usually over 100.

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Joslin Murray's 1 post GB flag
Sunday, 7 July 2013
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H King
11:51 AM

Have been receiving all the Freeview channels for years (Redruth transmitter) and suddenly the Sky News (82) and Challenge (46)have disappeared!

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H
H King
12:01 PM
Penzance

TR20 9HU
We have had no problem before with freeview, having excellent reception for years with a loft aerial, from Redruth transmitter, but suddenly Sky News and Challenge have disappeared

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:25 PM

H King: Your problem is most likely being caused by Redruths mux Ch52 having dropped under the level required to produce a picture, and so provided that you have not retuned for any reason select one of the programmes mentioned and carry out a signal strength on it, as even although the screen is blank the signal will still be there.

The other method is to go into the tuning menu / manual tune and enter mux Ch52 but do NOT follow this by pressing search or scan, because on most equipment as soon as Ch52 is entered the signal strength its being received at should be indicated.

After having noted the indications seen on Ch52 enter mux Ch48 (ITV3 etc) and compare its strength / quality indications with that obtained on Ch52.

Further advice dependant on the outcome of the test.



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