Full Freeview on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Stockland Hill (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 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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Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Kevin Porteous : It not likley that the "com7" and "com8" multiplexes will be added here. They are being broadcast only from the top 30 transmitters. Freeview HD extended service from 2014 (com7) has a map. At some point in the future (when everyone has Freeview HD equipment) the existing multiplexes will switch to DVB-T2. The interim services are likely to be taken away and used for 4G broadband within five years.
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Dave Lindsay
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Kevin Porteous : Never. It is as it is until at least 2018.
The objective of them is to encourage take-up of Freeview HD (DVB-T2) receiving equipment. In 2018 multiplexes may be rejigged so as to increase coverage of the services currently carried on the quasi-national HD multiplexes, COM7 and COM8 which aren't carried by Stockland Hill.
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Saturday, 17 October 2015
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David Carter11:11 PM
Read Kevin Porteous question about the extra HD channels. And answer "They are being broadcast only from the top 30 transmitters" seems odd then that they would pick Beacon Hill, which has less homes/viewers than Stockland Hill ?
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Sunday, 18 October 2015
David Carter: Perhaps someone important at Arqiva lives nearby?
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Monday, 9 November 2015
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Mrs Sanders3:05 PM
Cullompton
TV channels are all breaking up,aerial is rooftop. Postcode is EX15 2RF.
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Mrs's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
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MikeP11:40 AM
Trowbridge
Mrs Sanders:
It is probably related to the post above yours that indicates there is engineering work at Stockland Hill transmitter and that there will be weak signals. That often gives rise to picture breaking up.
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MikeP's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 8 January 2016
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Brian Johns10:10 AM
Hello. I currently live in a flat ( one of 7) with its own TV & Radio sockets in each flat. We are in direct line-of-sight to the Stockland aerial and normally have no digital signal interference. My TV is plugged into a TalkTalk YouView box and broadband router and we have Freeview. Until fairly recently we have had a good, strong signal on all channels viewed but I have been experiencing very poor to unobtainable reception on the Sky News (Freeview 132) & just occasionally on BBC News ( freeview 130). I know bad weather can cause intermittent problems but the Sky News problem is now very frequent. Al Jazeera on 133 is fine so 'I'd like to know if Sky are broadcasting on a different signal strength or if there is some other technical reason for the lack of signal? I hope to hear from you. Regards Brian Johns
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MikeP
4:51 PM
4:51 PM
Brian Johns:
As you appear to be on a communal aerial system, have you asked whether other people in the block are experiencing the same problems?
If they are, then it is likely that an aerial problem is the cause. If they are not then it is likely that your equipment may have a problem. In that case it is worth changing the aerial cables connecting your equipment to the aerial socket and between each item.
It is also possible that you may have too much signal. Does your TV have a settings page that allows you to check the signal strength and quality? If so, make sure the signal strength on the affected services is between 60% and 80% as any higher will probably cause the symptoms you describe. If you do have too much signal, an inexpensive attenuator will help. What strength of attenuator may be needed epends on just how strong the signal(s) is.
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Saturday, 30 January 2016
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k williamson10:53 AM
since before xmas and beyond including yesterday our signal goes of for anything up to 4/5 hours . why is this ?,please can you give me an answer,.
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Wednesday, 23 March 2016
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Martin Mellish2:52 AM
EX15 - Loft Aerial
For some time now i have been getting no signal message from about 01:30 until 05:00 and would like to know if anyone else has this problem or why i am having the problem.
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