Freeview on the Stockland Hill transmitter

You may not be able to receive all the Freeview channels

Some channels on the Stockland Hill transmitter have lower transmission power so you may receive only some of them.

Your cables, connectors and aerial may need upgrading to get all the Freeview channels.

If you are missing your electronic programme guide (EPG), your channel line-up is wrong or incomplete, you have no subtitles or the 'press red' services do not work, please try this reset procedure first.

Mux is an abbreviation of multiplex. The Effective power level takes into account the transmission mode - and does not indicate a fault condition.

Mux	Effective power level	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA		Maximum	64QAM-8k 24Mb/s MPEG2	50,000
	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, 105 BBC Red Button, 301 BBCi 301, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 1Xtra BBC, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC Radio 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 7, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, on C26+ (514.2MHz)
PSB2 D3+4		Maximum	64QAM-8k 24Mb/s MPEG2	50,000
	3 ITV1 (Westcountry), 4 Channel 4, 5 FIVE, 6 ITV2, 13 Channel 4+1, 14 More4, 28 E4, 33 ITV2+1, 100 Teletext, 102 Rabbit, 106 Direct Gov, 107 Gay Rabbit, 728 Heart, on C23+ (490.2MHz)
PSB3 BBCB		Maximum	DVB-T2 HD 40Mb/s MPEG4	50,000
	Freeview HD coming soon, on C29+ (538.2MHz)
COM4 SDN		Very low	64QAM-8k 24Mb/s MPEG2	10,000
	10 ITV3, 16 QVC, 20 Virgin 1, 23 Bid TV, 30 FIVER, 31 FIVE USA, 38 Quest, 39 SuperCasino, 72 CITV, 88 Teachers' TV, 101 Teletext Holidays, 103 Teletext Casino, 104 1-2-1 Dating, 109 MOBILIZER, 307 TOPUP Stream 1, 308 TOPUP Stream 2, 309 TOPUP Stream 3, 712 Smash Hits! Radio, on C25- (505.8MHz)
COM5 ArqA		Very low	64QAM-8k 24Mb/s MPEG2	10,000
	11 Sky3, 19 Dave, 25 Dave ja vu, 29 E4+1, 37 price-drop tv, 41 Ideal Extra, 82 Sky News, 83 Sky Sports News, 108 Sky Text, 723 talkSPORT, 725 Premier Christian Radio, 727 Absolute Radio, on C22- (481.8MHz)
COM6 ArqB		Very low	64QAM-8k 24Mb/s MPEG2	10,000
	12 Yesterday, 15 Film4, 18 4Music, 21 VIVA, 22 Ideal World, 24 ITV4, 43 Gems TV, 45 Lottery Xtra, 85 Russia Today, 89 Al Jazeera English, 711 The Hits radio, 713 Kiss radio, 714 Heat Radio, 715 Magic radio, 716 Q radio, 718 Smooth radio, 722 Kerrang! radio, on C28- (529.8MHz)

To receive Freeview from the Stockland Hill transmitter you will require an aerial of group A positioned horizontally. This transmitter is 424 metres above sea-level, and transmits at 2,500 watts.

Full list of Freeview transmitters.

Self-help relays

Self-help relays are transmitters that are not owned by the broadcasting and transmission companies, but by the local users. An active deflector (AD) re-transmits the analogue broadcasts on the same frequencies as the original broadcasts, while a transposer (T) transmits the received broadcasts on different frequencies.

Relay name	Type	Location	Notes
BICKLEIGH	T	15 km N Exeter	25 homes
FRESHWATER C/P	AD	2 km SE Bridport, Dorset	250 homes (caravans)
LADRAM BAY	T	15 km SE Exeter	400 homes (caravans)

Transmission frequencies

Before Sunday 15th November 1998

C23	C26	C29	C33
ITV1	BBC TWO	C4	BBC One

Sunday 15th November 1998 to Wednesday 6th May 2009

C22-	C23	C25-	C26	C28-	C29	C30+	C32-	C33	C34+
Mux 1	ITV1	Mux A	BBC TWO	Mux 2	C4	Mux C	Mux B	BBC One	Mux D

After Wednesday 20th May 2009¶

C22-	C23+	C25-	C26+	C28-	C29+	C30
Mux ArqA	Mux D3+4	Mux SDN	Mux BBCA	Mux ArqB	Mux BBCB	Mux NEW7

¶ NOTE: SDN, Arqiva A and Arqiva B are expected to operate at 10kW until 2012.

Colour bands denote aerial groups: Red:A Yellow:B Green:C/D Brown:E Grey:K Black:Wideband

Notes

'Out of group' frequencies are marked with a star. Analogue power output 250,000 Watts, post switchover average digital multiplex output will be 25,714 Watts.

To receive signals from this transmitter, the aerial must be mounted for horizontal polarization - the elements going from left to right.

Before switchover, the public service broadcasting multiplexes were 1, 2 and B; afterwards they were first PSB1, 2 and 3 but now called BBCA, D3+4 and BBCB. The commercial multiplexes A, C and D had initial post-switchover names COM4, 5 and 6; now they are SDN, ArqA and ArqB. At switchover BBCA, ArqA and ArqB will switch from 16QAM to 64QAM mode transmission, so five multiplexes will transmit in the 64QAM (2/3) 8k mode. BBCB is used for Freeview HD (DVB-T2, 256QAM), and has a pre-switchover service on selected main transmitters.

After switchover an existing group A aerial will provide all digital TV services.

itv1 - Stockland Hill transmitter area*

Date	Incumbent ITV company
29th Apr 1961 to 31st Dec 1981	Westward Television
1st Jan 1982 to 31st Dec 1992	Television South West (TSW)
1st Feb 1983 to 31st Dec 1992	TV-am (breakfast)
1st Jan 1993 to date	Westcountry Television
1st Jan 1993 to date	GMTV (breakfast)
Note	For digital switchover this region is now known as Westcountry.

* This Stockland Hill ITV transmitter came into service on VHF 405-line on 29th Apr 1961; dates before this indicate the history of the ITV company it belonged to when Stockland Hill began transmission.

405-line VHF black and white TV

From the Stockland Hill transmitter, ITV was broadcast on VHF C9. In the United Kingdom, 405-line television was used from 1936-39 and 1946 until 1982-85.

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