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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast?
Redruth transmitter - Redruth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 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)
The Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 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 withheldMonday, 19 March 2018
MikeP
11:47 AM
11:47 AM
John T. Lewis:
Please provide a full post code so that we can examine the reception conditions at your location.
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MikeB2:14 PM
John T. Lewis: Your losing a mux, so its worth checking the other muxes - are they on low power?
If they are, then its likely you have a problem with your aerial system. Work back from the TV, checking for lose connections, etc. Also check the booster - if its power supply is beginning to fail, then that can cause problems.
If needed, you might need to call out a pro, but at least do all the checks first, and it might be worth thinking whether you need a booster at all - a lot were put in when the digital signal was very low. If its acting up, you might get someone to just take it out.
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Friday, 22 June 2018
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Mrs.pam kellow 7:03 PM
The TV mast at Redruth is giving off a low pitch beeping sound which had been happening for weeks now. It's beginning to annoy several people now. It is all the time and at night . There must be a problem somewhere on it.
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Saturday, 23 June 2018
MikeP
3:25 PM
3:25 PM
Mrs Pam Kellow:
Please report this to Arqiva who operate the transmitter concerned. Look at Contact Us to make contact with them.
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Sunday, 29 July 2018
No BBC1, BBC2 or BBC4 - no signal or signal strength. We can get BBC1HD and BBC2HD though. Anyone else in the TR20 or TR18 areas having this problem, especially around Newlyn?
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Monday, 30 July 2018
MikeP
4:34 PM
4:34 PM
Derek Thompson:
No one else has reported this so it is unlikely to be a transmitter fault. So please check all your aerial connections by unplugging all plugs from their sockets and refitting to clear any corrosion/oxidation from the contacts. Then put you post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and manually tune to the channels given for the Redruth transmitter.
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Thursday, 2 August 2018
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daniel pugh9:26 PM
Mostly hd channels not working right now
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Friday, 3 August 2018
MikeP: Thanks. Retuned and all okay. I thought it might have been high pressure again, but seems to be fine now.
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Friday, 17 August 2018
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Terry Reed8:36 AM
I wondered if the Redruth transmitter will be providing Freeview Channel 114 (Quest HD) - COM8?
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StevensOnln110:31 AM
Terry Reed: The Redruth transmitter does not carry the COM8 multiplex and it most likely never will. COM7 & COM8 are temporary services available from 30 main transmitters covering around 70% of UK households and are expected to close by 2022.
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