Full Freeview on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 37,000 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 Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Huntshaw Cross 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Huntshaw Cross transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 66km south (184°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 66km south (176°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Nth Molton | Transposer | 18 km E Barnstaple | 30 homes |
How will the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | ||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | |||
| C56tv_off | +ArqB | +ArqB | +ArqB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C67 | C5waves | C5waves |
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 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 27 March 2013
G McLaughlin: "We" will not be carrying out anything. This site is independent of broadcasters.
The BBC standard definition services from Huntshaw Cross change frequency on 22 May. This is because the current freqency is to be made available for 4G mobile services.
This is being done as part of a national programme to move such channels onto lower frequencies.
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013
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michael 6:06 PM
Our darstedly SONY retuned itself overnight, as is its infernal wont. We can receiver seven DTT transmitters, so the wretch frequently
bestows its preference over ours. A bit like politics : you vote, then they do what they want :-)
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jb388:22 PM
michael : Although Sony menu systems leave a lot to be desired (to put it nicely!) "some" models have a switchable "auto service update" which is accessed via the technical set up menu, you should check if yours has and if it does then disable it.
If you cannot find the aforementioned then this can be checked out if you supply the model number of the set in question.
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Friday, 24 May 2013
After May 22nd my channels have changed for the worse, no have no EPG for BBC1/2 , it was working ok after previous update but bad again now.Im in Bideford and using a Goodman freeview recorder box.
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Saturday, 25 May 2013
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Len Hodgson10:06 AM
Could you please advise why, after the recent work on the hunshaw cross transmitter, that I have the BBC news channel on channel 807 on 1 tv and the usual 80 on my other 2 tv's.
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michael5:43 PM
jb38, the SONY menu layout is very weird, one of the most "user-unfriendly" I have ever come across. This morning I set up a HUMAX FreeSat system for a friend - a delight in comparison. I will, however, search again for a disabling option - when I have an hour or so to spare and am in a very good mood :-)
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jb387:59 PM
michael: Yes, quite so! and with the aspect that makes matters even more complex when dealing with Sony devices being that there is no common menu standard across their range of models, something that makes it somewhat difficult to give advice on anything involving procedure, but though with the minor exception to that said being where the "Auto Service Update" facility is concerned, because should your model have this feature then its usually always found under the - Digital - set up / Technical - set up menu, a PIN code (9999) usually being required to access this section.
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Sunday, 26 May 2013
Len Hodgson: Hi Len i,ve had similar problems with channels moved around and no programme info etc, what i did was unplugged the box for at least 30 seconds.unplug aril lead , retune and obviously it wont find and channels , plug back in, rescan again and hopefully all will be well............this worked for me.
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michael9:47 PM
Ilfracombe D3&4, fed from Huntshaw, has likewise moved down to clear the 800MHz band. But so has Big Bully across the water. So CCI remains. The extra 3dB (how kind) will help a few, but only a few. This is but a wisp of what is to come. France is now urgently considering clearing 700MHz so as to trickle-feed the state's depleted coffers, as reported by Le Monde. Ofcom is like-minded and may well be forced to follow suite so as to minimise CCI in the South from across Le Manche. It could get real cosy when
all which was formerly spread over the 800 and 700 MHz bands has to share beds in the 600MHz band..
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Wednesday, 12 June 2013
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Fadi3:50 PM
Barnstaple
Hi,
After May 22 retune, no EPG on approx 80% of channels, including all BBC, ITV3 & 4, and other channels worth watching (Dave, Quest, Really, E4 etc). Have tried to do the retune as per the freeview reset procedure, but no joy. Previous boxes & box upstairs have full EPG and channel list in order, all fed off one aerial line (upstairs box is even fed from the RF out in the box downstairs, which shows no EPG?!). Will a factory reset do the job, as opposed to simply retuning channels? Getting fed up with freeview & all the issues, but Sky engineers are useless & refuse to attach a dish to my chimney. HELP!
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