Freeview Light on the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmitter
 | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 50.463,-3.530 or 50°27'47"N 3°31'48"W |  | TQ2 5YE |
The symbol shows the location of the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Torquay Town (Torbay, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Torquay Town 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 106m | DTG- | 40W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Torquay Town (Torbay, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Torquay Town transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 43km west (261°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 36km west (259°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C51tv_off | 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 8 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 40W |
Local transmitter maps
Torquay Town Freeview Torquay Town AM/FM Beacon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
|
|
Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 13 June 2011
M
Mike anderson9:14 AM
As of yesterday afternoon we have no reception at all. We understand that at least one of our neighbours also has no reception, so we can assume from that that our ariel is not at fault.
| link to this comment |
M
Mike anderson9:17 AM
Sidmouth
Forgot to say thatour ariel is on the roof.
| link to this comment |
Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
M
Mike Dimmick2:55 PM
Mike Anderson: The BBC's system doesn't show a problem at Beacon Hill or at Wenvoe (a distant possibility). I can't get it to recognize the new Budleigh Salterton relay, which doesn't seem to appear on this site either. However, Budleigh Salterton operates in a Single Frequency Network with Beacon Hill, so if it had failed you should still get some signal from Beacon Hill, though notably less as Budleigh is vertically-polarized while Beacon Hill is horizontal.
Which direction does your aerial face, and which way is it polarized? That is, do the elements go left-to-right or up-and-down?
Normally I'd say to report the problem using the 'BBC Reception test' link next to your message, or in the top-right corner next to your postcode, but the BBC site thinks your postcode isn't in coverage. You can still try submitting a complaint through that route.
| link to this comment |
Saturday, 7 January 2012
B
Bell8:30 PM
No channel guide information available on non BBC channels. Please give advise. Am using a GOODMANS FReeview receiver.
| link to this comment |
Monday, 16 January 2012
Monday, 2 July 2012
S
Steven Moore11:27 AM
I have Technomate TM-6902 HD T2 Super, I receive both Satellite and Terrestrial reception.
On the Terrestrial channel 57 HD. I have found that the signal level is 90% and the quality is 90% but dropping or flickering off and on which blanks my tv viewing, this happens on all HD channels.
Is there a problem with the signal as there was some maintenance work carried out recently. Look forward to your reply.
Steven Moore
| link to this comment |
Steven Moore: You have posted on the page for the Torquay Town transmitter, yet C57 is that of its parent, Beacon Hill.
If your aerial is vertical and points to Torquay Town transmitter which is on the roof of Walden Point on St Luke's Road South then the problem is that your box is incorrectly tuned.
If your aerial is horizontal and points to Beacon Hill, then perhaps you have too much signal. See this page for an explanation and remedy in this case:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
| link to this comment |
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
S
Steven Moore11:53 AM
Dave Lindsay, Thank you for your response, I live in block of flats and share the Ariel with 8 others, I have ask the neighbors if there any problems with their reception and none to report. so with further investigation to my unit, I have re tuned several times but no avail, so I did a complete reset and re tuned the unit which solved the problem of the flickering. It seems the a "bug" found its way in and upset the system. Thanks for your help,
Best regards.
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 12 November 2015
N
Nick Burleigh 9:53 PM
Is anyone able to tell me how you can report a fault at a television transmitter and be taken seriously
?
I work for a community association and residents who use freeview are served by a small relay called Torquay Town transmitter. In windy weather we get flooded with calls because residents complain that all the channels start to break up and does not return until the weather calms.
This started three years ago.
Viewers in the area have gone to the expense of getting new aerials and cable fitted that doesn't solve the problem as recommended by people offering reception advice. Some people have signed up to pay tv from Virgin cable as the conservation area restricts the use of freesat.
A retirement block even went to the expense of getting planning permission to erect a structure on the building capable of supporting a large aerial and high enough for it to get the reception from a neighbouring transmitter that works properly. Is it really impossible to get those who look after this transmitter to sort out the problems for people
Any advice would be greatly received.
| link to this comment |
Friday, 13 November 2015
J
jb3812:18 AM
Nick Burleigh : If reception is indeed affected by windy weather, then this strongly suggests that the signal path from the transmitter passes near to tree lined areas, as Freeview signals as such are not affected by high winds, that is unless said winds result in the occurrence of some form of obstruction to the signal
However, an assessment of the situation is not really possible without knowledge of the area in question, this preferably provided in the form of a post code or one from nearby, i.e: a shop / Post Office, this info enabling access to details of the transmitter, and also the terrain applicable to the area the transmitter is covering.
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please