Full Freeview on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 120,000 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 Stockland Hill (Devon, England) mast?
STOCKLAND HILL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Nov 08:03 until 21 Nov 10:02. . 
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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 Stockland Hill (Devon, 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 Stockland Hill 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 Stockland Hill (Devon, 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 Stockland Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 86km west-southwest (239°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 80km southwest (236°)
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?
| Bickleigh | Transposer | 15 km N Exeter | 25 homes |
| Freshwater C/p | Active deflector | 2 km SE Bridport, Dorset | 250 homes (caravans) |
| Ladram Bay | Transposer | 15 km SE Exeter | 400 homes (caravans) |
How will the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 5kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 2.5kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 9 February 2021
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StevensOnln12:34 PM
Andrew Salmons: You should definitely be able to get BBC 1 HD, BBC 2 HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 HD and CBBC HD (which are broadcast from every transmitter) on your BT YouView box. Do you get these channels if you connect the aerial direct to your TV? You will need to retune if you were receiving a different transmitter at your previous address.
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StevensOnln1: Thanks for your quick response and for confirming I should be getting HD channels. No, I don't get them through the TV either. I get 88 Freeview channels. I've done several retunes over the past couple of weeks and no HD channels. Brand new TV for Christmas as well, plus BT was new when we moved in.
I'm thinking I should get the aerial guy back in to try and fix it.
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Chris.SE4:03 PM
Andrew Salmons:
I would certainly get him back. Signal strength in the 80s should be fine, but the Quality should be virtually 100% across the lot. If you aren't in a strong enough signal area, he should have done an external install not one in the loft, BUT any slight movement of the aerial in a loft can affect reception dependent on positions of metal chimneys. water tanks, party walls, lead flashing etc. Have you put anything into the loft since the aerial was installed, especially anything that may have metal in it, or anything in front of the aerial, but again depending on what it was, anywhere can have an effect. It can be a bit of a black art.
But nevertheless, the installer should have checked you can get all available channels.
I'm thinking if you are only getting 88 channels, then those HD ones may not be the only ones you aren't getting.
If the only transmitter you could receive was a "Light" one, you wouldn't get as many as 88. Stockland Hill transmits all 6 main multiplexes - BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for the channels on those multiplexes.
There is no temporary COM7, or a Local multiplex at Stockland Hill. However there are a few odd locations where one or more (usually COM) multiplexes can't be reliably received. If you provide a full postcode we might be able to comment on that.
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Wednesday, 7 July 2021
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Barrie Stow4:24 PM
Currently tuned to Stockland Hill transmitter, and every time it rains or threatens to rain, I lose all the BBC channels. The others are unaffected. Am I out of range? Is there a more appropriate transmitter that my aerial should be pointing to.
I live in Lympstone.
Regards
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Thursday, 15 July 2021
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Chris.SE5:24 AM
Barrie Stow:
You should get good reception from Stockland Hill for the BBC/ITV/C4 & C5 main channels on the PSB multiplexes, but those on the commercial multiplexes might not be as reliable. One assumes that your installer put in a decent high gain aerial (maybe with an amplifier?) and used quality double screened coax cable.
Have you checked that your aerial looks intact and is still pointing the correct way (bearing 51 degrees - that's fractionally E of NE) with the rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal. Also check the coax looks undamaged and check your coax plugs are connected properly without signs of corrosion.
There is no other suitable transmitter if you want the widest choice of channels, the Dawlish transmitter is only Freeview "Light" with only the PSB multiplexes. Check in your set's tuning section that your are correctly tuned to the UHF channels listed towards the top of the page.
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Wednesday, 22 December 2021
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David Mirylees1:55 PM
Dorchester
New wideband aerial fitted., directed towards Stockland Hill and horizontal Main channels are 100% strength and 100% quality.
Com5 channels are 100% strength and 0+ quality.
Post code is DT2 9QY roof mounted aerial.
Thks
DM
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln12:28 PM
David Mirylees: You may have too much signal, which can cause the tuner to become overloaded and appear to have the same symptoms of having no signal. According to Freeview's detailed coverage checker, your postcode is predicted to receive both Stockland Hill and Rowridge, which both use UHF channels 25/22/28 for COM4/5/6 so depending on how well your aerial is picking up Rowridge off the back (the two transmitters are in almost opposite directions from you) it could be causing interference. I would try fitting an attenuator to lower the signal strength a little to see if that overcomes the issue first, otherwise you may need to look at whether you can reposition the aerial so that there is something behind it to block out the unwanted signals from Rowridge.
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Thursday, 23 December 2021
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Chris.SE12:36 AM
David Mirylees:
I would not rush to do anything right now. It may not be too much signal, but that shouldn't be dismissed as it's still a possibility.
There has been moderate Temperature Inversion/Tropospheric Ducting affecting large parts of the UK at present. Do NOT retune, it will more likely remove your correct tuning.
These conditions are predicted to ease later on Wednesday by the end of the night, but should have cleared most of the SW by now.
Despite the incorrect spelling, this link does work - simple technical explanation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec….jpg
Essentially it results in interfering signals from other transmitters in the UK or Europe reaching you and so your wanted signals are disrupted. It won't necessarily affect all multiplexes or necessarily at the same time if more than one. It can last for seconds, minutes, sometimes hours or longer.
I would wait and see if conditions and reception are more stable now for a couple of days.
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Sunday, 13 March 2022
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Craig Procter8:34 PM
What outside TV aerial should I get. Do you receive more channels if you have an aerial with a wider frequency range?
If it helps I live in Honiton Devon.
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Chris.SE9:48 PM
Craig Procter:
What channels you might receive will depend on which transmitter(s) you may be able to receive with a good enough signal. Because of the nature of the terrain in your area and between you and the various transmitters that will be very location dependent.
What channels do you get at present? Which transmitter do you currently get your signals from? Which way are your neighbour's aerials pointing?
The aerial that would be best will depend on the transmitter and predicted signal strength and we can't advise on that without a full postcode.
In general, you MAY possibly get signals from one (or more, maybe none) transmitters in that area. Two relay transmitters Exeter St. Thomas & Honiton, and two main transmitters Stockland Hill (SW region) & Mendip (W region). For either of those relays (they only transmit the main PSB multiplexes) a Group B aerial could be best.
For Stockland Hill a Group A aerial could be best, or a Group K aerial for Mendip.
It very much depends on signal strength, if you can get good strong signals, then a Group T/Wideband or Group K may do in all those situations.
If you provide a full postcode, we should be able to offer more specific advise.
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