Freeview Light on the Barnstaple (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Barnstaple (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 16,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Barnstaple (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 Barnstaple (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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 Barnstaple 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 8W |
 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 8W |
 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 TV 3, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 8W |
 46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 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, 203 CBBC HD, 204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Barnstaple (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP UP, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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 Barnstaple transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 77km south (187°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 77km south (181°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Barnstaple (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 19 Jun 2019 | ||||
| VHF | K T | K T | K T | B E T | B E T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local |
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 1 Jul 09 and 29 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 40W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 8W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area
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Sunday, 25 January 2015
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John essery4:41 PM
Itv hd has a crackle that is not present on standard broadcast. Has been present for several days
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Wednesday, 26 March 2025
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David Chisnall5:32 PM
We have had an intermittent thin line flash across the screen of our TV for a couple of weeks. Also occasional evening interference which is a little annoying. We spoke with Woolacotts in Barnstaple who said that the North Devon transmitter was having some work done and we should just be patient and expect improvement soon. We have three TVs one upstairs one in the living room and one in our conservatory, an external aerial on prime position on top of our house which has to date produced excellent performance. Post Code EX31 2NS
Grateful if you can reassure us that this interference is temporary? Thank you.
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StevensOnln15:38 PM
David Chisnall: The Huntshaw Cross transmitter, which is predicted to be available at your postcode (and is also the parent transmitter of the Barnstaple relay) is listed as having engineering work taking place this week. Unfortunately no information is given regarding what sort of work is taking place or how long it is expected to last.
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Steve Donaldson6:53 PM
David Chisnall: An alternative possibility to engineering works is that it could be interference owing to a mobile phone base station which has started up in the 700MHz or 800MHz bands, frequencies which previously were for TV.
Restore TV is the organisation charged with alleviating such reception issues, and they say that postcards have been sent to your postcode. The solution is usually to fit a filter to block the unwanted phone signals. Whether any individual property will or will not have difficulty is in no way an exact science.
If your single TV aerial feeds the three rooms via a powered amplifier then any filter must go before it. Where this is outside on the roof, then Restore TV should send an engineer to fit one for free.
Restore TV is here: https://restoretv.uk/postcards-not-sure/
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Chris.SE11:08 PM
David Chisnall:
It could be helpful for us to provide further comment if you can tell us which way your aerial points.
Does it point almost due E, compass bearing 84 degrees with its rods (or squashed Xs) vertical?
Or does it point almost due S, compass bearing 174 degrees with its rods/squashed Xs horizontal?
Which channels are you having problems with?
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