Full Freeview on the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmitter which serves 84,000 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 Beacon Hill (Torbay, 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)
Which Freeview channels does the Beacon Hill 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Beacon Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 37km west (262°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 30km west (260°)
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?
| Lannacombe | Active deflector | 25 km SW Torbay | 4 homes |
How will the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | E T | E T | W T | K T | |||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C44 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | |||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | |||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 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 | |
| com7 | (-11.4dB) 7.3kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D*, com8 | (-20dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Beacon Hill Freeview Beacon Hill AM/FM Beacon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 19 February 2011
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steve7:07 PM
i have two televisions that for some unknown reason have both stopped getting any bbc programmes, one television also will not tune into any programmes. i have bought new aerial leads and reset both televisions several times to no avail ! any suggestions please ?
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steve: Can you please see the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
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Saturday, 26 February 2011
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Nick T.4:10 PM
How can TV (analogue) be working normally when analogue transmissions from Beacon Hill ceased in April 2009?
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
Nick T.: Digital UK don't provide a different status for switched and non-switched regions.
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Nick T.3:54 PM
Yes, I suppose you can count no analogue in a switched region as working normally! I expect it makes website administration a bit easier and it should be pretty obvious to most if you're in a switched area.
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Nick T.: Let me have a see if I can't do something about it.
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Nick T.7:11 PM
Oops! sorry Brian, I wasn't trying to make extra work for you. It was just an observation on my part as I thought Digital UK would have the resources to differentiate between switched and non-switched regions.
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Nick T.: No, their system gives the same indication if there is digital or not.
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Friday, 24 June 2011
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Catherine Jackman5:38 PM
Torquay
Hi there, I have a freeview HD tv and a freeview DVD HD recorder, but am unable to locate any HD channels such as BBC1 HD. I have done a full reset and autostart and still cannot find any HD channels.
Do I need to change my aerial at all? and if so, what would be the better aerial in order to be able to watch TV programmes in HD?
I live in Torquay - TQ1 1JP
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Catherine's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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barry6:26 PM
Chelmsford
ihave a sudbury and crystal palace aeriels on chimney outside.freeview hardly any channels inc itv.analogue bbc 2sudburyunwatchable the rest from both aeriels not good fine until the last few weeks
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barry's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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