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 withheldTuesday, 11 June 2013
phil: You have posted on the page for Freeview from Redruth. The page for DAB is here and Kevin made a posting expressing similar sentiments to yours earlier today:
Redruth (Cornwall, England) DAB transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Friday, 28 June 2013
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Joslin Murray6:25 PM
I receive my Freeview programmes from the Redruth transmitter. After numerous re-tuning of my receiver (which is inbuilt in my Sony TV)I am unable to receive any programmes listed under Com 5 Arquiva A. On retuning today the receiver found 96 channels where I have usually over 100.
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Sunday, 7 July 2013
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H King11:51 AM
Have been receiving all the Freeview channels for years (Redruth transmitter) and suddenly the Sky News (82) and Challenge (46)have disappeared!
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H King12:01 PM
Penzance
TR20 9HU
We have had no problem before with freeview, having excellent reception for years with a loft aerial, from Redruth transmitter, but suddenly Sky News and Challenge have disappeared
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jb384:25 PM
H King: Your problem is most likely being caused by Redruths mux Ch52 having dropped under the level required to produce a picture, and so provided that you have not retuned for any reason select one of the programmes mentioned and carry out a signal strength on it, as even although the screen is blank the signal will still be there.
The other method is to go into the tuning menu / manual tune and enter mux Ch52 but do NOT follow this by pressing search or scan, because on most equipment as soon as Ch52 is entered the signal strength its being received at should be indicated.
After having noted the indications seen on Ch52 enter mux Ch48 (ITV3 etc) and compare its strength / quality indications with that obtained on Ch52.
Further advice dependant on the outcome of the test.
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Monday, 19 August 2013
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Mary Fletcher10:35 PM
My panasonic dmr ex75 recorder has lost all its digital channels and EPG. The aerial is plugged into the recorder and a second cable takes the signal to the TV. The tv still receives all the digital channels and epg. How do I get the digital signal back to the recorder so I can record.
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jb3811:36 PM
Mary Fletcher: An EPG should never be lost on a Freeview device unless whatever its being received on has carried out an automatic channels update whilst for some reason or another no signal was being received, unable to check on this by you not having disclosed your whereabouts, a post code or one from nearby such as a shop/post office.
You should try carrying out another auto-tune on your Panasonic and see if this corrects the problem.
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Wednesday, 4 September 2013
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Roy Horn4:19 PM
St. Ives
I have a Humax connected to my Tv with an outdoor aerial and I can see the Tv mast. I am in St Ives, Tr26 1PD. Normally strength is 80% and quality is 100%. Today all these have dropped and I have no picture - 20% strength, and 0 % quality.
This is driving me crazy! What is wrong and why does no one fix it.
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jb388:59 PM
Roy Horn: Nothing is seen listed against the Redruth transmitter as far as any faults are concerned, although going by recent events this does not necessarily indicate that all is definitely OK but just that nothing has been reported.
However in cases such as yours its by far the best policy to check with a neighbour or whoever for the purpose of ascertaining if the problem is confined to your own particular installation or not, because if it isn't then this saves you from carrying out needless checks.
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Saturday, 14 September 2013
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Mark Huntley-James11:14 PM
Is there a problem on the Redruth transmitter on C52?
I just tried to set a programme to record on Really and found no signal/bad reception messages. After a complete reset on the box, none of the channels on frequency C52 appear and when I manually scan C52 nothing is found and the signal strength is shown as zero.
We are outside of Camelford and reception can be variable/glitchy depending on the weather.
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