Freeview Light on the Conway (Conwy, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Conway (Conwy, Wales) transmitter which serves 9,500 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 Conway (Conwy, Wales) mast?
CONWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Apr 19:09 until 20 Apr 21:30. . 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Conway (Conwy, 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 Conway 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 164m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C36+ (594.2MHz) | 164m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 164m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 Conway (Conwy, 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 Conway transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 202km south (169°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 205km south (170°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Conway (Conwy, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 14 Nov 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C41 | +D3+4 | ||||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C44 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C47 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C48 | 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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area
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Monday, 21 March 2011
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G.Williams9:17 PM
Are there any future plans to increase the number of channels transmitted from this mast?
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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Simon9:27 AM
Why are there no plans to increase the number of channels from the Conwy mast?
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Mike Dimmick4:24 PM
Simon: Because the operators of any multiplex have to agree to any change to their licences, such as to add new transmitters, and the commercial multiplex operators have refused. They say it is not cost-effective.
All you can do is complain to ITV plc and Arqiva, who operate these multiplexes, or to the channel you want.
If they did extend their services, it would likely be only to the high-power relay stations, though Conway would probably be counted as one of these as the pre-switchover analogue power was more than 1kW.
The Public Service Broadcasters were quoted £24.7m for broadcasting from all 1,100 relay stations in 2007, while the commercial broadcasters were quoted £10.39m for broadcasting from only the 81 sites they used before switchover. Some of the costs for the PSBs would be shared if the commercial broadcasters extended their services.
It is much cheaper for the channels to be carried on satellite or cable, particularly with Sky subsidising carriage or providing subscription revenue, for subscription channels.
Because they refused the option early in the planning process, no frequencies were left free, and it may now be difficult to find any to provide the service. The coverage area for any additional services may not match the PSB multiplexes.
Depending on your location, you may find that it is possible to receive from a main transmitter - in this area probably Llanddona. If you provide your full postcode, I can check, or you can check for yourself at Digital UK - Home .
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Simon: If you want more channels without a subscription, use Freesat. See Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 20 November 2018
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Ian Brown3:12 PM
Hi,
Info is out of date on this. Muxes got moved around on 14th November. Looks like it's currently broadcasting:
Band Plex
33 BBCA
36 D3+4
48 BBCB
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Thursday, 29 November 2018
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Gillian Shipp12:04 PM
Yesterday I had to re-use my channels. Hooray! I could see many new ones, Dave etc. Today I was told to re-tune once again which I did. Now it's back to the old line up, losing the new ones. I have been told to re-use tune 4 or 5 times since the transmitter went off recently. Please can I have the ones I had yesterday, with the increased number of freeview channels again?
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StevensOnln15:09 PM
Gillian Shipp: It's likely that you picked up a different transmitter when you retuned yesterday. Please provide a full postcode so that we can see which transmitters you're able to receive and where you are in relation to them, as well as your predicted signal strength etc.
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Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
CONWAY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Apr 19:09 until 20 Apr 21:30. . [BBC]
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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Conway transmitter - Conway transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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