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 withheldMonday, 17 October 2011
M
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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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
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Paul5:59 AM
Bath
HD ok Monday 17th in the evening.1800 to 2200. Hope this helps?
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 22 June 2012
D
Dennis Gibbs10:32 PM
Because of the position of my house I seem to get my signal from Huntshaw Cross transmitter.I can get some channels from Broadlands relay but more channels from Huntshaw Cross.The problem is every night just before 10pm the signal on the itv channels disappear.Should I bite the bullet and get an aerial on the roof and get my signal from Beacon Hill or is there anything else I could do.
Many Thanks D.A.Gibbs
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Saturday, 23 June 2012
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jb3811:59 PM
Dennis Gibbs: Before taking any action as far as your aerial is concerned, as soon as the ITV signal vanishes immediately go into your TV or boxes signal checking screen and have a look to see if the signal is still there or not, as in most cases it will be but is sitting at a level that's just under the reception threshold of you equipment and not strong enough to produce a picture, so make a note of the indication and compare this to when everything seems to be OK.
Further advice given depending on whatever the results are indicated as being, as a signal booster could possibly cure the problem.
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
J
John 8:36 PM
I live in Landkey and can only receive the basic freeview chammels, cannot get the full range such as Sky News etc
Anyone got the reason ?
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KMJ,Derby9:20 PM
John : To receive the COM muxes you need to be able to receive signals from a main station. In North Devon these are Huntshaw Cross, and in a few favourably placed locations on high ground Caradon Hill. Using Landkey post office as a reference good reception is predicted from Huntshaw Cross at 217 degrees (aprox SW ), the aerial being mounted for horizontal polarisation. If your aerial is pointing to a relay at Barnstaple (NW) or Swimbridge (ESE) with the rods set vertical, you will only be able to receive the PSB muxes.
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Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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Katy8:05 PM
Huntshaw Cross area (EX39). Ongoing problems (over a week now) with all channels, but especially BBC. Neighbours are having the same issues so it isn't my aerial or box - is there work going on and if so, any end in sight please? This is particularly pants over Christmas! Thanks
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Monday, 7 January 2013
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j. sidebottom10:50 AM
since yesterday all the hd channels have disappeared. I have retuned and contacted the set top box people and I am unable to get any channels between 87-170
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Thursday, 7 March 2013
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Margaret Bond2:08 PM
I live in the Holsworthy area and my freeview reception for BBC channels has been bad for a few weeks and now non-exsistant! Can you tell me why?
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
G
G McLaughlin11:02 AM
Will the procedure you will carry out in May 2013 have any detrimental effect to my reception.
In other words will I receive a picture and sound as of the quality I receive today .
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