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, 29 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 9 May 2016
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K Toms5:11 PM
We have been having trouble with our signal strength with BBC1 showing only 27 strength.
Our aerial on our roof appears ok and has moved. Is there a problem with you getting a signal to us.
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K Toms5:18 PM
we seem to be having problems with certain channels on our recorders. ie channel 20 Drama.
Is there a reason for this .
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MikeB6:57 PM
K Toms: If you signal stength is low across the baord, you most likely have a problem at your end. There is no warning about low signal strength (which in any case would probably be above pre switch over levels anyway).
If your getting 27% on BBC, then its not surprising Drama has vanished - that mux is half the power of the BBC one.
You say your aerial appears ok, but has moved? is that a typo? Check the signal path back from the TV - could be as simple as a loose connection. But if it isn't, it sounds like you need to get someone out.
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Monday, 16 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:07 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:07 today to 14:37 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:32 AM
HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:07 yesterday to 14:37 yesterday. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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