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.
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._______
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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 26 January 2017
IVOR HOPKINS: Its a light transmitter and commercial channels dont want to use it. Best suggestion, get Freesat
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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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StevensOnln12:58 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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Wednesday, 19 June 2019
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Michael 10:38 PM
Ilfracombe today switched to channels 33, 36 and 48. Viewers using the Ilfracombe relay should note that on
17th July 2019 the transmitter at Carmel in South Wales is scheduled to switch to channels 23,26,29,33,36
and 48. These last three will be on the same frequencies as Ilfracombe. Despite opposite polarity, due to the effect of the Bristol Channel tidal rise and fall, at a previous switchover there were significant co-channel interference problems when Ilfracombe channels were adopted by Carmel. Deja vu???
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Thursday, 20 June 2019
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StevensOnln19:20 AM
Michael : I think I remember reading some time ago that viewers affected by co-channel interference following the frequency changes would be offered a subsidised Freesat installation if no alternative transmitter could be used. Two new transmitters have opened in Swindon and Worcester to provide a solution to co-channel problems in those areas.
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Michael10:18 AM
Let's hope they will be more competent this time round! Last time, some viewers found they could get a line-of-sight to the Freesat satellite. For others this was not feasible due to obstructions etc. The Ilfracombe relay erp was increased to help "override" co-channel interference from Carmel. After a while, it went quiet again, so I assume most found a solution. This time many will have the broadband option. This may be what is at the back of the minds of 5G planners :-)
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Sunday, 16 February 2020
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michael9:34 PM
Possibly wild weather related?
OR BBC demise presaged?
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