Freeview Light on the Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Widecombe In The Moor (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 Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Widecombe In The Moor 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 336m | DTG- | 2W |
 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, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 336m | DTG- | 2W |
 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 336m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Widecombe In The Moor (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Widecombe In The Moor transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 30km southwest (231°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 25km southwest (221°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Widecombe In The Moor (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 | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C48 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C56tv_off |
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 | 10W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
Widecombe In The Moor Freeview 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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Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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Roger Haworth11:52 AM
ITV, C4 and C5 Standard definition channels currently very weak with either picture breaking up or no picture. All HD channels okay.
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Chris.SE1:07 PM
Roger Haworth:
The transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering, that work in the post before your should have been completed. There don't appear to be any faults currently listed.
Current weather conditions may not be helping as periodically it cab be causing interfering signals from distant transmitters to disrupt your wanted signals. This doesn't usually affect all multiplexes at once.
However, do check in your TV Tuning section, that your TV (or you) haven't tuned to the incorrect UHF channels when signals were weak or missing. The correct UHF channels are listed at the top of the page. Check obvious things like your aerial looking intact and pointing correctly and the coax not flapping in the wind, and that it looks undamaged. Check your coax plugs for corrosion or water.
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Steve Donaldson1:15 PM
Roger Haworth: If you haven't already done so, the first thing to check is that the TV is in fact tuned to the desired transmitter and not another, distant one, as this is a common reason for poor reception.
ITV, C4, C5 and some others are carried on PSB2 multiplex, which is on UHF channel 36 (594MHz) from Widecombe In The Moor transmitter. If the signal strength screen gives the channel/frequency you are tuned to, it should say this.
The Widecombe In The Moor transmitter sits to the south east of the village, beaming north westerly, thus aerials are facing roughly in the direction of Beacon Hill. PSB2 from Beacon Hill is on C41(634MHz). PSB2 from Caradon Hill is on C25 (506MHz) and is thus picked up first during the scan, when performing automatic tuning. It is possible, then, that the TV could have opted for this, even if it hasn't done so in the past, being that it is a distant signal and may vary at different times.
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