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The symbol shows the location of the Slapton (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 1,300 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 Slapton (Devon, England) mast?

SLAPTON transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 26 Mar 10:34 until 26 Mar 10:53. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Mar 10:05 until 26 Mar 10:25. . BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Slapton 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
C31- (553.8MHz)150mDTG-250W
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
C32 (562.0MHz)150mDTG-250W
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 (690.0MHz)150mDTG-250W
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 Slapton (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 Slapton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 36km west-northwest (295°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 29km west-northwest (301°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

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

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1319 Jun 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TK T
C31BBCA
C32D3+4
C48BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C52tv_offD3+4
C55tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C60tv_off 
C66BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C68C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 250W
Analogue 1-4(-3dB) 125W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill 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. Slapton 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.

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Sunday, 9 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:28 PM

SLAPTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 06:20 until 9 Feb 08:59. . [BBC]

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Friday, 3 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:34 AM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:16. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:20. . [BBC]

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7:29 AM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:16. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:20 until 3 Apr 06:59. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 4 April 2020
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7:27 PM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 06:34 until 3 Apr 06:46. Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:16 until 3 Apr 06:26. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:20 until 3 Apr 06:59. . [BBC]

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Friday, 10 April 2020
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7:28 AM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 06:34 until 3 Apr 06:46. Off the air due to a fault from 3 Apr 04:16 until 3 Apr 06:26. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
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7:28 AM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:38. . [BBC]

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Friday, 22 May 2020
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4:34 AM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 19 May 22:35 until 19 May 22:39. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 30 May 2020
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7:28 PM

SLAPTON transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 20 May 15:01 until 20 May 15:04. . [BBC]

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Friday, 12 June 2020
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4:34 AM

SLAPTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Mar 01:26 until 4 Mar 01:28. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 22 August 2020
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1:09 PM

SLAPTON transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Aug 11:30 until 18 Aug 13:51. . [BBC]

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