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 withheldFriday, 1 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:17 AM
9:17 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 27 Dec 08:30 until 27 Dec 12:49. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:38 AM
10:38 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Feb 10:09. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:56 PM
4:56 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - AM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Feb 10:09 until 16 Feb 12:03. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 8 May 2021
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Ed Tozer7:48 AM
08:30 8 May 2021 ALL BBC channels and ALL HD missing . Al others OK!!
Explain please
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Chris.SE8:54 AM
Ed Tozer:
There doesn't seem to be any faults currently listed by Freeview or the BBC for the Redruth transmitter, nor is it currently listed for Planned Engineering. It's unlikely that a power outage would cause loss of just BBC and HD channels. Have the channels returned?
It would be worth checking that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old). Also check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the other multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
Have you changed anything in your setup at all?
Make sure you don't have any HDMI leads near unscreened/poorly screened flyleads/aerial leads as HDMI has been known to cause interference.
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Friday, 16 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 18 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:17 PM
11:17 PM
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 30 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 2 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:50 AM
8:50 AM
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/08/2021 Possible weak signal [DUK]
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