Freeview Light on the Bossiney (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bossiney (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Bossiney (Cornwall, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bossiney (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Bossiney 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C46- (673.8MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 40W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43- (649.8MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 40W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 40W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Bossiney (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bossiney transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 53km southeast (127°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 59km east-southeast (123°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Bossiney (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 1 May 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C43 | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C46 | -BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | 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 Jul 09 and 5 Aug 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 40W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-7.6dB) 7W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Redruth transmitter area
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
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Ian Graham11:45 AM
We are tuned in to the Bossiney transmitter for Freeview TV. We subscribe to Sky TV for their full package. We would like to transfer to BT Vision because of the current Sky prices. However the transmitter only allows us access to 20 Freeview Channels and NIL Premium Channels (Sky 1 & 2). As the sport chaannels are used more than the others we cannot really change over to BT. Are there any plans to upgrade the Bossiney Transmitter in order for us to receive the above?
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Ian Graham: No, it is down to commercial decisions by the commercial operators that they do not invest money in transmitting from Bossiney and many other similar relays. See here:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
You *may* be able to receive the commercial multiplexes (including Sky Sports 1 & 2 used by the BT Vision service). You may need a larger than usual (hence more expensive) aerial installation *if* indeed you can receive these at all.
Sky Sports 1 & 2 are carried on COM6 "Arqiva B" multiplex.
I used the post code PL34 0BG as a test on the Digital UK Tradeview predictor. It suggests that reception of some multiplexes from Presely *might* be possible.
PSB1 and PSB2 are on the same channels as those of Bossiney (but reversed). However, PSB3 from Presely is shown as being "good". I conclude that PSB1 and 2 would therefore be also "good", if it weren't for the fact that Bossiney being co-channel.
The thing with Presely is that its COMs are at half power with respect to its PSBs. Thus, they are weaker. COM4 "SDN" is "good", COM5 "Arq A" is "poor" and COM6 is "variable". An exact answer of whether it's possible to receive these services at your location can only be given by an aerial installer.
Bear in mind that if you're in a bungalow, then your chances will probably be lower due to the reduced height of the aerial (over that of a house).
Due to the clash in channels, I believe that it is out of the question to combine (diplex) the signals from the two transmitters into one downlead.
However, if you abandoned your Bossiney aerial (retain it as a back-up) and had one on Preseli (assuming that it can be picked up), you could get then get the Freeview COMs. Switched your satellite service from Sky to Freesat and then you will receive the correct regional programming and all the extra channels it brings. Those that are available on Freeview (the full service) but not Freesat can be picked up by your BT Vision box (from Presili).
I make this suggestion as a possible solution. I'm not an aerial installer. The new coverage map for Presely on this site suggests that it can be picked up on the Cornwall coast.
You *may* find that you are able to receive from one of the main transmitters in Cornwall, which will avoid having a terrestrial aerial with different regional programming. It may mean that you might consider that you can do away with satellite television of any service. (PL34 0BG)
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Ian Graham: I should emphasise that if you decided to only use an aerial on Presely, then you would only have the commercial Freeview channels due to the others (the standard definition ones at least) being co-channel with Bossiney.
If your receiver tuned in the Bossiney PSB channels with the aerial on Presely, then they may be intermittent due to the aerial pointing in the wrong direction and being horizontal instead of vertical, which is need for Bossiney. Therefore, I wouldn't rely on them.
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Ian Graham1:35 PM
Thank you for the information Dave. I think I will contact our Bude electrical suppliers (HBH Woolacotts)and ask their TV division for further local advice.
Thanks again
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