Freeview Light on the Weymouth (Dorset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Weymouth (Dorset, England) transmitter which serves 20,000 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 Weymouth (Dorset, 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 Weymouth (Dorset, 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 Weymouth 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C47+ (682.2MHz) | 111m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 Weymouth (Dorset, 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 Weymouth transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 119km west (260°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 112km west (259°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Weymouth (Dorset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Mar 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | ||||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | +BBCB | D3+4 | |||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | BBCA | |||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCA | BBCB | |||||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 10 November 2023
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Dave3:53 PM
I live in Weymouth and using the Weymouth Transmitter with my vertical rooftop aerial that has been installed for many years. When connected to my tv via an amplifier I have a good signal strength and quality on UHF ch 41 (92% strength, 100% quality on my LG tv using manual tuning) and get 15 programmes. On UHF ch 44 I get 70% signal strength and 100% quality and get 25 programmes. However on UHF ch 47 I get 0% for both signal strength and signal quality and so get none of these channels, which include the HD channels. Is there a problem and am I doing something wrong ? Any help appreciated.
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Steve Donaldson6:57 PM
Dave: Two possibilities spring to mind:
1. C47, which is the PSB3 or "BBC B" multiplex from Weymouth, is DVB-T2 whereas the other two channels are DVB-T. DVB-T stands for "Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial" and DVB-T2 is the later version.
If on the manual tuning screen it asks you whether it is DVB-T or DVB-T2 then you need to select the latter for C47. If it doesn't ask you then it must work it out automatically.
2. This one only applies if it is a really old TV. Originally, when TVs began being HD, they were sold as "HD Ready". This caught a lot of people out because they thought it meant that the TV was "ready" to receive and show HD pictures when they began broadcasting. HD Ready sets were available around the time of digital switchover.
A HD Ready set can show HD pictures (such as inputted via a HDMI lead) but cannot receive them because it does not contain a DVB-T2 tuner. At the time, the DVB-T2 standard had either not been defined or was in its infancy. I think the latter may have applied, but the point is that back in the late 2000s or early 2010s HD Ready sets were sold. I can't remember the exact timeframe, but you get the idea that there was a time when TVs could show HD pictures but not receive them. It may be unlikely, being that it is so old, but I mention it anyway just in case.
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Steve Donaldson7:10 PM
Dave: Is this a new or recent issue, or is it a longstanding one they you've never found a solution to?
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Friday, 4 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:47 PM
8:47 PM
WEYMOUTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Oct 19:47 until 4 Oct 19:58. . [BBC]
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