Full Freeview on the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 18,000 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 Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter._______
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 Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Aberdare 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 Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Aberdare transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 26km south-southeast (153°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 28km south-southeast (162°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C28 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C31 | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
| Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-10dB) 50W |
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Saturday, 2 November 2024
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Paul12:25 PM
Currently and for a while now, some channels - especially ITV1 - break up a lot and if I record on my PVR and try jumping around a programme, it goes all over the place.
It seems like the quality was massively reduced at some point.
Not sure when it happened but it's been quite a while now. I was hoping it was temporary. BBC1 is fine.
I would like the quality improved to how it used to be.
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StevensOnln112:30 PM
Paul: The posts above yours warn of engineering work affecting the Aberdare transmitter over the last few weeks. Unfortunately no completion date is given. It may be worth checking for any loose or damaged cables or connectors behind your TV which is a common cause of weakened signal, but do not attempt to retune.
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Paul12:37 PM
And why is ITV1 not included on the list above in the "Which Freeview channels does the Aberdare transmitter broadcast?" list?
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Steve Donaldson12:39 PM
Paul: Looking back at the posts above, and on page 1, from "Transmitter engineering", the Aberdare transmitter has been listed by Freeview as having engineering works since 7 October.
Check your PVR is tuned to UHF channel 21 for ITV1, which is the signal from Aberdare.
Other programme channels carried on the same multiplex (PSB2 - D3&4) include S4C, Channel 5, ITV2, Channel 4, ITV3. A full list can be found here:
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
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Paul12:46 PM
Re "Paul: The posts above yours warn of engineering work affecting the Aberdare transmitter over the last few weeks. Unfortunately no completion date is given. It may be worth checking for any loose or damaged cables or connectors behind your TV which is a common cause of weakened signal, but do not attempt to retune."
Thanks for the reply.
It has been bad for over a year. It's not due to current work.
Nothing wrong with my wiring. Good signal strength and SNR here.
It's the way it's being transmitted at low quality It seems it's been changed to have very low quality - bandwidth/bitrate/etc - at some point.
I'm a bit fed up of it now.
We already have reduced channels from the Aberdare transmitter. We also currently have reduced quality on major channels too.
It's not good enough.
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Steve Donaldson1:09 PM
Paul: There is never any indication of when engineering works may be completed. The posts above from "Transmitter engineering" are sourced from this page on the Freeview website:
Planned engineering works | Freeview
This is an independent website not connected with any broadcasting company. We therefore can only work with the information we have.
Above, I advised you to check that ITV1 is tuned to UHF channel 21. This was on the understanding your aerial is directed to the Aberdare transmitter. Your comment about reduced number of channels suggests that you aren't using the Aberdare transmitter as it is a full-service one, and therefore that you shouldn't be tuned to C21 for ITV1. To know which channel you should be tuned to we need to know which transmitter it is.
There are a number of relay transmitters in the area that carry just the PSB multiplexes, meaning only BBC, ITV1, S4C, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV3 and some other SD channels, as well as all the HD channels. It sounds like you may on one of these transmitters.
If your aerial points to a different transmitter, then I would check that you are in fact tuned to it and not another one, such as Aberdare. Advice on which this should be can only be given with knowledge of your location, preferably in the form of postcode. A not uncommon issue is that the receiver has tuned to the signal from another transmitter where one is available, and that this results in poor reception. As such, this is one of the first things to check.
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Sunday, 3 November 2024
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Chris.SE9:26 PM
Paul:
1) It would have been helpful is you'd qualified your "for a while" remark initially to say it's been bad for over a year.
2) A full postcode (as requested by the site immediately above the box for your post content) would enable us to advise which is the best transmitter for your location, which way your aerial should point and the polarisation, and whether you could suffer potential interference from other transmitters or sources.
3) As has already been pointed out, the Aberdare transmitter is a FULL Freeview transmitter and you should therefore get all the Freeview channels if you are receiving Aberdare which it sounds like you may not be.
4) The signal is NOT transmitted at low quality, nor been changed to have very low quality - bandwidth/bitrate/etc.
5) Do you know what aerial you have, where it is located (roof chimney/wall/loft) and roughly how old it is?
6) Do you have any aerial pre-amp or amp/splitter to feed more that one set/device? Have you changed any equipment in the last year or so?
7) You say you have reduced quality. Can you please post the signal strength and quality figures for each multiplex's UHF channel you are tuned to, as well as quoting the UHF channel.
This will help with transmitter identification that you are tuned to, and give some idea of the interference you may be getting - that is usually the cause of reduced quality.
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Chris.SE9:33 PM
Paul:
Sorry, I forgot to answer your question about why ITV1 is missing from the PSB2/D3&4 list towards the top of the page.
Apart from the fact it won't be ITV1, it will be ITV Wales, there's clearly some bugs in the site owners software that hasn't correctly populated the channel lists. Something only the site owner can fix and we know he's not had the time recently (btw that's not the only error/omission from the lists).
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