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
Budleigh Salterton Freeview Budleigh Salterton 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 withheldFriday, 22 June 2012
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Jennifer Mather 7:44 AM
Exmouth
Transmitter engineering: All yesterday afternoon,evening and today our
BBC digital channel 23 tv and radio programmes are unwatchable with pixelated pictures and sound. BBC HD and all other channels are fine.
We have had occasional problems in the past but nothing like this!
We have retuned properly and checked all connections etc
Amanzi, EX8 5TT - north annexe end
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Jennifer's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
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Peter 10:48 AM
Exmouth
Hi I am pointed at Budleigh Salteron and get 60% at 100% quality on channels 60 and 53 but do not pick up any HD channels from channel 57 Any clues as to why?
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Peter : You will need a Freeview HD (or DVB-T2) receiver. Can you please see Are you really watching free TV in high definition? | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice ?
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Monday, 6 August 2012
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JimF8:38 PM
Jennifer Mather : A quick look on Google Maps suggests that the aerials in your location are receiving from Beacon Hill (not Budleigh Salterton or Stockland Hill).
Try retuning, but without the aerial plugged in initially - the scan needs to get about one third of the way across - then plug the aerial in. This should capture the Beacon Hill signals and "miss" the Stockland Hill signals which appear to be causing the problem.
If your TV tunes too quickly for the aerial trick, you'll need to manually tune for the Beacon Hill channels (42, 45, 51, 53, 57 & 60).
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Jennifer Mather: Check that BBC is tuned to C60 for Beacon Hill/Budleigh Salterton and NOT C62 which is Dawlish or C26 which is Stockland Hill.
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JimF: Budleigh Salterton is a new (PSB-only) relay transmitter that only came into service at switchover (May 2009). Granted, the Streetview pictures were taken in April 2010.
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Monday, 18 November 2013
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Robert Berry10:14 AM
I have lost all channels from 1-9 on three TVs is there a current problem? Reception was very bad last night with reception breaking up all evening.
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jackie12:03 PM
Exmouth
I too have lost all channels 1-9 and had bad interference last night as did Robert. I am a pensioner, not technically minded. If I do nothing will it right itself or what can I do? Thank you
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Thursday, 11 June 2015
Dave Lindsay
10:35 PM
10:35 PM
The Budleigh Salterton transmitter is said to be a Signal Frequency Network with Beacon Hill, but a relay of Stockland Hill. Is this not an oxymoron?
The service area overlaps with Beacon Hill, according to the coverage maps on this site. So in order for it to work it must be an SFN. So, surely it must be a "relay" of Beacon Hill and line fed in order that it be in sync.
The mb21 Gallery shows there's a single horizontally-polarised log pointing in the direction of Stockland:
mb21 - The Transmission Gallery
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Saturday, 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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