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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Friday, 20 January 2012
Mark H: Your current aerial may well be a Group B one (tuned to the middle of the band) but Stockland uses Group A channels. See here for an explanation of groups:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
This is not to say that it won't work. See here for some example gain curves that show gain drops off below the group's channels:
Gain (curves), Again
Remember, if you do try realigning your aerial, then it won't be just a case of spinning it around; you will have to switch it from vertical to horizontal.
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Mark H: If you are going to get another aerial, then have a look at ATV Sheffield. This page lists what they recommend for Stockland Hill:
Digital TV Transmitters Nationwide Page 2
If you get a good signal on the three COMs now at 10kW, then you should be fine at 25kW.
Check ITV3, Pick TV and Yesterday which is one service from each COM multiplex.
For a full list of services on each multiplex see here:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
I suggest that you check that you have the channels stored correctly. In particular, ensure that you don't have the two (or three) multiplexes from St Thomas instead of Stockland.
Channels used by Stockland are:
BBC A (BBC One etc) Ch26
D3&4 (ITV1 etc) Ch23
BBC B (HD services) Ch29
SDN (ITV3 etc) Ch25
Arq A (Pick TV etc) Ch22
Arq B (Yesterday etc) Ch28
On each of the above services, go to the signal strength screen and it should tell you the UHF channel number.
I should say that I'm not an aerial installer or expert in RF signal propagation. But common sense would suggest that if you can get the low-power COMs now with your set-top aerial, then you are in a good signal area.
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Mark Fletcher10:46 PM
Halifax
Mark H,Exeter.If you decide to buy a new aerial and you decide to get the full package of programmes from the main Stockland Hill transmitter including the three COM multiplexes which is not broadcasted by your local relay,then as Stockland Hill is an all group A mast,you only need to purchase a new group A Yagi 18A,or X-Beam XB16A for slightly extra gain,but more important you will need to buy satellite grade co-ax copper-copper cable and brass co-ax plugs.As you stated earlier being on a higher ground area of Exeter,if you did decide to buy a new external group A aerial for the main Stockland Hill transmitter,if must be polarised horizontally mounted externally on a wall or on the roof,a chimney wall being ideal.
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 3 February 2012
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Ian Thomson1:53 PM
I have 3 TVs running from one aerial with perfect reception from Stockland Hill. One of the 3 TVs is 4:3 running from a digi-box. All channels are in correct format with the exception of the stations from Mulitiplex PS B2 Ch23 where the format incorrectly narrows. This would appear to be a fault of the transmitter, rather than the box?!!
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Ian Thomson: It is more likely to be a fault with the box. Have you tried another Freeview box on the same set?
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
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Pete Green12:59 PM
UK Digital tradeview show a com power up in April but show 3 at 50 kW and 3 at 25kW both now and after April. What is changing.
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Pete Green: The final config is indeed PSBs at 50kW and COMs at 25kW. The COMs are currently restricted to 20kW (SDN) 10kW (ArqA/B).
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Pete Green1:32 PM
Briantist
I'm surprised that at these levels a get all channels except ArqB. Thank you for your help and quick responce.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012
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Bob Lane9:45 PM
Exeter
Over the last three to four evenings the signal has gone to "no or bad signal" shortly after 8 pm and this evening there is no signal at all at 9.30 on any channel. this is not a set top box problem as it is the same on the dvd recorder and the Humax box but it was working perfectly before 8. I have an external roof mounted aerial and have received perfect signals for the last couple of years. Any idea of what is going on? Post code EX6 8JL transmitter Stockland Hill
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 14 April 2012
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