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The symbol shows the location of the Halwell (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 Halwell (Devon, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Halwell 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)180mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C31+ (554.2MHz)180mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)180mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Halwell (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, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Halwell transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 29km west (277°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 22km west (280°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

How will the Halwell (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1327 Mar 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TA K T
C30BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCB
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCA
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 8 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon 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. Halwell was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
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5:29 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:31 today to 04:36 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:31 today to 04:36 today [BBC]

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Monday, 6 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:31 yesterday to 04:36 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:31 yesterday to 04:36 yesterday [BBC]

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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
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4:33 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 03:31 on 05 Jun to 04:36 on 05 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:31 on 05 Jun to 04:36 on 05 Jun [BBC]

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Thursday, 30 June 2011
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6:34 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 today to 05:54 today [BBC]

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Friday, 1 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:34 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday [BBC]

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6:24 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today to 04:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday [BBC]

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9:31 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today to 04:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday [BBC]

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10:31 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today to 04:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 today to 09:09 today [BBC]

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11:30 AM

HALWELL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today to 09:09 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:33 today to 04:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:16 yesterday to 05:54 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 today to 09:09 today [BBC]

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