Full Freeview on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 37,000 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 Huntshaw Cross (Devon, 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 Huntshaw Cross (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 Huntshaw Cross 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 Huntshaw Cross (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 Huntshaw Cross transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 66km south (184°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 66km 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?
| Nth Molton | Transposer | 18 km E Barnstaple | 30 homes |
How will the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | ||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | |||
| C56tv_off | +ArqB | +ArqB | +ArqB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C67 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which 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 withheldWednesday, 18 June 2014
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michael10:30 PM
It would be delightful beyond words to know the cause of these frequent disruptions. In a democracy, licence-fee extortees would be entitled to know how their pennies are being squandered - qv. ....
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Sunday, 4 January 2015
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Adrian Evans12:55 PM
Last evening we lost most of our channels whilst watching BBC1 HD (ch 101). I believe we get our service from the Huntshaw Cross transmitter. I have just retuned the TV and am only able to get 10 dtv channels and 11 radio channels. My aerial is located in the attic.
Please advise
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MikeB7:04 PM
Adrian Evans: You havn't given a postcode, which makes it difficult to say what sort of signal you should be getting. However, if you are suddenly losing lots of channels, the first thing to do is not to retune. If your TV was happy before, then all you've done is to loose the transmitter your were using. I suspect that you've a problem within your aerial system, and therefore you've got a highly reduced signal.
Best thing to do is to find out what transmitter your using (might not be Huntshaw any longer), and then look to see what have caused a problem. Start with the aerial lead in the back of the TV - it falling out or coming loose is a classic problem, and then following up the signal path. If you've booster etc in the roof, that might be evidence its got a problem, and of course frayed wires, loose connections or moisture getting are all common causes.
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Monday, 5 January 2015
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michael2:03 PM
High pressure might be an issue, inducting co-channel interference from other
transmitters over the horizon in the direction your aerial is pointing. We have had
similar issues on the lower-powered muxes, but all is back to normal again for now.
This ain't nothing compared to joys ahead when the power-wielders crush the 700MHz
muxes lower down for the CCI clash of the titans so as to allow mobile-providers to
swamp the 700MHz frequencies with offerings for the privileged...
Whopee !!!!
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Wednesday, 7 January 2015
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Adrian Evans2:10 PM
MikeB thank-you for your input. I have replaced the 2TV splitter/booster and everything is back to where it was with a 100 or so dtv channels and 24 or so radio channels.
Thank-you
Adrian Evans
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Hi, we,re in EX39 [BIDEFORD] we get a lot of stutter sometimes and why do box/prog time not always line up? Eg, it cuts off last minite of whats being recorded and then records that as the first min of next programme. BTW Its a Goodmans freeview recorder box.
Thanks
Peter
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Sunday, 18 January 2015
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Sue8:57 AM
The signal from Huntshaw Cross went "down" on the 14 January 2015 and the result is that I have now lost all channels except BBC - I have carried out the re-tune as suggested on your site - are these channels "lost" from the Transmitter at the moment and will they come back OR have you moved the signal in which case I will have to pay again for a repair man to help me find the signal
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jb3811:30 AM
Sue: If you are definitely receiving your signal from Huntshaw Cross? then no faults are listed against this transmitter on the engineering page, therefore your problem is most likely being caused by something connected with your aerial system or even the jumper leads being used.
Do you use your own aerial?, or are you connected into a communal system?, if the latter, then check with a neighbour or someone else local to ascertain if they are also having similar problems.
As far as retuning your TV or box is concerned, if you have retuned it whilst a fault still existed on your system, then it will require further retunes after any lead checks etc have been made in order to reload the channels back into the tuner.
By the way, the reason for querying Huntshaw Cross is that this transmitter covers a large area, likewise you might be located in a part of said area that's covered by another transmitter, a post code being required in order to determine if this is likely to apply or not.
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Sue11:59 AM
Ilfracombe
Thanks for the answer - post code is EX34 8DR BUT the system was working perfectly fine until the transmitter was shut down for work so why would this upset my equipment please? There were definitely works listed on the day the problem started and this was confirmed by many people. Therefore it must be something that has happened with the transmitter - it cannot always be the equipment which always seems to fail or play up when something has occurred with your transmitter.
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jb382:17 PM
Sue: Thanks for the update re: your location, this indicating that your Freeview reception is from the Ilfracombe PSB only "relay" situated at approximately 0.5 miles from you, this transmitter broadcasting the same BBC and ITV programmes as Huntshaw Cross thereby giving the impression that the signal is coming from the latter, reception from Huntshaw Cross indicated as not being possible due to the signal path from the mast suffering from a sizeable line-of-sight obstruction from slightly under 7 miles prior to your location, a quick Google earth rooftop check revealing that all aerials in your area are vertically mounted and pointing towards the Ilfracombe relay.
The only other station indicated as a possibility for reception is Kilvey Hill, this station transmitting BBC & ITV Wales, and by being a main station broadcasting the range of commercial channels such as ITV3, Pick TV, 4Music etc, which its assumed are programmes not previously received by you?
As nothing is currently mentioned about the Ilfracombe relay as far as any faults are concerned, I would persevere with your retuning attempts after having checked the connections previously referred to.
Line of sight blockage of reception from Huntshaw Cross.
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