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, 25 October 2018
MikeP
11:11 AM
11:11 AM
Sally-Anne Martin:
DO NOT RETUNE your TV as it is not a fault in the TV nor the transmitter. The current weather patterns appear to be affecting many viewers due to the high pressure systems. There is nothing anyone can do about that as it is a perfectly natural phenomenon.
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Saturday, 27 October 2018
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Ken Woodcock9:00 PM
Are there any plans for the Redruth transmitter to ever have the extended HD channels or are we essentially stuck with what we have now?
Thanks
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Sunday, 28 October 2018
MikeP
10:17 AM
10:17 AM
Ken Woodcock:
There are no published plans to extend the services carried on the temporary multiplexes of COM7 and COM8. These are carried on 30 main transmitters only and are expected to cease at around 2022 when it is hoped that more multiplexes will be transmitted using DVB-T2 encoding that can carry more channels.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
2:04 PM
2:04 PM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:01 today to 11:18 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:01 today to 11:18 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:01 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:01 yesterday to 11:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Roger Curnow7:12 PM
Penzance
Transmitter engineering: 14th November 2018
Getting a NO SIGNAL message on Freeview/Freesat and cutting out intermittantly.
Very annoying.
Gulval,
Penzance
Cornwall
TR18 3DE
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Roger Curnow7:15 PM
Getting intermittant signal and No Signal
New television only 3 months old and working perfectly well until 18.15 this evening.
Very annoying.
Gulval
Penzance
TR183DE
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Thursday, 15 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:01 on 13 Nov to 11:18 on 13 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:01 on 13 Nov to 11:18 on 13 Nov. [BBC]
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StevensOnln110:27 AM
Roger Curnow: Are you using Freeview received via an aerial or Freesat received via a satellite dish? If you have both and neither are working then you have two separate problems. There is a recent engineering notice showing that the Redruth transmitter was off air for around 20 minutes 2 days ago but nothing since (and that wouldn't affect Freesat anyway). Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
REDRUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 08:57 today to 09:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:57 today to 09:01 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:01 today. [BBC]
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