Freeview Light on the Budleigh Salterton (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Budleigh Salterton (Devon, England) transmitter. 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 Budleigh Salterton (Devon, 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 Budleigh Salterton (Devon, 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 Budleigh Salterton 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 | C44- (657.8MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 1,000W |
 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 | C41+ (634.2MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 1,000W |
 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 | C47+ (682.2MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 1,000W |
 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 Budleigh Salterton (Devon, 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 Budleigh Salterton transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 61km west-southwest (245°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 55km west-southwest (242°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Budleigh Salterton (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C44 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | +D3+4 | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | +BBCB | ||||||||
| C60tv_off |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 11 June 2016
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Alan8:29 PM
Budleigh Salterton
I have just purchased a Lodge at Ladram Bay ex9 7bx and the signal keeps braking up. Can you recommend
the best Arial to use please. I have re-tuned my Sony KD55X8509CBU 55 several times.
Kind regards
Alan
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Richard Cooper9:27 PM
Norwich
Alan: Hi Alan. You need to use what we call a "grouped aerial". For the Sidmouth relay transmitter, which is what you should be using at Ladram Bay is a group C/D or a group E aerial, mounted so that the little rods are vertical, with the aerial pointing in an East-North-East direction towards Sidmouth. I can recommend an online aerial supplier who will supply you with the correct aerial and a mounting kit for a reasonable price. This company will get the aerial and kit to you within a couple of days of ordering on a weekday, or you can find a supplier for yourself, local to the Sidmouth or East Devon locality. Hope this helps, Richard in Norwich.
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Sunday, 12 June 2016
MikeP
2:17 PM
2:17 PM
Alan:
Further to that said by Richard Cooper, you should also consider using a log-periodic aerial as that will cover all the possible services for the forseeable future, a Group C/D may not fully cover developments in the future.
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KMJ,Derby3:29 PM
Alan: in 2009 Ofcom licenced a self help transmitter to serve Ladram Bay Holiday Park. If this is still in use signals are received from Stockland Hill and retransmitted on C49 (PSB1), C55 (PSB2), C48(PSB3), C54(COM4), C56(COM5) and C58(COM6). I am not aware as to which polarisation is used for this transmitter, but as three of the frequencies are shared with the public service relay at Sidmouth it would be logical for the self help to use horizontal polarisation in order to minimise co-channel interference from/to signals transmitted by Sidmouth. Using a log periodic aerial would give the best chance of minimising the effects of co-channel interference, together with careful alignment in some situations being necessary to receive whichever is your chosen transmitter.
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Richard Cooper9:17 PM
Norwich
KMJ,Derby: Hi KMJ. Since reading your post regarding Ladram Bay to Alan, I wanted to check that the Ladram Bay self-help was still in action and my research has indeed shown that it is, so Alan ought to use that instead of the Sidmouth relay because it will give him a much greater choice of channels, because the Ladram Bay self-help carries 6 multiplexes, i.e. the COM multiplexes are included, whereas they aren't from the Sidmouth relay. Like you, I'm not sure of the polarisation of the Ladram Bay self-help, so we should advise Alan to look at the orientation of the aerial elements on other chalets in the park that are using the park's self-help and imitate those with his own setup. I agree with the sentiments expressed regarding the use of a log periodic, and indeed, I should have thought of this myself!!! Richard, Norwich, Sunday 12th. June, 9:15 p.m.
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Budleigh Salterton transmitter - Budleigh Salterton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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5:10 AM
Budleigh Salterton transmitter - Budleigh Salterton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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