Full Freeview on the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmitter which serves 35,000 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 Plympton (Plymouth, 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)
The Plympton (Plymouth, 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 Plympton 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 Plympton (Plymouth, 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 Plympton transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 4km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 3km east-northeast (76°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Plympton (Plymouth, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||
C/D E | W | W | W | W T | W T | K T | |||
C30 | C5waves | C5waves | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C41 | SDN | ||||||||
C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | D3+4 | |||||
C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | BBCB | |||||
C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C56tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 2kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Local transmitter maps
Plympton Freeview Plympton DAB Caradon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Sunday, 20 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 PM
9:09 PM
PLYMPTON transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 23 November 2016
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Rose Sinclair3:32 PM
I live in Plymouth and for past 2hrs have had no reception, how much longer do we have to wait until it's working??
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today to 15:48 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:46 today to 15:48 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday, Ra [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:48 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:48 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 15:07 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal f [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 24 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:48 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 3 FM Weak [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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John Laidler 7:53 AM
Still no signal from the Plympton transmitter. Watching BBC on iplayer where I discovered you can get local news if you go into settings and select your local region.
I'm surprised there are no updates on the transmitter on the local news.
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Brian Hitchcock7:21 PM
Plymouth
Hi,
I live in the PL7 1JS area of Plympton, Plymouth area feeding off the Plympton transmitter, for two days I have had no BBC channels, rescanned several times but not picking up C54 (738.0mhz). Can't seem to find out any info as to if there is a problem anywhere in the system. Please let know if there is.
Regards
Brian
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 25 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
PLYMPTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:48 on 23 Nov, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 15:48 on 23 Nov. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 22 Nov to 15:07 on 22 Nov, Radio 3 FM Weak [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Kingsley Bishop2:13 PM
Plymouth
Transmitter engineering:
25/11/2016 14:00. Maple Court PL9 9UD - 66 flats have lost television signal simultaneously. Is work being carried out on the transmitter?
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Kingsley's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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