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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) mast?
Huntshaw Cross transmitter - Huntshaw Cross transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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.
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 withheldFriday, 30 June 2017
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mg3:27 PM
NIGEL: Yes of course, im sure they will happily spend another few million quid to double the power, upgrade the antenna and feeder cable. just because you dont know how to set your telly up!
95-98% signal strength is too much anyway, and probably made worse by your 'booster' which is probably overloading your set
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Saturday, 1 July 2017
MikeP
10:57 AM
10:57 AM
Nigel:
The reason for the break up is that your signals are too strong! You should aim to have between 50% and 85% for SD services and between 60% and 85% for HD services. So at 95% you have too much of a good thing! Try adding an attenuator into the signal feed cables, being careful not top allow the weight of it to 'hang' on the socket at the back of the TV. Attenuators are available cheaply and range from 3dB upwards. Try a 3dB and have a 6dB available in case 3dB is not sufficient. When you fit it check what the signal strength is before and after fitting. Your aim is to bring it down to just under 85% on ALL channels.
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Monday, 21 August 2017
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peter thornton3:52 PM
When will channel 81 (talking pictures tv) be transmitted from Huntshaw.
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StevensOnln14:33 PM
peter thornton: Maybe never. Talking Pictures is broadcast on the temporary COM7 multiplex which is broadcast from 30 main transmitters covering around 75% of UK households and is due to close in 2020. Neither Talking Pictures or any of the other channels on COM7 have announced any future plans regarding their presence on Freeview.
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Friday, 8 September 2017
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Roy Jenkins4:45 PM
I have two TVs. One receives channel 45 ( film4+1) and one doesn't . I am close to huntshaw cross and I don' t understand why. On the TV that doesn't receive it I can examine the bundles and channel 45 is not included. I get signals on channels 48, 50, 52, 56 , and 59. Could someone please explain why?
Also Planet Knowledge channel 245 does not seem to have an icon on the apple store and I can't get it on either set so how do I receive it?
We are an all Apple household.
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StevensOnln16:21 PM
Roy Jenkins: Film 4 +1 is broadcast alongside the PSB HD channels (BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD, ITV HD Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 HD) and therefore can only be received on a TV or set top box which is capable of receiving HD channels.
Planet Knowledge's website has a page explaining the different ways you can watch and includes a link to their iPhone/iPad app - HOW TO WATCH
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017
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jack earnshaw12:16 PM
No channels on Huntshaw Cross Channel 55 (film4+1 and HD channels) working. All others are fine. Signal strength appears to change from zero to quite good, but signal quality shows as quite low (on my LG TV).
Has been working fine before 2 weeks ago, then a problem over weekend, then last week it was OK. Failed again at weekend and still not working.
Sometimes "no signal", then a broken up (pixelated) picture, then works for a few seconds and then freezes.
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Sunday, 6 May 2018
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michael.9:28 PM
michael: note two red I D lights working ,bottom light out or extremely dim. 2126hrs 06/05/18
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Monday, 7 May 2018
MikeP
12:22 PM
12:22 PM
Michael:
Please tell Arqiva as they operate the transmitters. They are nothing to do with this website which is entirely independent and intended to assist viewers having reception problems.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2018
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jack earnshaw5:36 PM
Lost sound on all BBCA and BBCB channels - they work ok for about 10 seconds and then totally mute.
Other channels are fine
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