Freeview Light on the Exeter St Thomas (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Exeter St Thomas (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 19,000 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 Exeter St Thomas (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 Exeter St Thomas (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 Exeter St Thomas 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 (658.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 50W |
 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) | 150m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 (682.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Exeter St Thomas (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 Exeter St Thomas transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 54km southwest (229°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 49km southwest (223°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Exeter St Thomas (Devon, 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 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| 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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 24 April 2011
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Si5:02 PM
Will the Exeter area ever get more channels? It's very frustrating to only get 17+radio ones when other areas get so much more. If it's not planned is there anything people can do to get them to add extra channels?
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Si: No, as I said above, this is a public service transmitter and the list above is all there is every going to be.
If you want more channels, use Freesat/Freesat HD/Freesat+HD.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
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Damian12:18 PM
I installed a Sharp TUT2 HD Freeview reciever yesterday at a house in west central Exeter and only got the channel subset (not Film 4, Dave etc). I live less than one mile to the north (EX4) and recieve the full Freeview service. Please could you explain why?
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Mike Dimmick12:37 PM
Damian: What you get depends on where the aerial is pointing. If it is indeed pointing to Exeter St Thomas, or any other relay, you will only get the 'Freeview Light' service - the Public Service Broadcasting multiplexes. This is because the operators of the other multiplexes refused to extend their broadcasts to any other sites, saying it would cost too much.
If you provide a full postcode, we can see whether a full service is expected to be available from another transmitter, and what you'd have to do to get it.
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Damian1:54 PM
In that case I suspect I am accessing the Stockland Hill transmitter.
Please could you explain how the other house can access this as well?
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Mike Dimmick6:19 PM
Damian: With the correct aerial, pointed in the correct direction. Check Digital UK's postcode checker to avoid disappointment.
Note that Stockland Hill's commercial multiplexes remain on low power until after London's DSO on 18 April 2012, so you might not be able to get it now, but might be able to after that.
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Monday, 12 December 2011
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duryard12:57 PM
Exeter
Hi.
I live in EX44QU and I assume I am on the St Thomas transmitter. I can I install or move my current ariel so I can recieve from the stockland hill transmitter and therefore get more Freeview, frieview HD and channel zero?
Thanks
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duryard's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
duryard: I would guess the answer is no you can't because you live in the bottom of a valley. The Digital UK predictor only suggests that you can only receive from St Thomas.
If I were you, I would look around at neighbours to see what they've done; whether they have aerials on other transmitters, and if so which one(s) and will they provide the additional services?
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Thursday, 3 October 2013
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Susie Kilby8:50 AM
Exeter
Hi
My mum was told that she wouldnt be able to get freeview Tv at her house unless she had an aerial upgrade and so therefore on advice purchased Sky FreeSat, she thereofre doesnt get some of the channels available on Freeview and i'm wondering if this is something which has changed. Apparently the whole of St Thomas have a problem receiving Freeview? She has a roof mounted aerial and was always able to received channels 1-4 before the days of freeview. Can you advise?
Many thanks
Susie
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Susie's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Graham Dyer9:59 AM
We have a Sagemcom digibox.
On film 4 there was a message saying if you recieve film 4 on channel 15 please return your free view box.As our digibox is 3 years old this would not be possible Graham.
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