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 withheldFriday, 30 June 2017
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NIGEL3:21 PM
Com 5 and Com 6 channels are at 955 rather than 98% even after our booster and still break up.
Please can they be 20kw rather than 10kw so we actually enjoy them without break up ....?
Thanks.
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NIGEL3:23 PM
Com 5 and Com 6 channels are at 95% rather than 98% even after our booster and super reception aerial still break up.
Please can they be 20kw like others rather than 10kw so we actually enjoy them without break up ....?
Thanks.
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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, 24 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
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HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:56 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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5:32 PM
HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:56 yesterday to 15:35 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:56 on 24 Jul to 15:35 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:49 today to 04:05 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:56 on 24 Jul to 15:35 on 25 Jul. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:49 yesterday to 04:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 28 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:56 on 24 Jul to 15:35 on 25 Jul. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:49 on 26 Jul to 04:05 on 26 Jul. [BBC]
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