Freeview Light on the Kingsbridge (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kingsbridge (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 4,100 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 Kingsbridge (Devon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kingsbridge (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Kingsbridge 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 34W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 34W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 34W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Kingsbridge (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Kingsbridge transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 27km west-northwest (300°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 21km northwest (311°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Kingsbridge (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCB | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 170W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 34W |
Local transmitter maps
KINGSBRIDGE Freeview KINGSBRIDGE DAB Caradon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 6 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
KINGSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
KINGSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb. [BBC]
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Saturday, 13 June 2015
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Bob Partridge12:02 PM
Hi - I am getting a good strong signal for BBC channels from the Kingsbridge Transmitter on C46 but the ITV signals on C43 are very poor and fluctuate. Is there anything I can do to address this?
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Dave Lindsay
5:39 PM
5:39 PM
Bob Partridge: A location, preferably in the form of postcode, is imperative as it's a reception issue. If you live out of sight of the transmitter and where reception is predicted as non-existent then it may be a case of keep moving the aerial in the hope of securing a good spot and hoping it lasts.
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Sunday, 14 June 2015
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Bob Partridge11:00 PM
Kingsbridge
Dave - thanks for replying, my postcode is TQ7 4AH, the location of the aerial is 5018'57.3"N 349'06.7"W. Its within the reception area according to the maps on this website, Any advice / suggestions would be most welcome.
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Dave Lindsay
11:54 PM
11:54 PM
Bob Partridge: Using a six-figure OS Landranger reference, as required by the terrain plotter, the base point is almost where the long/lat co-ordinates you gave resolve to. The plot shows that transmitter can't be seen due to higher ground at Churchstow:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
With that postcode the Digital UK Coverage Checker doesn't return any result, not even a very poor one.
If this is correct, and you can't see the transmitter, and by such a degree, then maybe what I said still holds -- that it's a case of moving the aerial hoping to find a sweet spot.
Freesat might be the best course of action, just so long as the dish doesn't get snow on it!
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Dave Lindsay
11:56 PM
11:56 PM
Perhaps one of the pros on here could give their thoughts on Bob's issue.
(I write on here as a technical bod rather than an aerial installer.)
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Dave Lindsay
11:59 PM
11:59 PM
Bob Partridge: The only other thing I can think is that, if you do indeed have the aerial at the bottom of such a slope, you point the aerial upwards slightly, if its bracket permits.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015
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Bob Partridge10:39 PM
Dave - the aerials location is actually about 50m above sea level, however according to Megalithia this still puts Churchstow in the way! What I cant understand is why I get a good BBC signal and a poor ITV one. Thanks for all your help.
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Dave Lindsay
11:51 AM
11:51 AM
Bob Partridge: Think of it in the positive (why one multiplex is received) rather than in the negative (why one isn't).
Signals travel in straight lines. Without line-of-sight you are having to rely on the signals bending around the obstruction. The thing is that different frequencies bend in different ways around the same object. Thus, within the shadow of the obstruction there will be places where one signal is available but another isn't.
The only way all signals (of differing frequencies) would travel the same and therefore be received the same is if there were nothing around, no objects, no ground and there was a vacuum. Once you introduce things you introduce the tendency for signals to be affected.
I guess if your aerial is 30m off the ground then it must be in a tree. I wonder, therefore, whether the tree could be affecting the reception.
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