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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Ilfracombe (Devon, England) transmitter.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C33 (570.0MHz)251mDTG-112W
Channel icons
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)251mDTG-112W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C48- (689.8MHz)251mDTG-112W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Ilfracombe (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 90km south (182°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
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?

LeeTransposer4 km W Ilfracombe65 homes

How will the Ilfracombe (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1719 Jun 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TK T
C33BBCA
C36D3+4
C48BBCB
C49tv_off D3+4D3+4
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCABBCABBCA
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves-BBCB-BBCB-BBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Ilfracombe was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Monday, 4 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:09 AM

ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Thursday, 26 January 2017
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IVOR HOPKINS
8:21 PM

when are we getting full freeview, as the n devon area already does

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MikeB
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9:47 PM

IVOR HOPKINS: Its a light transmitter and commercial channels dont want to use it. Best suggestion, get Freesat

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Monday, 13 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:33 PM

ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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4:32 PM

ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 today to 12:59 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:32 AM

ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 yesterday to 12:59 yesterday. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:31 AM

ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:55 on 13 Feb to 12:59 on 13 Feb. [BBC]

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Sunday, 5 March 2017
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MR G. STREET
2:15 PM

Hi how long before you upgrade this repeter to all freeview channels as at the moment i have to swich too the wails
tranmiter for full chanels but this means i have no chanele 4 but s4c instade and no south west or spotlite tv a little inconvince. As i pay my tv licence i should have the channels i pay for, So when is the upgrade to hape.

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StevensOnln1
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2:58 PM

MR G. STREET : The Ilfracombe transmitter won't be upgraded to provide any additional channels. Also, this website has noting to do with operating the transmitters. Your TV licence funds the BBC and S4C and entitles you to watch broadcast television and BBC iPlayer. You are not paying for any other channels via your TV licence. If you want additional channels without a subscription you should look at getting Freesat.

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Friday, 21 April 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:32 PM

ILFRACOMBE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:39 today to 12:47 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:39 today to 12:47 today. [BBC]

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