Freeview Light on the Brixham (Torbay, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Brixham (Torbay, England) transmitter which serves 4,400 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 Brixham (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 Brixham (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 Brixham 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 66m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 66m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 66m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 Brixham (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 Brixham transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 43km west (270°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 36km west (271°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Brixham (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 T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 |
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 | 18W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.6W |
Local transmitter maps
BRIXHAM Freeview BRIXHAM DAB Beacon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 6 June 2012
Laura: I had a look at your road on Google Streetview and can see that residents have difficulty with reception. I couldn't spot a single aerial on the Brixham relay; all are on Beacon or Stockland.
jb38, KMJ,Derby, this would appear to be one where the predictor isn't very helpful, other than to indicate the directions of the transmitters.
Laura's road is lined by bungalows and is on a slope. Beacon Hill is in the direction up the slope and at the end of the road (the highest part) are two houses.
I don't think that there's much point in trying with a set-top aerial or piece of wire.
I suggest that you confirm that the channels tuned are those of the transmitter to which the aerial faces. The information as to which UHF channel is tuned is usually given on the signal strength screen.
For each of the following, check the UHF channel tuned to:
BBC One --- BH=C60; SH=C26; B=C43
ITV1 --- BH=C53; SH=C23; B=C50
BBC One HD --- BH=C57; SH=C29; B=C46
ITV3 --- BH=C42; SH=C25
Pick TV --- BH=C45; SH=C22
Yesterday --- BH=C51; SH=C28
BH is Beacon Hill, SH is Stockland Hill and B is Brixham.
As an example, go to BBC One and bring up the signal strength screen. Note which UHF channel it is tuned to. If it is 26, then the signal is coming from Stockland Hill. If your aerial points to Beacon Hill, then that needs putting right.
- If your aerial is on Beacon Hill and you find that you are picking up some or all signals from Stockland, then a workaround is to run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged up to 30% (or up to UHF channel 33 if it gives them during its scan). If you do do this, then having done so, check that you haven't picked up the two (or three) multiplexes from Brixham (by carrying out the procedure outlined above).
- If your aerial is on Stockland Hill and you find that you are picking up some or all signals from Beacon (or Brixham), then run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial plugged in and then unplug when it gets to 30% (or when it gets to UHF channel 33 if it gives them during its scan).
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Sunday, 15 September 2013
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julie jacobs5:43 PM
We have recently moved to new road in brixham and have installed a BT you view box for TV but we have a poor TV signal and can only watch a couple of channels is the TV signal generally bad in brixham?
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KMJ,Derby8:20 PM
julie jacobs: If you supply your postcode, or one for a nearby shop or public building it will be possible to see from the DUK reception predictor what channels you might expect to receive. The Brixham relay only transmits the PSB muxes, so would give you BBC channels and ITV, C4, C5, ITV2 etc only as listed above,.plus the HD channels. However if you are able to receive signals from Beacon Hill or Stockland Hill (when using a suitable aerial) you might be able to receive the full Freeview service.
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julie jacobs9:26 PM
KMJ,Derby: hi the post code is tq58nl
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KMJ,Derby10:37 PM
julie jacobs: You appear to be in the area that the Brixham relay is intended to serve, with excellent reception predicted, but only on the PSB muxes. Your aerial would point NNE with the rods vertical for this transmitter. Using an aerial on Beacon Hill ( pointing NW and set for horizontal polarisation) the prediction is for a fair chance of good reception on the PSB muxes, but the COM muxes are decidedly iffy, with no prediction offered for SDN, and poor reception predicted for ArqA and ArqB, possibly due to likely interference from other transmitters using the same frequencies.
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