Full Freeview on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 50.807,-3.106 or 50°48'25"N 3°6'20"W | EX14 9EP |
The symbol shows the location of the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 120,000 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.
_______
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 Stockland Hill (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 Stockland Hill 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 Stockland Hill (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 Stockland Hill transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 86km west-southwest (239°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 80km southwest (236°)
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?
Bickleigh | Transposer | 15 km N Exeter | 25 homes |
Freshwater C/p | Active deflector | 2 km SE Bridport, Dorset | 250 homes (caravans) |
Ladram Bay | Transposer | 15 km SE Exeter | 400 homes (caravans) |
How will the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1961-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C22 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C33 | 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 | 250kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 25kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 5kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 2.5kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
|
|
Sunday, 2 January 2011
M
M Rose4:35 PM
The only signals I get in Sidmouth are BBC channels.
No ITV or Freeview signals - ok this morning
What is wrong?
link to this comment |
M
M Rose4:48 PM
Sidmouth
I am getting no signals except BBC channels
All OK this morning but no ITV or Freeview this afternoon
What has gone wrong with Stockland ?
link to this comment |
M's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 6 January 2011
M Rose: Please can you see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
link to this comment |
M Rose: There are no problems with the trnamsitter. Can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
link to this comment |
Friday, 7 January 2011
P
Phil Wallace2:01 PM
Sherborne
I live in Bristol Road on the northern side of Sherborne . Although the Mendip transmitter map shows my location as being in it's area, it appears that the Stockland Hill transmitter is better. Why? I have now bought a high gain class A arial and find that it works fine roughly lined up - your site shows it has a bearing of 248 degrees from me - is that bearing to true north or is it a compass bearing - if it is a true north bearing what correction should I make to compass bearing?
link to this comment |
Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 8 January 2011
Phil Wallace: The power of the transmitter broadcast divided by the distance squared gives your the power received at the aerial, so the most powerful signal can come from anywhere as no two transmitters have the same output level.
You can find out the current magnetic variance here - Magnetic Declination - it is about 3 degrees west for you at the moment.
link to this comment |
P
Phil Wallace12:00 PM
Thanks for that Brian - does that mean that I have to add the declination to the 248 degrees, or subtract it - or is the 248 degrees a magnetic bearing that does not need correcting? Sorry if I seem a bit dense but, at least in this respect I am denser than a particularly dense thing.
link to this comment |
Phil Wallace: You take three from the 'true north' baring, making the 'magnetic baring' 245.
link to this comment |
Sunday, 16 January 2011
D
David George9:37 PM
Cullompton
Hello,
I live at Grid Ref ST014070 about 80 mts above sea level and am looking at replacing my loft aerial which is a contract wideband. Looking at several sites should I get a Group A for Stockland hill or stick with a wideband. My reception is mostly good, signal strength of 80%, except for a bit of breakup. This aerial also feeds a DAB radio which is also good. I would welcome some advice on this.
Thank you
Dave
link to this comment |
David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 17 January 2011
David George: Please located a group A aerial on the roof, not in the loft.
You must use a suitable aerial for DAB reception.
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please