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.
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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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Tuesday, 20 December 2016
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Mrs Evelyn Thomas12:20 PM
Cullompton
I have been trying to tune to channel 74 (true Christmas) and Talking pictures but have been informed by Freeview helpline that Stockland doe not cover these channels. Is there any liklihood that these will be covered in future?
I have a loft aerial and have no problems with reception.
My postcode is EX15 1XN,
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Mrs's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln11:44 PM
Mrs Evelyn Thomas: True Christmas is broadcast alongside local TV channels, of which there are none planned to broadcast from Stockland Hill. Talking Pictures is broadcast on COM7 which is a temporary service available from 30 main transmitter sites covering around 70% of households, it is expected to close in 2020 and won't be added to any further transmitters.
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Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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Graham Theobald12:19 AM
Will Stockland Hill transmitter ever be upgraded to an extended freeview service (com7 + Com8) , if so when ?, if not why not ?
Thanks in advance
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StevensOnln110:50 AM
Graham Theobald: It won't ever receive COM7 or COM8. Both are temporary services which are broadcast from 30 transmitters covering around 70-75% of UK households and are due to close in 2020 following the clearence of the 700MHz frequency band.
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Thursday, 13 July 2017
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Nigel Shenton7:38 AM
Cheddar
Hi
I live in Cheddar BS27 3BY. We, along with around 400 other houses in Cheddar, cannot receive BBC West or ITV West because our homes cannot see the Mendip transmitter and a local relay in Cheddar was not upgraded from Analogue to Digital.
Our signal thus has to come from Stockland Hill.
Would it be possible to arrange for Stockland Hill to transmit BBC West and ITV West alongside its other channels..
If not are there other transmitters South of Cheddar that we could repoint our aerial to, as said Mendip is out of sight to us because of the Mendip Hills
Thanks
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MikeP
10:42 AM
10:42 AM
Nigel Shenton:
Take a look at the 'digitaluk trade' box at the bottom of your posting (or go to Coverage Checker - Detailed View to see what reception possibilities you have. Stockland Hill is a possible but with some multiplexes being variable. It is also some distance away so the signal strength may be variable due to atmospheric variations. Wenvoe is a non-starter and Mendip has the best options though the terrain plot shows possible obstructions at about 5 km out from you.
The best chance is to have you aerial mounted as high as possible, making sure the mountings and pole are strong and safe. That could enable the aerial to 'see' over the hills.
You best policy is to consult a local TV Aerial contractor for advice based on local knowledge.
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Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
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STOCKLAND HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:55 today to 15:08 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
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STOCKLAND HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:55 yesterday to 15:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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STOCKLAND HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:55 yesterday to 15:08 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:28 today to 10:42 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
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STOCKLAND HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:55 on 25 Jul to 15:08 on 25 Jul, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 10:28 yesterday to 10:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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