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Full Freeview on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter

50.979,-4.100 or 50°58'43"N 4°5'59"W

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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

A retune will happen 22 May 2013 to clear C62: PSB1 C62- to C50. When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C59: D3+4
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

Transmitter faults and engineering works

HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:36 on 22 May to 02:36 on 22 May.

Over the next week Huntshaw Cross main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally.

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The symbol shows the location of the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 37,000 homes.

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Huntshaw Cross DAB

Huntshaw Cross AM/FM

Huntshaw Cross region

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West Country

Radiation patterns

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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.

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Huntshaw Cross transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal max	C50 (706.0MHz)	359m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	20,000W
	1 BBC One South West, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal max	C59- (777.8MHz)	359m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	20,000W
	3 ITV (West Country), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (West Country),
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal max	C55- (745.8MHz)	359m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	20,000W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
COM4 SDN	horizontal -3dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	359m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000W
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free*), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others
COM5 ArqA	horizontal -3dB	C52 (722.0MHz)	359m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000W
	11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	horizontal -3dB	C56 (754.0MHz)	359m	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000W
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others

Regional news from the Huntshaw Cross transmitter

BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 66km south
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 66km south
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.

Self-help relays

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18 km E Barnstaple

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How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1968~85	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	22/5/13-	2013-18
	aerial group	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E
	C11	ITV
	C48					SDN	SDN	SDN
700	C50						BBCA	BBCA
	C51							local
	C52					ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C53				-C
	C54				-1
	C55		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	-BBCB	-BBCB	-BBCB
	C56					ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C57				-D
	C58				-2
	C59		ITV	ITV	ITV	-D3+4	-D3+4	-D3+4
800	C61				-A
	C62		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA
	C64				-B
	C65		C4	C4	C4
	C67			C5	C5

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 1st July and 29th July 2009.

Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Barnstaple could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Huntshaw Cross transmitter using C51

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981	Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 22 May 2013 4:32AM

HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:36 today to 02:36 today. [BBC] Over the next week Huntshaw Cross main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 22 May 2013 4:32AM

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michael
Wednesday 22 May 2013 6:06PM

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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jb38
Wednesday 22 May 2013 8:22PM

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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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 23 May 2013 4:32AM

HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:36 yesterday to 02:36 yesterday. [BBC] Over the next week Huntshaw Cross main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Thursday 23 May 2013 7:31PM

HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:36 yesterday to 02:36 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 24 May 2013 4:32AM

HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:36 on 22 May to 02:36 on 22 May. [BBC] Over the next week Huntshaw Cross main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
Friday 24 May 2013 1:32PM

HUNTSHAW CROSS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:36 on 22 May to 02:36 on 22 May. [BBC]

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Peter Kirk
Friday 24 May 2013 8:36PM

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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