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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C30 (546.0MHz)359mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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
 H max
C31- (553.8MHz)359mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C37- (601.8MHz)359mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C32 (562.0MHz)359mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C34 (578.0MHz)359mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C35+ (586.2MHz)359mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 66km south (184°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
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 MoltonTransposer18 km E Barnstaple30 homes

How will the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1968-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1719 Jun 2019
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TW T
C11ITVwaves
C30BBCA
C31D3+4
C32SDN
C34ArqA
C35ArqB
C37BBCB
C48SDNSDNSDN
C50tv_off BBCABBCA
C51tv_off_local_local_local_local
C52tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves-BBCB-BBCB-BBCB
C56tv_off+ArqB+ArqB+ArqB
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4-D3+4-D3+4
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C67C5wavesC5waves

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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

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
M
Michael
sentiment_satisfiedGold

7:34 PM

Fadi, if the other box is providing a full service, try the factory reset on the one that is not. Then tune in the Huntshaw multiplexes manually (or the Barnstaple relay, if that is the one your aerial is pointing to).
If you also have or want SKY or FreeSat, the dish needs an unimpeded line-of-sight to 28°East of South at about 25° angle of elevation (ie no trees, buildings or hills etc). The dish can be mounted anywhere with this line-of-sight. The most accessible position permitting this is recommended for ease of access for checking alignment etc after storm winds etc.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:01 PM

Fadi: Perhaps the EPG information not showing is down to receiver being tuned to more than one transmitter. Caradon Hill is inline with Huntshaw Cross, to within a few degrees.

Bring up the signal strength screen on each of the following and identify which transmitter they are tuned to:

PSB1 - BBC One | HC=C50 | CH=C28
PSB2 - ITV | HC=C59 | CH=25
COM4 - ITV3 | HC=C48 | CH=C21
COM5 - Pick TV | HC=C52 | CH=C24
COM6 - Film4 | HC=C56 | CH=C27

HC=Huntshaw Cross | CH=Caradon Hill

If you find that you have a mixture then you should be able to prevent it from picking up Caradon Hill by having the aerial unplugged for the first half of the scan. This workaround is possible because all of Caradon Hill's channels are low, and therefore picked up early in the scan, and all of Huntshaw Cross' channels are high, and therefore picked up late in the scan.

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Wednesday, 28 August 2013
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veronica wall
8:04 PM
Bideford

I attemped to watch a programme on channel 4 last night (27th Aug 13) but had to turn over because of severe pixellation.Channel 4,5 and ITV were affected bu not BBC channels. The same happened this afternoon and continues this evening. Arial is on roof, is fairly new and doesn't appear to have moved or been dislodged.I retuned to no avail and all leads are firmly in place.I have a 3 year old Samsung tv which has never suffered from these problems before.I have no idea how to solve problem.Could engineering work be causing the problem ? It's infuriating

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Thursday, 29 August 2013
S
Sophie
8:31 AM
Bideford

Hello, we are a holiday park in Westward Ho! and have had now around 10 complaints from customers regarding poor TV reception with all other channels other than BBC 1 and 2. We appreciate that work is being carried out on our local transmitter, but please could you give us an estimated time when this should be finished so at least we can pass this on to our holiday makers?

Thank you

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Louis
1:42 PM
Bideford

Sophie: Hi Yes live in Bath Hotel Road Westward Ho!...and also having problems with reception...but no idea why. Is it because of the engineering works you have mentioned ?
Thanks

Louis


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michael
sentiment_satisfiedGold

7:35 PM

There are a lot of brief outages ar present. Presumably due to the musical-chairs party games engendered by 4G spectrum restructuring. It could, of course, be that the riggers transfer transmitter power to their electric kettles for a few minutes now and again. It is nippy way up there on the masts :-)

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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
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RAY PATTENDEN
10:26 PM
Winkleigh

A couple of times in the past few weeks when we have had poor weather our BBC signal has become very weak and channels unwatchable. This has never happened before, usually we have a very strong signal and a very good picture. Currently BBC channels are breaking up, pausing, pixelating, reporting weak or no signal.
Aerial in the loft of a thatched house - not allowed a roof mounted aerial. EX19 8TA

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MikeB
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11:01 PM

RAY PATTENDEN: I think everyone knows what I'm going to say - your 7km from the transmitter, which has just had engineering work. Since the power tends to go up after such work, it sounds like too strong a signal. Loft aerial are not always the best, but your so close to the transmitter (can you actually see it on a clear day?), that its more than powerful enough.

Try taking any booster out of the system etc and see here Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice

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Monday, 23 September 2013
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naomi dure
7:08 PM
Tiverton

Aerial only 3 months old, on roof, no changes to my systems, was all ok at lunchtime.

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