Full Freeview on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 120,000 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.
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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 Stockland Hill (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 Stockland Hill 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 Stockland Hill (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 Stockland Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 86km west-southwest (239°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 80km southwest (236°)
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?
Bickleigh | Transposer | 15 km N Exeter | 25 homes |
Freshwater C/p | Active deflector | 2 km SE Bridport, Dorset | 250 homes (caravans) |
Ladram Bay | Transposer | 15 km SE Exeter | 400 homes (caravans) |
How will the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C22 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 250kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 5kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 2.5kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 10 November 2012
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DR Tucker4:07 PM
In the last 24 hours I have lost all HD stations. I have all normal Freeview stations, but all the HD stations have disappeared. I have retuned twice, but the result is the same - all normal digital stations, but all HD vanished?
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Monday, 24 December 2012
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Barry Fry11:14 PM
Ottery St. Mary
Been experiencing signal trouble just lately from Stockland Hill. This has been had my Humax going somewhat! Is there work going on?
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Barry's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
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M K Helliar2:00 PM
Why have I lost several free view channels in the last few weeks.
Nothing has changed in me Aerial or TV set up
I have tried a retune and the channels no longer appear.
Film 4 is one example
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roy grantham4:33 PM
Tiverton
There appear to be transmitter problems from Stockland Hillsi I;m informed by BBC help line and yet nothing is shown about this on line. How do I get accurate information on the problem of 'no signal'
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roy's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 8 March 2013
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M K Helliar2:52 PM
roy grantham:
I have also posted the fact that I have suddenly had a problem.
I have lost all the COM6 channels. It is not my aerial and no other set ups have changed.
It seems to be a reduction of power (signal) from Stockland Hill. If I swing my aerial to Mendip all is fine.
Yeovil
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M K Helliar: The COM channels from Stockland aren't as powerful as the PSBs, and therefore don't have as big a footprint. The three COM channels are also used by Rowridge (but those of the Stockland PSBs aren't). This re-use of channels in closer proximity than with the PSBs is the reason for lower power and is likely to mean some people are limited, not because they can't receive it, but because the level of interference is too great.
At a sample location to the south of Yeovil and Digital UK Coverage Checker "thinks" that Stockland's PSBs are good, but its COMs are non-existant. Rowridge's PSBs are good, but its COMs are non-existant. These non-existant reception predictions could be down to too much interference.
If you have a yagi aerial, then a Group A aerial is probably best for Stockland.
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Monday, 22 April 2013
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George Moor12:10 PM
EX175HG
TV is Toshiba TL96 3months old with integral freeview receiver. good signal, Have set up several times to see if any effect on lip synch problems. These are confined to HD programmes - the worst being ITV. Sound ahead of vision by ms but sufficient to prevent watching unless it's a commentary.
I am qualified in R & TV so have discounted my hardware now as the problem - is this a case of distance and the fact that there are two transmitters in the SW that give good signal here. I plan a visit to my local stores and will check if they have same problem.
Any advice appreciated. eg Which t/x should I be targeting for this postcode.
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
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Ronald Burt10:33 AM
Why has the tv signal in shaldon been very poor at times on the 23 and 24 september
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Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Why won't Stockland Hill be getting COM 7 and COM 8? Looking at the COM 7 and COM 8 coverage for other transmitters, it seems all of Exeter won't be able to get COM 7 or COM 8 from Wenvoe, Mendip, Beacon Hill or Caradon Hill. Surely the two new HD muxes ought to be on Stockland Hill as well.
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Nicholas Willmott: The plan for the forthcoming COM7 and COM8 multiplexes was one of serving the most viewers for least cost. Ofcom has granted the licences, subject to a clause that allows withdrawal in 2018:
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For that reason, costs are being kept down by reusing equipment used previously prior to switchover.
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