Freeview Light on the Buckfastleigh (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Buckfastleigh (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Buckfastleigh (Devon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Buckfastleigh (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Buckfastleigh 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 | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 114m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 114m | DTG-3 | 2W |
 3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 114m | DTG-6 | 2W |
 72 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 50 Freeview channels?
The Buckfastleigh (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports HD, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Buckfastleigh transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 27km west-southwest (248°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 20km west-southwest (241°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Buckfastleigh (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | |||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 8 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 25 February 2011
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Tony Wright11:07 PM
Do you actually reply to the above questions? If so, where?
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Saturday, 26 February 2011
Tony Wright: This is a public service transmitter, it will not be getting any more channels as the commercial operators declined to broadcast from it.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:21 today to 09:22 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:21 today to 09:22 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:21 yesterday to 09:22 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:21 yesterday to 09:22 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 20 May 2011
BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:21 on 18 May to 09:22 on 18 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:21 on 18 May to 09:22 on 18 May [BBC]
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 today [BBC]
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BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 today to 05:54 today [BBC]
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Friday, 1 July 2011
BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday [BBC]
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BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today to 04:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday [BBC]
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BUCKFASTLEIGH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today to 09:09 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today to 04:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 today to 09:09 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday [BBC]
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