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The symbol shows the location of the Westward Ho (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 3,600 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 Westward Ho (Devon, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Westward Ho 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
C28 (530.0MHz)126mDTG-32W
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
C25 (506.0MHz)126mDTG-32W
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)126mDTG-32W
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?

the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Westward Ho (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 Westward Ho transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 73km south (175°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 74km south (170°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

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

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1330 Jun 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C22BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C25D3+4D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C28BBCABBCA
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 1 Jul 09 and 29 Jul 09.

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

Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 32W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross 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. Westward Ho 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Friday, 30 August 2013
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rita
3:00 PM
Bideford

For about 3 weeks all itv stations have been getting interference with the picture (small boxes differant colours and no volume) this happening to most people on freeview boxes and with aerial on roof or in loft all getting the same. I know about 10 thats having problems. Can you help to sort this out please.

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Saturday, 31 August 2013
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Brian
2:05 AM

I agree with Rita, Bideford.
For about 3 weeks, all ITV stations on Ch.25 (D3+4) are subject to almost continuous disruption, while Ch.28 (BBCA) is providing normal reception. Signal strength and quality are usually high, but Ch.25 currently shows up on technical information as variable, even as "no signal".
The same symptoms appear with both roof and internal aerials, on different receivers.

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nicky
1:43 PM

I agree with Brian .. and it has now gotten so bad on all the itv stations that they are virtually un-watchable whilst the bbc channels are still good.. my particular area (Westward Ho) is a known bad spot anyway, and we do not get all the freeview channels normally, (although had a good signal on the ones we could actually get until recently) but this new situation has just about made it pointless to have tv here..

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Tuesday, 3 September 2013
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mark winters
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2:22 PM

so is there work taking place on the westwood ho transmitter or not does anyone know

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KMJ,Derby
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8:51 PM

mark winters : According to an article in the North Devon Gazette, Arqiva have repaired a fault on the Westward Ho! transmitter, so all should now be well.

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Michael
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10:39 PM

KMJ,Derby: Link for those interested: Television woes for thousands of people - News - North Devon Gazette

You'd have thought that the TV repair man would've reported it to the BBC/Digital UK after a few days of people coming in with the same problem...

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Monday, 19 April 2021
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M, Curtis
9:07 AM

I live in Westward Ho...Trinity Court, and we've had an aerial specialist to do our aerial system, but every now & again the picture pixelates, there doesn't seem to be any reason for this & it's so annoying, i would like to hear if anyone else suffers this problem in Westward Ho

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Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Chris.SE
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9:54 PM

M, Curtis :

I'm not in Westward Ho, but can give you some technical information which may help.
You can receive more than one transmitter in your locale, so you need to check which transmitter your aerial is pointing at so you can then check you are tuned to the correct UHF channels. If you are tuned to the wrong UHF channels for the direction your aerial is pointing, signals will be weaker and that can result in what you are seeing.

You are predicted to get good reception of all 6 main multiplexes (a total of 120 TV and radio channels) from the Huntshaw Cross transmitter. For this your aerial should be pointing at a bearing of 125 degrees, that's 35 degrees S of due E (getting on for almost SE) and the aerial rods (or squashed x's) should be horizontal.

You are also predicted to get good reception of the 3 PSB mutliplexes (a total of 45 TV and Radio channels) from the Westward Ho relay transmitter. For this your aerial would be pointing at a bearing of 100 degrees, that's 10 degrees S of due E and the aerial rods (or squashed x's) would be vertical.

For Huntshaw Cross the UHF channels are C30, C31, C37, C32, C34, & C35 that's in multiplex order -
BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5 & ArqB/COM6.

For Westward Ho the UHF channels are C28, C25, & C22 that's in multiplex order -
BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, & BBCB HD/PSB3

If your TV doesn't have a HD/T2 tuner, you can ignore the BBCB HD multiplex. If you are tuned to any other UHF channels other than those I've listed, it's the wrong transmitter.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex. There is no Local or COM7 multiplex for your area.

Make sure you don't have any HDMI leads close to your aerial or any flyleads as HDMI can sometimes cause interference.
If you are tuned to the correct UHF channels, you'll need to get your aerial installer back in as there is obviously something not right.

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