Freeview Light on the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Perranporth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Perranporth 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C46- (673.8MHz) | 93m | DTG- | 16W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43- (649.8MHz) | 93m | DTG- | 16W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 93m | DTG- | 16W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Perranporth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Perranporth transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 73km east (87°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 81km east (87°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Perranporth (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 1 May 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C43 | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C46 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 16W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 8W |
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, 10 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:36 PM
1:36 PM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:46 today to 12:15 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:46 today to 12:15 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 11 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
2:31 AM
2:31 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:46 yesterday to 12:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:46 yesterday to 12:15 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:34 AM
1:34 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:46 on 10 Apr to 12:15 on 10 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:46 on 10 Apr to 12:15 on 10 Apr. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:05 today to 04:15 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:05 today to 04:15 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:05 yesterday to 04:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:05 yesterday to 04:15 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:05 on 16 Jan to 04:15 on 16 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:05 on 16 Jan to 04:15 on 16 Jan. [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:26 yesterday to 23:50 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:26 yesterday to 23:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 25 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:26 on 23 Jan to 23:50 on 23 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:26 on 23 Jan to 23:50 on 23 Jan. [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:33 PM
1:33 PM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:38 today to 11:44 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 21 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PERRANPORTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:38 yesterday to 11:44 yesterday. [BBC]
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