Freeview Light on the Modbury (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Modbury (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Modbury (Devon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Modbury (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Modbury 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 76m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 76m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 76m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Modbury (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Modbury transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 18km west-northwest (286°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 11km west-northwest (298°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Modbury (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 5W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Sunday, 7 October 2012
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KMJ,Derby6:57 PM
Anne Kimber: Do any of your neighbours have aerials set for horizontal polarisation pointing ENE to Beacon Hill or WNW to Caradon Hill? If so you might be able to receive the full Freeview service with the correct aerial.
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Thursday, 24 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:24 PM
1:24 PM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:26 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:26 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 today to 14:27 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 25 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:37 AM
1:37 AM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 yesterday to 12:26 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 yesterday to 14:27 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:43 AM
11:43 AM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 yesterday to 14:27 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:37 AM
1:37 AM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 Apr to 12:26 on 24 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 24 Apr to 14:27 on 24 Apr. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:29 today to 18:30 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:29 yesterday to 18:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:29 on 08 Oct to 18:30 on 08 Oct. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
MODBURY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:22 today to 09:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:22 today to 09:32 today. [BBC]
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