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, 23 September 2013
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KMJ,Derby7:45 PM
naomi dure: The William Hepburn tropospheric ducting forecast predicts strong ducting affecting an area including South Wales, Devon, Dorset and across the English Channel. taking place from this afternoon (23rd September 2013) and into tomorrow. It is likely that during these conditions signals from out of area transmitters could cause interference to your normal reception. Mendip, for example shares frequencies with Huntshaw Cross on the COM muxes.
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Phil7:52 PM
Poole
I live in Poole Dorset. I have been having signal problems for ages. But today is the worst it has been.
I have checked and there are no problems in my area, so why am i missing half my channels, after i retune again and again etc.
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 1 November 2013
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michael8:21 PM
These "transmitter engineering" notifications are what Mick Jagger would call "useless information". WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY DOING ? DSO is done, they have kicked us out of the 800MHz band. So what on earth are they up to now with this secretive engineering work? We are paying for non-ending disruption and are entitled to know WHY !
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Katy9:50 PM
Thank goodness, I was starting to think it was just me! Come on Huntshaw - sort it out!!
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Saturday, 2 November 2013
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Katy11:39 AM
Please can we have a proper (i.e. accurate) update soon? 'Interuption' is massively underplaying the issue, for three days now I have had just 8 channels, on which there has still been interference. When will this be sorted?
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Sunday, 15 December 2013
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Chas.12:25 AM
Barnstaple
When will BBC4 HD be broadcast from Huntshaw Cross? It is more than a tad disappointing that only 2 of the newly available HD channels are available in N Devon.
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Chas.'s: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Chas.: It's unlikely as the plan for the new HD multiplexes has been drawn up. It isn't likely to change until 2019 at the earliest.
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Chas.12:53 PM
Barnstaple
Chas.: So how did it happen that there wasn't sufficient capacity for future HD Channels included in the planning of the HD multiplexes? I note that the Stockton Hill transmitter has a similar problem, whereas most other regions have all. Does this mean that there is no capacity for future HD Channels?
If it was known at the planning stage what future Freeview HD services were to be broadcast in my area, the knowledge of this would have influenced my choice of equipment, having recently purchased a high end Freeview TV, PVR and Bluray recorder.
The content of BBC4 makes it my favourite Channel, including a good proportion of music, the enhanced uncompressed sound quality HD has over SD makes it more desirable to have this Channel in HD.
If anybody has details on what's happening regarding future HD channels and their availability from Huntshaw Cross inc ITV, Channel 4 and Five can you please post them.
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Chas.'s: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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michael 10:27 PM
Chas, the Southwest has been selected for the altruistic privilege of contributing generously through the licence fee so that other regions may enjoy more HD - and so that producers, managers and directors may enjoy enhanced remuneration and pension benefits for their valiant services to the nation. Probably.
Where there is a line-of-sight to 19°E, Freesat is evidently the safest option - unless an errant lump of rock decides otherwise...
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michael 10:30 PM
Oops : should read line-of-sight to 28°E....
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