Full Freeview on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 50.807,-3.106 or 50°48'25"N 3°6'20"W | EX14 9EP |
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.
_______
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
|
|
Saturday, 3 August 2019
K
Ken Ebborn8:43 AM
Is there any future proposal to add channels like PBS America and SMITHSONIAN to Stockland Hill's output or is my only long-term option on these channels to change to Beacon Hill with inevitable drop in reliability due to the extra distance?
link to this comment |
Sunday, 4 August 2019
C
Chris.SE7:18 PM
Ken Ebborn:
I'm afraid that Beacon Hill no longer transmits the COMs 7&8 multiplexes that carries these channels either. At the moment Freesat would seem to be the only option or for PBS America this should be available on My5 if you have a suitable Broadband connection (& smart tv or box!).
It seems that similar Changes to the Freeview channel line-up in Plymouth, parts of Devon and east Cornwall | Freeview also applies to Beacon Hill & Stockland Hill.
link to this comment |
Friday, 18 October 2019
J
John Lewis7:38 PM
Hi is it possible for me to get channel 48
It keeps being advertised but it is not there
link to this comment |
MikeP
8:57 PM
8:57 PM
John Lewis:
Please provide a full post code. Then we can look up the expected reception at your location.
link to this comment |
C
Chris.SE11:05 PM
John Lewis:
If you actually mean LCN48 - Sony Channel, this and several other of Sony's channels are now only broadcast on Local Multiplexes. These changes were made by Sony a while ago. See Channel listings | Freeview for which channels (LCNs) are on which multiplexes.
There are no Local Multiplexes broadcast from Stockland Hill if that's your main transmitter.
link to this comment |
Saturday, 19 October 2019
G
Garry smith12:38 PM
John Lewis: why can i no longer receive channel 48, ytue entertainment, thank you.
link to this comment |
MikeP
1:27 PM
1:27 PM
: Garry Smith:
True Entertainment are broadcast only on the local services that is not available from all transmitters. If you get local services on LCN 7 or 8 then you should be getting True Entertainment. If you do not get the local services then you will not be able to watch any of the Sony channels.
link to this comment |
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
R
Raymond Alsop7:04 PM
Is it possible to get a good reception from the Stockland Hill Transmitter at Somerton, Somerset. Postcode TA116JR. With current Ariel or with a replacement Ariel.
link to this comment |
C
Chris.SE9:58 PM
Raymond Alsop:
The Freeview Detailed Coverage Checker does predict good reception from Stockland Hill, however it's not quite as good as Mendip for the COMs4-6 multiplexes if you are at the high number end of the road. Also Stockland Hill does not transmit the COMs 7&8 multiplexes, so if you want any of those channels, you won't get them
Channel listings | Freeview
For all the multiplexes from Mendip you need a Group T aerial (Wideband will do) pointing ~NNE (bearing 21 degrees). For Stockland Hill a Group A aerial is quite adequate, although a Group K or T/Wideband will do pointing bearing ~SW (223 degrees). Both transmitters horizontally polarised.
link to this comment |
Sunday, 21 June 2020
S
Sharon Alger-Wells7:30 PM
Honiton
Hi, my mother recently moved to Honiton her postcode is EX14 4PA
She lives in a Park home with a metal roof. She cannot get a
Signal on her smart TV - what kind of inside antenna will she need to
Allow the TV to work. She cannot have an external ariel.
Thanks
Sharon
link to this comment |
Sharon's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Select more comments
Your comment please