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 withheldThursday, 4 July 2019
Saturday, 3 August 2019
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John Leadbeater2:18 PM
Do we know if the Redruth transmitter will be transmitting PBS on channel 91 in the future
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Sunday, 4 August 2019
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Chris.SE7:28 PM
John Leadbeater:
I'm afraid we don't know the answer to that, contacting the channel owner might give you the answer. Otherwise Digital UK | Channel listings is usually up-to-date and putting your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker should show you the predicted reception of multiplexes at your location.
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Chris.SE7:30 PM
To add to my previous, PBS America should be available on My5 if you have an Internet connected TV or box and a suitable Broadband connection.
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Friday, 23 August 2019
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mr hosking9:29 PM
Is there likely to be an upgrade for "The Redruth (Cornwall, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, "
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StevensOnln110:04 PM
mr hosking: There is no possibility of COM7 & COM8 being added to Redruth. They have already been removed from Beacon Hill, Caradon Hill and Caldbeck transmitters during frequency changes for the 700MHz clearance and will be closing completely in the next couple of years or so.
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Saturday, 24 August 2019
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mr hosking8:31 AM
Penzance
Thanks for initial reply StevenOnin 1, any idea when the freesports sports channel will be available done here in the future? My aunties tv says coming soon on the channel number.
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mr's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln18:59 AM
mr hosking: FreeSports is broadcast on COM8, there is no chance of it being available anywhere in Cornwall unless the channel moved to another multiplex with wider coverage (at a much higher cost to the broadcaster). Whatever is showing on your aunt's TV isn't FreeSports, as there is no coming soon message for a channel which has already been broadcasting for a couple of years.
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carl plaister12:44 PM
gone from all the channels last week to losing some and some breaking up this weekend, normally happens when the weather is bad, but currently clear sky. bbc channels breaking up, channel 5 weak or no signal, channels 11 and 12 gone completely.
whats going on?
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
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Chris.SE6:27 PM
carl plaister:
If you are still having problems, check that your aerial hasn't moved in any recent high winds and that your coax is in good condition and is not damaged. Check your connections by unplugging the coax plugs, check there is no corrosion, and plug them in again - this helps clear any oxidation from the connectors.
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