Full Freeview on the Llanddona (Isle of Anglesey, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Llanddona (Isle of Anglesey, Wales) transmitter which serves 44,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Llanddona (Isle of Anglesey, Wales) mast?
Llanddona transmitter - Llanddona transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Llanddona (Isle of Anglesey, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Llanddona 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Llanddona (Isle of Anglesey, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Llanddona transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 210km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 213km south-southeast (165°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Llanddona (Isle of Anglesey, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 14 Nov 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | E T | E T | E T | B E T | ||
| C1 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C40 | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | ||||||
| C41 | SDN | ||||||||
| C43 | SDN | SDN | SDN | D3+4 | |||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C46 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | BBCB | |||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area
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Monday, 27 May 2024
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Monday, 3 June 2024
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Monday, 10 June 2024
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Monday, 17 June 2024
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Monday, 12 August 2024
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Tuesday, 13 August 2024
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Ian W. Paisley12:09 PM
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We have a problem with poor reception in my area, LL30 1UJ often the TV is searching for a signal, could it be the Great Orme is blocking the signal. What is the best compass setting for the Llanddona antenna from my address? What is the best aerial I could buy to improve the signal? Thanks
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve Donaldson4:44 PM
Ian W. Paisley: The first thing to do is check you are in fact tuned to Llanddona for all channels and that you aren't tuned to another transmitter.
At your location, Moel-y-Parc is in roughly the opposite direction to Llanddona, and this could be being picked up off the back of your aerial. While Moel-y-Parc is only 21.7 miles away, Nant-y-Gamar is in the way.
The Freeview digital programme channels are carried on six multiplexes, each multiplex being a single signal. The designations and names of the six multiplexes are as follows:
PSB1 = BBC A (BBC standard definition TV and radio)
PSB2 = D3&4 (ITV1, Channel 4, S4C, Channel 5 and some sister channels)
PSB3 = BBC B (all HD channels, BBC and non-BBC)
COM4 = SDN
COM5 = Arq A
COM6 = Arq B
Freeview has published a list of programme channels by multiplex ("mux") here:
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
The UHF (broadcast) channels used by transmitters which might be available at your location are as follows. They are given in the order of the six multiplexes listed above:
Llanddona 40, 43, 46, 41, 44, 47
Moel-y-Parc 45, 39, 42, 33, 36, 48
Winter Hill 32, 34, 35, 29, 31, 37
Conwy 33, 36, 48
As a relay, Conwy carries only PSBs, hence it has just three channels. Also, it is co-channel with Moel-y-Parc's COM channels, so if you can pick up anything on those UHF channels, it will be one transmitter or the other.
You should check the signal information/strength screen to see you are actually tuned to Llanddona for at least one programme channel on each multiplex.
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In terms of reception from Llanddona, it would seem you are in an excellent reception area. You are 13 miles out from the transmitter and, barring any local obstruction, have clear line-of-sight. This terrain plot shows your location on the left and the transmitter on the right:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Click the link underneath to see a line between the two points. It goes nowhere near the Great Orme. The bearing, according to the Freeview Detailed Coverage Checker, is 269 degrees.
If this is an issue that has existed for a long time then I suggest you investigate whether some attenuation to bring the signal level down resolves it (having checked you are tuned correctly):
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | free and easy for 21 years
Before digital switchover (DSO) the low-power digital signals from Llanddona were all 1kW. Today, all six channels are 20kW. In particular, were a high gain aerial to have been installed prior to DSO so as to pick up the weaker digital signals, the transmission power increase at DSO could potentially result in too high a signal level coming down the cable from the aerial.
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If this is a recent problem then mobile phone masts operating on frequencies that were previously used for TV can be a problem sometimes, the solution to which is usually to fit a filter.
Restore TV is the organisation responsible for alleviating such issues. It sends out free filters.
It notifies addresses whose reception might be affected by postcard. It says it has not sent a postcard to addresses in your postcode, although there have been cases where no postcard has been sent but the issue turned out to be mobile signal interference:
https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
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