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 withheldThursday, 26 May 2011
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Valerie Grey11:19 PM
Falmouth
My signal has always been strong from a loft aerial. My neighbour has a roof aerial. In the last two days, we are both having trouble with getting a steady signal. It has to be a fault between the station and our village. My picture is still breaking up badly and I keep getting the no signal box. The speech is not understandable. This morning the picture looked like a worn Turkish carpet. Tonight, the picture is recognizable when it is not cracking up or disappearing. The freeview programmes are not registering at all.
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Friday, 27 May 2011
Sunday, 12 June 2011
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Stephen2:20 AM
I'd like to report a problem with the transmitter as at the moment I'm getting no signal at all on most channels and too poor for a signal on the rest even the programme guide is down.
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Monday, 13 June 2011
Monday, 3 October 2011
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Anne Renshaw5:23 PM
Truro
I have a TV Aerial on my roof and a TV with inbuilt Freeview. I want to receive Freeview Channels 10 and 12 (Com6 and Com4).
What do I need to do in order to receive these channels? My Sony DVD Player also is not working? Is that because there is no digtal signal?
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
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Jim F9:50 AM
Anne Renshaw: Truro is a bit hilly, so has its own "fill in" TV relay to provide reception to low lying spots that otherwise would struggle to get a signal from the Redruth Tx.
As you've found, it doesn't transmit the SDN, ArqA and ArqB MUXs.
The relay is on the hill above Truro School, so your aerial is probably pointing in that direction (roughly SE), with vertical polarisation.
Redruth is roughly SW from Truro, and has horizontal polarisation, but reception from there would depend very much on your exact location (generally low = bad & high = good) - chances are you'll need a new aerial.
DVD player not working has nothing to do with digital reception. Is the player "dead", or does it just not seem to connect to the TV (having selected the appropriate input on the TV's remote)?
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Monday, 12 December 2011
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Steve7:30 PM
St. Austell
I have been watching freeview hd channels for just over a year with no problems, but in the past 2 weeks all four hd channels have become unwatchable they keep pixalating.All other channels ok. I have a loft aerial which I have repositioned with no success.I have tried another aerial and stuck it out an upstairs window with no success.Is there a problem with Redruth transmitter hd ouput? My Postcode is PL26 7PN.Have repeated this question in aerial section.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Steve: There is no issue with the transmitter listed, so please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Steve9:57 PM
St. Austell
Thanks Briantist for reply I'm wondering if it is my box as I have the same problem pluging it in at another house using a different transmitter. So I will contact sagecom for help.
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
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Michael4:15 PM
St. Austell
Steve: did you get your problem sorted because i got same problem with my hd channels my other channels are ok i got outside aerial and booster in the loft my postcode is pl26 7nd.
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