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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 2 multiplexes in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C22: ArqA, C23: 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Stockland Hill (Devon, England) transmitter. Click to recheck

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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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Stockland Hill 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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C26+ (514.2MHz)463m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
Channel icons
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
C23+ (490.2MHz)463m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		50,000W
Channel icons
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
C29+ (538.2MHz)463m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		50,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C25- (505.8MHz)463m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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
C22- (481.8MHz)463m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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
C28- (529.8MHz)463m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		25,000W
Channel icons
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 Stockland Hill transmitter


BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 86km west-southwest
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 80km southwest
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.

Self-help relays

BickleighTransposer15 km N Exeter25 homes
Freshwater C/pActive deflector2 km SE Bridport, Dorset250 homes (caravans)
Ladram BayTransposer15 km SE Exeter400 homes (caravans)

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1961~851984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-18
aerial groupVHFA KA KA KA KA KA K
C9ITV
C22-1-ArqA-ArqA-ArqA
C23ITVITVITV+D3+4+D3+4+D3+4
C25-A-SDN-SDN-SDN
C26BBC2BBC2BBC2+BBCA+BBCA+BBCA
C28-2-ArqB-ArqB-ArqB
C29C4C4C4+BBCB+BBCB+BBCB
C30+C
600C32-B
C33BBC1BBC1BBC1
C34+D

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz 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 6th May and 20th May 2009.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 in the Stockland Hill 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.


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peter
Wednesday 20 May 2009 10:18PM
Jon - what, no other channels?
Jon Lavis
Wednesday 20 May 2009 10:31PM Exeter
Nope, not a sausage. I get an occasional audio click but that is it. Channel Five is clear as a bell, beautiful picture and so on but I can't get anything else.
Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 20 May 2009 10:52PM
Jennie, loft aerials don't normally perform as well as rooftop aerials. You lose a significant amount of signal through the rooftiles, and even more through brickwork. You'd be well served getting a new roof aerial, which could even be smaller than your current one. Don't install a wideband aerial, a group A aerial will have better gain across this range of frequencies.

Ofcom currently says that the PSB multiplexes are running at 50kW; the commercial multiplexes are due to run at 25kW but a note says they're expected to run at 10kW until 2012. www.ofcom.org.uk link icon http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tech/dsodetails/westcountryv5.pdf

Power levels are normally shown in decibels (dB) because the effect of increased power is logarithmic, not linear. A 2-fold change is only 6dB. Receivers are happy with a range between weakest and strongest signals about 15dB wide, about 5.6x. If you have maximum signal strength on the BBC channels, you should be OK with the current power level on the low-power muxes. (RG47SH)
Mike Dimmick
Wednesday 20 May 2009 10:55PM Reading
Jon Lavis: Five moved to the BBC B multiplex, so you should at least be getting BBC Four (logical channel number 10). If not, something is wrong with your box.
gerry
Wednesday 20 May 2009 10:56PM
I am north of Dulverton and should be on the Brushford relay but I have ignored that advice. I have an "A" band 18 element yagi with a 16db mains masthead amp mounted in the loft (yes in the loft), this feeds a Wharfdale DVB32HDMI freeview box £20 from Superfi. I am now receiving Stockland Hill direct, all channels, power on the end stop. Quality is excellent.
Jon Lavis
Wednesday 20 May 2009 11:04PM Exeter
If there is something wrong with my box there is also something wrong with a Sumsung digital TV and a LG digital TV. The LG is two days old. None of this kit can get anything but Five. BBC 4 produces more of the audio click and whistle I get on the other channels but no picture.
Jordy
Wednesday 20 May 2009 11:38PM
Jon Lavis - Take out the aerial connection, start a full rescan and replace the aerial connection/ downlead or flylead half way through the scan... If not could be a shorted amp or splitter...
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 21 May 2009 12:17AM Reading
Jon: OK, box ruled out. My next suggestion would be that you actually have too much signal post-switchover, and that you should remove any amplifiers if you have them, or put an attenuator in-line. What does the box say for the signal level on Five?

Doesn't explain why Five would work, and nothing else on that multiplex, though.

Taking the aerial connection out at the beginning of the scan would do nothing useful, as Stockland Hill is right at the start of the frequency range (the first frequency tested is C21). You'd actually miss the whole of the useful range.

You're very close to the Exeter St Thomas repeater, but I can't see how that could be interfering since it's on much higher frequencies and vertical, rather than horizontal, polarization. A properly horizontally-aligned aerial should not see anything of vertical transmissions, and vice-versa.

You do have a big hill behind you, so there could be problems with reflections now that the power's been turned up.
Jon Lavis
Thursday 21 May 2009 6:28AM Exeter
Now that makes sense. Box says the signal level is about as high as it can get. I shall try an attenuator and see what that does.
John New
Thursday 21 May 2009 9:25AM
As expected we are still the poor relations on Portland despite the changeover. Bad analogue becasue the authorities have not built enough relays, now still sub-standard digital for the same reason. Three services (the COM's) running on low power. BBC coming through loud and clear today but all the Sky Freeveiw options and related COM service channel signals breaking up and unwatchable!

The Digital authority needs a kick in the backside, if it is supposed to be the way forward they should be ensuring everyone can get it a=by investing the cash from sale of the airwave slots in more relays to even rural areas get a proper signal.
Iain Davies
Thursday 21 May 2009 9:43AM
As I posted earlier, the COM services from Stockland Hill will be on reduced power until 2012 this is to prevent cci with Rowridge. Once Rowridge has switched, S.H. COMs will be on full power, even though half the power of the PSB channels.
Richard
Thursday 21 May 2009 1:48PM Exeter
From a few days ago I have been unable to get a picture for all the PSB2 Channels. They are detected on the autoscan but all I get is a blank screen. Is this just a temporary part of the switch over and is anyone else suffering the same problem?
Mike Dimmick
Thursday 21 May 2009 8:43PM Reading
Dave Edwards: if you have an aerial amplifier or booster, it might be worth trying disconnecting it and taking the feed straight from the aerial. Or, if you can, turning the amplifier right down.

If you don't have any boosters, perhaps try an attenuator.
Mike Dimmick
Saturday 23 May 2009 12:43AM Reading
I've done a bit of calculation and this is how much the power has gone up by:

Mux 1/BBC A: 5kW to 50kW, 10x, 20dB
Mux 2/D 3+4: 5kW to 50kW, 10x, 20dB
Mux B/BBC B: 5kW to 50kW, 10x, 20dB
Mux A/SDN: 5kW to 10kW*, 2x, 6dB
Mux C/Arq A: 2.5kW to 10kW*, 4x, 12dB
Mux D/Arq B: 2.5kW to 10kW*, 4x, 12dB

Digital tuners can generally accommodate a range of 15dB with their automatic gain control. The new 20dB louder signals are going to be overwhelming practically every box that was previously getting acceptable reception. If your signal level was previously quite high, get a variable attenuator so you can make the PSB muxes fit just in the headroom, the box's gain control should then just be able to amplify the commercial muxes enough.

* In 2012 power on commercial muxes goes up to 25kW, making it 5x/10x or 14dB/20dB more than previous levels.
Mike Dimmick
Saturday 23 May 2009 12:44AM Reading
I've done a bit of calculation and this is how much the power has gone up by:

Mux 1/BBC A: 5kW to 50kW, 10x, 20dB
Mux 2/D 3+4: 5kW to 50kW, 10x, 20dB
Mux B/BBC B: 5kW to 50kW, 10x, 20dB
Mux A/SDN: 5kW to 10kW*, 2x, 6dB
Mux C/Arq A: 2.5kW to 10kW*, 4x, 12dB
Mux D/Arq B: 2.5kW to 10kW*, 4x, 12dB

Digital tuners can generally accommodate a range of 15dB with their automatic gain control. The new 20dB louder signals are going to be overwhelming practically every box that was previously getting acceptable reception. If your signal level was previously quite high, get a variable attenuator so you can make the PSB muxes fit just in the headroom, the box's gain control should then just be able to amplify the commercial muxes enough.

* In 2012 power on commercial muxes goes up to 25kW, making it 5x/10x or 14dB/20dB more than previous levels.
Jennie
Saturday 23 May 2009 11:01AM Weymouth
Is there something up with stockland hill this morning. The three channels (ch 23, 26, 29 ) I have been getting since wed have disapered. Also my sister texted because she lost the same three she recieves on Portland from Stockland hill.
Louise Hall
Saturday 23 May 2009 6:35PM
I have a Humax digital DVR.. Initially it did not sucessfully re scan. However, yesterday all channels were present. I have arrived home today (sat) to find all channels gone except BBC. I have tried to re-scan but with no success. Please tell me why the signal is so inconsistent and what I can do about it. Thank you
Mike Dimmick
Sunday 24 May 2009 12:51PM Reading
Louise, if your signal is right up at 100% on your PVR (select the channel, press Menu, select System, Signal Detection) you may well have too much gain and it only works when there's interference! If you have a booster, turn it down or remove it. If not, get an RF attenuator - should be less than £5 for a fixed attenuator (recommend 12dB or more, up to the 20dB I gave above) or less than £10 for a variable attenuator.

Jennie, your sister in Portland might be better off using the Weymouth transmitter now it's switched over, if she's only getting three muxes anyway. If she got a new aerial to watch Freeview pre-switchover, it might be the wrong group now, and it would need to be rotated back to vertical polarization (elements going up and down rather than side-to-side). However, if she wants all six muxes, that should also be possible.
Jennie
Sunday 24 May 2009 8:47PM Weymouth
Mike,
Thanks, unfortunatly where my sister is she was never able to get even analog from weymouth pre switch. Our problem yesterday and why I posted comment, was for about half an hour all the channels went. we both got them back later sat morning and have been no trouble today, I just wandered if there was an unreported glitch yesterday morning.
Terry Beswarick
Monday 25 May 2009 11:26AM Beaminster
What has gone wrong with your Beaminster Relay station Web Page?

I get lots of WARNINGS about various headings.

Stockland HIll page is OK.
M S Hahn
Monday 25 May 2009 8:04PM
1 Someone above says the commercial MUXes go up to 25 kW in 2012. But in the chart at the top of this website the Public service MUXes are shown as 50kW each and the commercial MUXes ALREADY shown as 25 kW each.

2. In the same chart total Freeview power is quoted in one place as 37.5 kW and in another as 32.143 kW. But 3x50 kW + 3x25 kW = 225 kW. Where has this calculation gone wrong?
Jon Lavis
Monday 25 May 2009 9:01PM Exeter
OK, I can now get most channels until about 9 pm when everything goes very iffy and becomes unwatchable.
Nat
Monday 25 May 2009 9:16PM
Hi - I have Sky as our main TV provider and have obviously had no problems with that but I have three bedroom TV's that all have freeview set top boxes (have been working perfectly until the last week or so) suddenly they are not recieving any signal. I take it this must be as a result of the switch over - so what do I do?? any ideas - please.
Iain Davies
Tuesday 26 May 2009 9:48PM
All the info on transmitter powers can be found at www.ofcom.org.uk
Mike Dimmick
Sunday 31 May 2009 3:26PM
Nat: if you haven't rescanned the boxes since 20 May, you need to do this now. All of the channels have moved to different frequencies, nearly nothing is where it was. Mux SDN (shown as COM4 for the list of channels) is on the same frequency, but 'Five' has moved from Mux A (now SDN) to BBC B.

M S Hahn: I don't think the average power is a particularly useful calculation. Some muxes are stronger than others. If you want all the muxes, you need an aerial that has enough gain for your box to get all the muxes.

I suspect this site only picked up the final planned power after switchover is complete. Ofcom's current document states "SDN, Arqiva A and Arqiva B are expected to operate at 10kW until 2012." This is because they're on frequencies that would cause problems for analogue reception at Rowridge - one RF channel away.
Jim Cobley
Monday 1 June 2009 8:47AM
Why are there no listings on BBC 1 and 2 on my DVD/recorder
Chris
Wednesday 3 June 2009 9:14PM
Really pissed off because DigitalUK said we could definitely get all the freeview channels in our area. Bought a new antenna and took some insults but it turns out they lied and in fact we don't get all the multiplexes here. Would have been nicer if they honestly said the services were not available instead of implying our equipment/antenna/intelligence might be sub-parr.
Steve Barnes
Thursday 4 June 2009 10:10PM Yeovil
Even worse - before switchover I had all channels on freeview on two seperate boxes - since then I am missing about half on each but not the same halves.
Iain Davies
Friday 5 June 2009 3:47PM
I don't understand why people are still having problems with Stockland Hill, here in North Somerset (Northern Fringe) of S.H both PSB and COM signal levels are fine
Iain Davies
Friday 5 June 2009 3:48PM
I can even get digital signals from Caradon Hill!
Ben Middleton
Friday 5 June 2009 4:16PM Exeter
How can I receive Setanta Sports on digital. I have got a Setanta card but there is no channel 34, the Setanta channel, available on my EPG.
I can get channel 5 fine and I thought they were used the same frequency/satellite?
Any suggestions or could it be an ariel problem?
Cheers.
Mike Dimmick
Saturday 6 June 2009 11:21AM Reading
Ben, post-switchover Five has moved to Mux BBC B (shown as PSB3 above). Setanta is on Mux SDN (COM4 above). The COM multiplexes are on relatively low power - 10kW - until 2012, to prevent interference with some of the remaining analogue transmissions in the surrounding area.

If you can, tell your box to do a manual search on C25.
Ben Middleton
Saturday 6 June 2009 11:40AM
Thanks Mike,

Forgive my ignorance but is that a case of searching for C25 when I go to scan for channels and then scanning in C25?
I don't know if that makes any sense but thanks for your help.

Cheers.
Tom
Sunday 7 June 2009 7:14PM
Just noticed the EPG information is missing for all the COM4 channels, according to our digital recorder. The TV tuner can see the EPG fine on all the MUXs. All the other MUXs are AOK on both tuners. Is there something different about the EPG on COM4?
John
Wednesday 24 June 2009 11:25AM
Could anyone tell me the NGR of the new Budleigh Salterton digital TV transmitter.

Thanks.
Briantist
Wednesday 24 June 2009 12:51PM
John: SY043825 - but note "Although a relay of Beacon Hill, this new transmitter is expected to enter service at the same time that switchover occurs at Stockland Hill"
Freddy
Sunday 16 August 2009 10:09AM
In Dawlish Warren, does my aerial have to be horizontal or vertical? Thanks.
Briantist
Sunday 16 August 2009 2:44PM
Freddy: "To receive signals from this transmitter, the aerial must be mounted for horizontal polarization – the elements going from left to right. "
Dave Hearne
Tuesday 18 August 2009 6:50PM
Hi, does anyone know if digital channel 28 from Stockland Hill is on reduced power or having problems in any way? I have lost all the channels on that multiplex such as "Yesterday", "FilmFour" etc. Everything was OK until about 3 days ago.
mark
Tuesday 18 August 2009 10:53PM Seaton
Hi, we live in Branscombe, ex12. There is no line of sight to Stockland Hill, and we get no signal strength on more 4, film 4 and various others, seems to get worse after 9pm.
Will the signal get better in the future, would a booster help, or will this always be the norm due to our location??
Dave Hearne
Wednesday 19 August 2009 12:57AM
Thanks Briantists, have tried a full reset as you suggested but I still seem to missing all channels on channel 28, everything else is fine with almost 100% signal. As I said previously, everything was fine until 3 days ago, have been watching freeview for a couple of years now without a problem, even before the power was increased back in May. I live just outside Okehampton, on very high ground overlooking the town. Despite being much closer to Huntshaw Cross I cannot get enough signal from that transmitter due to dense woods in the line of sight. The same applies to Caradon Hill, this is why I have always used Stockland Hill. I have noticed that Caradon Hill has just started broadcasting a full power multiplex on channel 28 also, I was wondering if this was causing some kind of interference with the Stockland signal, although my aeriel faces away from Caradon? I have had the same group A aerial horizontally polarized for about 5 years now & all my connections are good, I also use a 16db antiference booster.
Briantist
Wednesday 19 August 2009 9:30AM
Dave Hearne: Can you tell me your full postcode, it is very hard to be specific without knowing where you are.
Briantist
Wednesday 19 August 2009 9:39AM
mark: You need a line-of-sight for reliable reception. Can you move the aerial to point at another transmitter now? www.ukfree.tv link icon Find out how to receive Freeview at postcode EX123DN | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
Dave Hearne
Wednesday 19 August 2009 10:55AM North Tawton
My postcode is EX20 1SQ.
Iain Davies
Wednesday 19 August 2009 12:11PM Kingsbridge
All Stockland Hill MUXs loud and clear here in N.Somerset, no prob. with TX.
Briantist
Thursday 20 August 2009 7:51AM
Dave Hearne: The most obvious thing to try first is removing the booster from your system. If it is anything else, the reasons are going to be complex.
Neil Forward
Friday 28 August 2009 4:53PM
My In-laws live in Bickleigh Nr Tiverton and for more than a week now have had no freeview signal, and ideas cheers
Tony Morrison
Sunday 30 August 2009 4:05PM
I have recently tuned to Stockland and get an excellent transmission but no BBC news ie 24 hours.Do you transmit.
(Chard area)
Briantist
Monday 31 August 2009 5:34PM
Neil Forward: Please can you ask them to check their box is not on this list -http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051492 - and then to these things www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 ?
Briantist
Monday 31 August 2009 6:20PM
Tony Morrison: Yes, BBC News is carried on multiplex PSB1 (BBCA) along with BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and CBBC.
Dave Hearne
Monday 31 August 2009 9:20PM
I have tried everything possible to try & solve my problem of losing all the channels on channel 28 from Stockland Hill. I have tried a full reset, a manual scan & have also tried removing the booster - all with no results. I am now convinced that the problem is being caused by some kind of co-channel interference with the full power multiplex now being broadcast from Caradon Hill on channel 28 as the problem began when Caradon went full power on that channel. This problem has also affected my DVD recorder so I know that my digibox is not at fault. I think I am going to have to try another aerial, maybe a more directional one - any suggestions on what might be a good one?



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