Devon · 50 km north-east of the base · Outside practical range
RTK coverage in Ilfracombe.
Ilfracombe is 50 km from our base at Bude, which is beyond the distance a single-base RTK fix stays reliable. The Bideford station is closer at 24 km and is the better choice for Ilfracombe.
The numbers for Ilfracombe.
Computed from coordinates. The only thing that will change them is where you actually stand relative to the base.
Bideford, by 25 km
The community station at Bideford is closer to Ilfracombe than we are, and a shorter baseline is a better baseline. A community station on the public RTK2Go caster. Useful, but with no service guarantee and an unverified absolute position. Use it for guidance; for survey work where the absolute position matters, talk to us.
Outside practical range
Too far for a single-base RTK solution to be reliable. A nearer station or a network service is the right answer here.
Commissioning autumn 2026
Corrections are delivered over NTRIP, which needs a data connection at your receiver. Register below and we email the caster address and mountpoint the day it goes live, with notes for whatever receiver you run. If you have no mobile signal in the field, say so: that is what decides whether we add a UHF radio link.
Your receiver decides
AgOpenGPS, CNH and Topcon connect directly. John Deere StarFire needs an RTK activation and usually an external modem. Trimble's free tier will not accept a third-party caster at all. Tell us what you run and we will tell you before you spend anything.
Want us nearer Ilfracombe?
A second base is cheap relative to everything else. Enough registrations from one area is what would justify it.
Towns near Ilfracombe.
| Town | To Bude | Horiz. | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braunton Devon | 39 km | 47 mm | Outside practical range |
| Barnstaple Devon | 42 km | 50 mm | Outside practical range |
| Appledore Devon | 33 km | 41 mm | Marginal |
| Westward Ho! Devon | 30 km | 38 mm | Marginal |
| Bideford Devon | 30 km | 38 mm | Marginal |