Freeview Light on the Exeter St Thomas (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Exeter St Thomas (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 19,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Exeter St Thomas (Devon, England) mast?
Exeter St Thomas transmitter - Exeter St Thomas transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 Exeter St Thomas (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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Exeter St Thomas 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Exeter St Thomas (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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Exeter St Thomas transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 54km southwest (229°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 49km southwest (223°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Exeter St Thomas (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 | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | 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 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 23 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
EXETER ST THOMAS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Aug 10:03 until 18 Aug 14:10. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
EXETER ST THOMAS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Sep 13:20 until 17 Sep 13:23. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 17 Sep 13:24. Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 17 Sep 12:34 until 17 Sep 12:36. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:19 PM
5:19 PM
EXETER ST THOMAS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Sep 13:20 until 17 Sep 13:23. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 17 Sep 13:24 until 17 Sep 14:00. Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 17 Sep 12:34 until 17 Sep 12:36. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Exeter St Thomas transmitter - Exeter St Thomas transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:04 AM
5:04 AM
Exeter St Thomas transmitter - Exeter St Thomas transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
2:04 PM
2:04 PM
EXETER ST THOMAS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 9 Nov 10:11 until 9 Nov 11:59. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 9 Nov 10:11 until 9 Nov 11:59. . [BBC]
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Monday, 27 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Exeter St Thomas transmitter - Exeter St Thomas transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 28 November 2023
S
Stewart Price5:07 PM
Signal lost approx 16.45 today 28 November-when do we get it back?
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C
Chris.SE8:33 PM
Stewart Price:
As you can see from the post before yours, the transmitter is the subject of Planned Engineering.
There have been several reports in the last 12hrs or so, where it's been off-air due to a faults and also due to essential engineering.
The most recent reported by the BBC -
From 4:25pm to 5:34pm on 28th Nov 2023 BBC A/BBCB HD Off the air due to a fault.
Do NOT retune when you have no signal, you can't tune to a signal that's not there! In most cases retuning when there's no signal just clears the correct tuning.
I can't find any further faults reported, so you should have your signals back at present..
Arqiva never say how long Planned Engineering will take as some of it may be weather dependant, any maintenance or repairs may be complex. It is unusual for the transmitter to be off-air for any extended periods without some warning. Individual multiplexes may be subject to longer periods of interruption depending on the work taking place.
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Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
EXETER ST THOMAS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 16:26 until 28 Nov 17:30. Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Nov 06:51 until 28 Nov 07:23. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 16:26 until 28 Nov 17:30. Off the air due to essential en [BBC]
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