Freeview Light on the Ilfracombe (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ilfracombe (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 3,600 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 Ilfracombe (Devon, England) mast?
ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Dec 13:18 until 18 Dec 13:41. . 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Ilfracombe (Devon, 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 Ilfracombe 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 251m | DTG- | 112W |
 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) | 251m | DTG- | 112W |
 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 | C48- (689.8MHz) | 251m | DTG- | 112W |
 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 Ilfracombe (Devon, 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 Ilfracombe transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 90km south (182°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 90km south (176°)
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?
| Lee | Transposer | 4 km W Ilfracombe | 65 homes |
How will the Ilfracombe (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| 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 1 Jul 09 and 29 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 280W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 112W |
Local transmitter maps
ILFRACOMBE Freeview ILFRACOMBE DAB Huntshaw Cross TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 7 October 2011
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michael9:46 AM
Any info on the nature of the engineering works at Ilfracombe (and Combe Martin) masts this week? ERP increase? HD? DAB? FM? G3,G4 mobile?
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Friday, 14 October 2011
michael: There will be no further changes to the power output of the transmitter. The nature of the changes is not provided by Digital UK.
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011
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peter morris8:33 PM
Ilfracombe
Hi, I live in the candar a block of flats, signal shows 55 to 60% can get most freeview channels, channel 10 itv 3 is a problem. This comes and goes. We have a new lcd tv with freeview. can you please help.
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peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 17 November 2011
peter morris: You are not covered by a stable terrestrial signal for ITV3, so you would be best advised to consider adding Freesat - see Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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michael12:17 PM
Brian : any idea what will happen to Ilfracombe relay D3&4 in 2013? It will presumably have to vacate ch61. Carmel ArqivaB is to move from ch61 to ch49, so Ilfracombe d3&4 may well do the same so as to guarantee ongoing interference :-)
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michael: Follow the link:
Postcode Checker - Trade View
Ilfracombe C61- will change to C49
Carmel C61 will move to C49
This is expected to happen in May next year.
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michael: I've still got to go through all the relay transmitters that are using C61 and C62, having done all the main transmitters (see 2013 - post-switchover changes to Freeview transmission frequencies | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
This transmitter is a "type R" in my database, so I have updated it and it now shows in the table above.
So that just leaves
abercynon: PSB3 C61
aberystwyth: PSB2 C61
avoch: PSB3 C61
balblair wood: PSB1 C62-
ballantrae: PSB2 C61
barskeoch hill: PSB3 C62-
beaminster: PSB1 C62-
beddgelert: PSB1 C62-
beer: PSB1 C62-
belper: PSB2 C62
bincombe hill: PSB1 C62-
brecon: PSB1 C61
broad haven: PSB1 C61
burry port: PSB1 C61
catrine: PSB1 C62
claonaig: PSB1 C62
clearwell: PSB2 C62-
countisbury: PSB2 C62-
craigellachie: PSB2 C61
creetown: PSB2 C62-
croeserw: PSB1 C61
croeserw: PSB1 C61
dawlish: PSB1 C62-
dolgellau: PSB3 C62-
dowlais: PSB1 C61
ebbw vale: PSB3 C62-
fernhill: PSB3 C62-
fishguard: PSB1 C61
fodderty: PSB2 C61
gartley moor: PSB2 C61
gellifendigaid: PSB3 C62-
girvan: PSB1 C62
glyn ceiriog: PSB2 C61
glyndyfrdwy: PSB1 C62-
gosforth: PSB1 C61
gourdon: PSB1 C62-
grandtully: PSB1 C61
grasmere: PSB2 C62-
halesowen: PSB2 C61
haltwhistle: PSB2 C62-
helston: PSB2 C61
hutton: PSB2 C62-
ilfracombe: PSB2 C61-
innerleithen: PSB1 C61
inverness: PSB1 C62-
kilmelford: PSB1 C62-
kilve: PSB2 C62-
kingskerswell: PSB1 C62-
kinlochleven: PSB3 C62-
kirkconnel: PSB1 C61
liverton: PSB1 C62-
llandderfel: PSB1 C62-
llandecwyn: PSB1 C61
llanengan: PSB1 C61
llangeinor: PSB3 C62-
llangollen: PSB2 C61
loch feochan: PSB2 C61
lochearnhead: PSB1 C61
machen upper: PSB1 C62-
millport: PSB1 C61
modbury: PSB1 C62-
monmouth: PSB3 C62-
mynydd bach: PSB1 C61
mynydd pencarreg: PSB1 C61
newton ferrers: PSB1 C62-
north hessary tor: PSB1 C62-
onich: PSB1 C61
onich: PSB1 C61
pembroke dock: PSB1 C61
pennsylvania: PSB2 C61
penrhyn coch: PSB1 C62-
penryn: PSB1 C62-
peterhead: PSB1 C62-
pontardawe: PSB1 C61
port isaac: PSB1 C62-
portishead: PSB2 C62-
portpatrick: PSB2 C61
praa sands: PSB1 C62-
preston: PSB1 C61
rheola: PSB3 C62-
rothesay town: PSB1 C62-
scalloway: PSB1 C62-
scoval: PSB1 C62-
scoval: PSB1 C62-
south maesteg: PSB3 C62-
southway: PSB1 C62-
st austell: PSB1 C62-
st bees: PSB1 C61
st brelades bay: PSB3 C62
st helier: PSB3 C62
stanton moor: PSB2 C62
steyning: PSB3 C62-
swinster: PSB1 C62-
taffs well: PSB3 C62-
ton pentre: PSB1 C61
tonypandy: PSB3 C62-
tonyrefail: PSB3 C62-
tregaron: PSB2 C62-
troon: PSB1 C61
truro: PSB2 C61
tullich: PSB1 C62-
tynewydd: PSB2 C62-
washford: PSB2 C62-
weisdale: PSB2 C61
woodcombe: PSB2 C62-
workington: PSB1 C61
ynysowen: PSB3 C62-
to look up.
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OK, I have to check these in the morning, but it looks like
PSB1 moves channel
to C49 at Brecon, Burry Port, Croeserw, Dowlais, Fishguard, Gosforth, Grandtully, Innerleithen, Kirkconnel, Llandecwyn, Llanengan, Mendip, Millport, Mynydd Bach, Mynydd Pencareg, Onich, Pembroke Dock, Pontardawe, St Bees, Ton Pentre, Troon, Waltham, Workington.
to C50 at Balblair Wood, Beaminster, Beddgelert, Beer, Bincombe Hill, Catrine, Girvan, Glyndyfrdwy, Gourdon, Huntshaw Cross, Inverness, Kilmelford, Kingskerswell, Liverton, Llandderfel, Machen Upper, Modbury, Newton Ferrers, North Hessary Tor, Penrhyn-Coch, Peterhead, Port Isaac, Praa Sands, Rothesay Town, Scoval, Southway, St Austell, Tullich.
to C51 at Broad Haven
to C52 at Preston
PSB2 moves channel at
to C49 at Aberystwyth, Ballantrae, Craigellachie, Fodderty, Gartley Moor, Glyn Ceiriog, Halesowen, Helston, Ilfracombe, Llangollen, Loch Feochan, Plympton, Portpatrick, Truro.
to C50 at Belper, Clearwell, Creetown, Grasmere, Haltwhistle, Hutton, Kilve, Portishead, Stanton Moor, Tregaron, Tynewydd, Washford, Woodcombe.
to C51 at Pennsylvania.
PSB3 moves channel at
C49 at Abercynon, Avoch
C50 at Barskeoch Hill, Dolgellau, Ebbw Vale, Fernhill, Gellifendigaid, Kinlochleven, Llangeinor, Monmouth, Rheola, South Maesteg, Tacolneston, Taffs Well, Tonypandy, Tonyrefail, Ynysowen.
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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michael9:32 AM
Brian and Dave : thanks for the info and links. As I feared, CCI will continue as now.
With everything having to be squeezed into
fewer channels, the incidence of CCI will
surely increase nationwide. Maybe there will
be more SFNs?
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michael: one plan in the ofcom list suggests that the three coms become sfns, with more psb sfns to save frequency allocations.
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