Freeview Light on the Wattsville (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wattsville (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter which serves 3,300 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 Wattsville (Caerphilly, Wales) 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 Wattsville (Caerphilly, Wales) 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 Wattsville 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 226m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 226m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 (Wales), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 226m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Wattsville (Caerphilly, Wales) 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 Wattsville transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 14km south-southwest (208°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 19km south-southwest (211°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Wattsville (Caerphilly, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C63 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Friday, 11 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
WATTSVILLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 13:35. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
WATTSVILLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Oct 13:35 until 11 Oct 16:28. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 AM
8:21 AM
WATTSVILLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 06:03. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:21 AM
11:21 AM
WATTSVILLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 06:03 until 24 Nov 10:16. . [BBC]
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Monday, 25 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Wattsville transmitter - Wattsville transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Wattsville transmitter - Wattsville transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
WATTSVILLE transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Nov 10:04 until 27 Nov 11:21. . [BBC]
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