Full Freeview on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 37,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter._______
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 Huntshaw Cross (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 Huntshaw Cross 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 Huntshaw Cross (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 Huntshaw Cross transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 66km south (184°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 66km 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?
| Nth Molton | Transposer | 18 km E Barnstaple | 30 homes |
How will the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | ||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | |||
| C56tv_off | +ArqB | +ArqB | +ArqB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C67 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 8 January 2011
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lee johnston4:38 PM
Bideford
can you tell me when i can get any hd channels from huntshaw cross on freeview my postcode is ex394bw
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lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
lee johnston: The service started on 24th September 2010. You will need a Freeview HD box (or set), of course.
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Monday, 24 January 2011
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JohnR4:12 PM
Bideford
Is it me, my ears or my Panasonic DTV? The sound quality is poor and the level changes quite a lot. Mainly BBC.
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JohnR's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
JohnR: It is probably the settings on your set. Try removing any "automatic" or other forms of sound enhancement.
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Thursday, 12 May 2011
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Martin7:21 PM
Bideford
Post code EX394QR
Since last week I have been unable to get a stable picture on Channel 52 owing to low signal strength and quality.
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Martin's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 17 September 2011
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Fred5:57 PM
Port Talbot
I live in Baglan (in line of sight of Kilvey Hill, Swansea) but only want English channels. What do I need to do.
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Fred's: mapF's Freeview map terrainF's terrain plot wavesF's frequency data F's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 18 September 2011
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michael9:51 AM
Fred, apart from regional news, very few programmes are different in South Wales, so unless you want SouthWest news, there would be little advantage in changing from the strong Kilvey Hill signal. If you have a clear view south, you might be able to receive Huntshaw Cross on channels 62,59,56,55(HD),52 and 48. You might note fluctuations due to the Bristol Channel rise and fall and due to 56,52,48 being weaker. You would need a CD-group high-gain aerial, horizontally polarised.
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Saturday, 15 October 2011
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michael9:17 AM
It looks as though it is mainly the brief switching outages at Huntshaw Cross, not work at Ilfracombe, Coombe Martin or Challacombe. I guess its gonna hurt: no regional BBC radio or TV and the libraries are closing... Still,
we have nice views :-)
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Sunday, 16 October 2011
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Ronnie11:40 AM
Hello folks. Anyone out there having trouble with Huntshaw Cross please? Since yesterday, I'm no longer receiving any HD channels and have also lost a number of radio stations. All standard def. channels seem to be OK though. I can't see that there's any engineering work on the go, so any help would be much appreciated, please!
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Monday, 17 October 2011
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michael9:24 AM
HD was ok yesterday, as was SD. Brief engineering outages are being listed on this page, presumably there is ongoing work at HX,
but I have not noted any longer outages.
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