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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) mast?
Stockland Hill transmitter - Stockland Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Monday, 18 July 2011
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Andrew3:42 PM
South Petherton
Hi
I live in TA13 5JX. We are right on the edge of the Stockland transmitter area, and also the Mendip area. Our BBC is hardly watchable - it freezes, and makes "popping/clicking" sounds. We have to retune our TVs (x2) about once a week, as it seems to lose all info stored and assumes it is a new installation (both are relatively new sets, under 3 years old). When we retune, we generally get Stockland (BBC Southwest) but sometimes Mendip (BBC West) Most people in our village seem to have Sky as the reception is known to be rubbish. Is there any way to improve the reception, given our location in an apparent no-mans-land for both transmitters?
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RichardH5:09 PM
South Petherton
Hi Andrew
From where you live Stockland Hill is only 15 miles and Mendip is 23 miles (according to the predictor). They are in completely diffeent directions and are in different aerial grups. Which way is your aerial pointing? I would guess that it is a group A aerial pointing towards Stockland Hill and is picking up Mendip on a rear node (a group A aerial will pick up higher frequencies which are harmonics of its base frequency band). Digital TV requires a cleaner signal than analogue otherwise it doesn't work, I would suggest you try using a good quality aerial and replace the downlead. For Stockland Hill you will neeed a group A aerial, Mendip requires a group C/D aerial. Make sure that the aerial is not 'crowded' with other aerials nearby as this will reduce performance. If you want to use the same aerial to feed both sets use a proper splitter, or an amplifier with 2 or more outputs. You could try going for Rowridge (also group A) but this would require a high-gain aerial and you would also lose your local news programmes. Good luck!
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
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Andrew7:22 PM
South Petherton
Hi Richard
Thanks for the comprehensive reply. I'm certainly no techie, so not sure how to answer your questions. We had our aerial installed about 3 years ago. It's pointing towards Stockland. I really don't know if it's A or C/D. (At the moment we are only picking up Mendip TV). There are a lot of hills between us and Stockland! We do have an SLX8-way amplifier. As you could see from the map, we are right on the edge of the transmitter - can you advise me if it's worth getting an aerial specialist in again to have a look at our situation, or are we just doomed to never have a clear reception? I'm astonished this seems to be such a common problem - don't BBC or ITV have an obligation to deliver a minimum service level? Is there a way to claim discount/exemption on the license fee if I have little access to BBC station? (FM BBC Radio is also very poor).
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Saturday, 20 August 2011
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Michelle12:54 PM
have a flat on site at RDEFT NHS, freeview TV with indoor ariel, quite poor service at the best of times but since Friday morning no signal at all. We have tried a new ariel and TV so ruled out equipment fault, where could the prolem be? thanks in anticipation
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Michelle: You should be using a rooftop aerial if you want reliable Freeview reception.
As you have not provided a full postcode, it is impossible to provide specific information.
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Friday, 2 September 2011
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Richard Bull9:47 PM
Lyme Regis
Suddenly there is no signal on the ITV group - Channel 23. Nothing else has changed, it used to be perfect. All other channels as nirmal - good signal strength. I've re-tuned manually and automsaticaslly several time to no avail. This lost of Channel 23 signal has continued for days now. What to do?
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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Cain11:41 PM
Exeter
hey people I live in postcode EX4 4BH and have got a high gain indoor aerial in my loft conversion room, but am only able to get the signal from the Exeter St Thomas transmitter, even though I am in the Stockland Hill range easily. Any ideas on how to get the Stockland signal? Have tried manually tuning but cannot get it to find any channels other than the St Thomas ones. Any help would be much appreciated! Thankyouuu!
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:14 AM
Cain: Aerials are designed to pick up what's in front of them and not what's to the side or behind. They are also polarized - the radio waves either bounce side-to-side or up-and-down, and the aerial has to go the right way. Finally, aerials perform better if designed for a limited range of frequencies, so it should be the correct group for the transmitter.
Exeter St Thomas is south-west while Stockland Hill is north-east. Exeter St Thomas uses vertical polarization - elements going up-and-down - while Stockland Hill is horizontal. Exeter St Thomas used group B frequencies before and after switchover, while Stockland Hill uses Group A. So there are probably three reasons why your aerial isn't picking up anything useful from Stockland Hill!
See Loft and indoor aerial installations for TV, FM and DAB and http://wrightsaerials.tv/….pdf for information about siting loft aerials.
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