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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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, 10 April 2015
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john garratt8:16 AM
And just as suddenly, it all returns; no reason, system is only two years old and aerial not moved. :(
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jb3811:43 PM
john garratt: Although the signal may well have returned, purely out of curiosity I was wondering that if whilst no signal was being received from the Redruth transmitter whether or not you managed to verify that this situation was also being experienced by any others located in households in your immediate vicinity? if not, then what is the strength and "quality" (the most important by far) of the signal being presently received?, as the levels indicated might give a clue as to why your reception dropped out in the first place.
The aforementioned said on the basis that no faults have been reported against the Redruth transmitter, nor have I seen anyone else complain about reception from this station.
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Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:01 today to 15:20 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:01 yesterday to 15:20 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:01 on 14 Apr to 15:20 on 14 Apr. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 June 2015
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Scott Glave9:09 AM
I am looking for an outdoor aerial for our bungalow at St Merryn Cornwall, PL28 to replace a damaged tv aerial. Do I need anything specific. I sometimes get a pixelated signal and problems with BBC reception. I have tried a good quality indoor digital aerial but with unsatisfactory results.
Regards
Scott Glave
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MikeP9:42 PM
Trowbridge
Scott Glave:I would recommend you having a good quality log periodic aerial installed. That will cover all current and future (as far as can be determined for now) channels. Remember that there is no such thing as a 'digital aerial' as all UHF aerials can receive both analogue and digitally encoded signals equally well (it's just an excuse to charge more, I think).Indoor aerials never give a good experience, not even in the old analogue days. Digital signals can be more difficult with indoor aerials, so I'd advise going for a replacement outdoor aerial as suggested above.
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Dave Lindsay
11:11 PM
11:11 PM
Scott Glave: I echo MikeP's suggestion of a log periodic.
Also, I think that in St Merryn Caradon Hill will be the usual choice, unless there is some obstruction (eg building or tree) precluding this option.
There's apparent line-of-sight to Caradon Hill:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Whereas to Redruth there are obstructions up to about 4 miles out:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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Monday, 13 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Saturday, 25 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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