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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) mast?
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 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 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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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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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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