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The symbol shows the location of the Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 180,000 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 Caradon Hill (Cornwall, England) mast?

Caradon Hill transmitter - Caradon Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Caradon Hill transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C28+ (530.2MHz)602mDTG-100,000W
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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
C25+ (506.2MHz)602mDTG-100,000W
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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
C22+ (482.2MHz)602mDTG-100,000W
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)579mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
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, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C24- (497.8MHz)579mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
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 TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C27- (521.8MHz)579mDTG-850,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Caradon Hill transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 26km east-southeast (123°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 32km east-southeast (116°)
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?

BarleycombeActive deflector25 km E Plymouth3 homes
ParracombeTransposer17 km NE Barnstaple80 homes

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

1961-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-1327 Mar 2019
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C12ITVwaves
C21+SDNSDN
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C24-ArqAArqA
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4D3+4
C27-ArqBArqB
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves+BBCABBCA
C30_local_local
C31com7
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C37com8

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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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 500kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 50kW
com7(-16.3dB) 11.6kW
Mux 1*(-20dB) 5kW
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-21dB) 4kW
com8(-24.2dB) 1.9kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill 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.

Comments
Saturday, 8 January 2022
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Mr&Mrs Williams
9:11 PM

Bad signal on all channels - i.e channel 1 and channel 101 digital. Three televisions on property - all experiencing problems - is this because of the high winds??

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10:26 PM

Mr&Mrs Williams:

If it is due to "high winds" it's highly unlikely to be a transmitter issue, but more likely a problem with your own aerial. But as we don't know which transmitter you get your signal from, we don't know if there's a transmitter fault.
We'd need a full postcode and ideally the direction your aerial is pointing to check on that.

I would check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old) and is secure and not flapping in the wind.

Have you checked the connections behind your TV?
I'd 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.

Problematic connections, water ingress, Aerial misalignment etc., can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.

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10:35 PM

Mr&Mrs Williams:

My apologies, you imply you get your signals from Caradon Hill as you've posted on its transmitter page. I can't find any listed faults for the transmitter and it's not listed for Planned Engineering.

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Tuesday, 5 April 2022
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Robert
6:19 PM
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Recently I have been unable to receive a number of channels e.g. BBC Southwest, whereas I can receive ITV Southwest. I still have a loft aerial which has not been changed since digital transmission was introduced. My post code is PL12 4UE. A contractor recently carried out work in my loft space so may have accidentally moved the position/direction of the aerial slightly. How critical is the accuracy of the direction? What would be the direction I should point the aerial, e.g. WNW? Would a different aerial be required for digital rather analogue transmission?

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6:53 PM

Robert :

Firstly, there is NO difference in an aerial for digital or analogue. An aerial receives RF signals, it doesn't care if they are digital or analogue!

Yes, the aerial could have been disturbed, for your .locale, it should be pointing at compass bearing 310 degrees, that's 5 degrees W of NW, and its rods (or squashed Xs) should be horizontal. Generally speaking the odd couple of degrees shouldn't make much difference considering the beamwidth of most aerials, but local conditions ie. trees, neighbouring buildings and such like may mean it needs to be tweaked one way or another.

But first, check you are correctly tuned to Caradon Hill's UHF channels. Go to your TV's tuning sections and look for the UHF channel for each of the 6 multiplexes (groups of channels).
In the multiplex order PSBs1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, -
the UHF channels for Caradon Hill are C28, C25, C22, C21, C24, C27.

See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.

A couple of weeks ago, weather conditions caused interference to reception for some viewers, if you retuned at any time when you had pixellated pictures or no signal, it most likely will have cleared the correct tuning, it never advised to retune in those situations.
If you find you are incorrectly tuned, you could try retuning as currently you should get excellent reception.

If you find you have to go into the loft to check the aerial, also check that the coax connections/cable don't appear to have been damaged.

If you aren't getting BBC Southwest at present, I'd expect you to be having the same problem with the other BBC channels as they're on the same multiplex.

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Friday, 28 October 2022
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Ruth Cremin
11:23 PM

Hi there
I'm at my wits end! I live in Plymouth and have had a new rooftop aerial installed with new cabling.
Yet I still get a pixelating & distorted picture. I don't know how on earth to correct this problem.


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Saturday, 29 October 2022
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1:57 AM

Ruth Cremin:

Please provide a little more detail. Why did you have a new aerial? Do you know what type/make/model of aerial it is?
Was this pixellation problem present when the installer finished installing the aerial and new cable or is it something that's occurred since - possibly on more than one occasion - it happens and then stops?

I'm assuming from the way you've phrased your post that it's just (re)occurred earlier this evening (Friday). It may well have cleared by the time you read this reply.
If so, then it's most likely to be the current weather conditions again. Please read the post just before yours about Caradon Hill's UHF channels and weather conditions causing interference. If it is, (or not - whatever the cause) do NOT retune if you have pixellated pictures or no signal. If you've done so then check you are tuned correctly.

If it's more of a persistent problem, please explain when it occurs - eg.at particular times of day, or days of the week etc. Please provide a full postcode so we can check your predicted reception.

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Saturday, 22 April 2023
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StevensOnln1
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2:37 PM

Bob: The remaining BBC One HD regions launch on Freeview on Wednesday 26th April, see the link below for details.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec…2023

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4:47 PM

Bob:

Are you not getting a pop-up message on screen when tuned to 101 advising a retune may be needed next Wednesday?

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