Freeview Light on the Penryn (Cornwall, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Penryn (Cornwall, England) transmitter which serves 4,700 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 Penryn (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 Penryn (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 Penryn 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 107m | DTG- | 11W |
 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 Penryn (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 Penryn transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 74km east-northeast (72°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 81km east-northeast (73°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Penryn (Cornwall, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | A K T | |||||
| C31 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | |||||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 22W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3dB) 11W |
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 withheldSunday, 12 May 2013
S
S Sinclair11:52 AM
The reception from the Penryn public service transmitter keeps breaking up. Could this be because polythene sheeting, probably blown off the fields, is wrapped round the aerial.Wonder when it will be removed.
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Monday, 20 May 2013
S Sinclair: It could be, but you might also like to check Freeview intermittent interference | Freeview Interference | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice too.
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Monday, 29 September 2014
J
J Stevenson4:48 PM
Just moved to Penryn with my DAB radios.
Why can we not get digital radio here, also
Radio 4?
So frustrating that in this day and age unable to
access our favourite radio.
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Friday, 24 November 2023
Hi there,
We are seeing multiple houses having issues with pixelation and break up from your channel 31 carrying bbc1, the readings on the testers are high and quality as good, the other multiplexes seem fine...some of these houses don't even have an amplifier and are straight to the set from the aerial...
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Chris.SE10:21 PM
Neil:
Hi there. I can't find any reported faults for the Penryn transmitter. How long has this problem been going on/when did it start?
As you haven't given a full postcode, we can't check your predicted reception from the Penryn relay/
As far as I can tell at this point, there are two possibilities -
1) Current weather conditions- there's a bit of Tropospheric ducting affecting your area of Cornwall at present, this causes signals from distant transmitters (in the UK or Europe) to travel further and cause interference with your wanted channel. (Eg. there is a transmitter in Guernsey that uses C31).
Not all multiplexes will be affected in such conditions, it depends on where the interfering signal are coming from. Do NOT retune - it'll probably just clear your correct tuning.
Such interference can come and go, last seconds, minutes or sometimes longer.
2) Have you received a postcard from restoretv.uk A number of postcodes in your area should have received them but we know of cases where they haven't been received.
To check, enter your postcode on this page https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
If a number of you are getting "yes". you need to get in touch with them for a Free Filter. For those with amplifiers, the filter needs to go before the amplifier and if it's a masthead amp, then they'll have to send an engineer to fit an external one free of charge.
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