Freeview Light on the Pennsylvania (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pennsylvania (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 6,700 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 Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Pennsylvania 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 | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 131m | 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, plus 17 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 131m | 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 | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 131m | 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Pennsylvania (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Pennsylvania transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 59km southwest (230°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 53km southwest (224°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Pennsylvania (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C56tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:40 AM
1:40 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
2:33 AM
2:33 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 on 25 Mar to 12:11 on 25 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:02 on 25 Mar to 12:11 on 25 Mar. [BBC]
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 today to 07:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 today to 07:41 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 23 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 yesterday to 07:41 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 yesterday to 07:41 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 on 22 May to 07:41 on 22 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:42 on 22 May to 07:41 on 22 May. [BBC]
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Sunday, 4 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:31 PM
8:31 PM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 12 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 16 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:38 today to 11:01 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:38 today to 11:01 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 17 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PENNSYLVANIA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:38 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:38 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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