Freeview Light on the Long Mountain (Powys, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Long Mountain (Powys, 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Long Mountain (Powys, 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 Long Mountain (Powys, 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 Long Mountain 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- (569.8MHz) | 454m | 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 (594.0MHz) | 454m | 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) | 454m | 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 Long Mountain (Powys, 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 Long Mountain transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 128km south (186°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 132km south (187°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Long Mountain (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Oct 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C60tv_off | -BBCA | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | 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 4 Nov 09 and 3 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 1000W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 400W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 24 May 2011
Richard Jones
3:21 PM
3:21 PM
Fell off air again on the BBC multiplex 15:09. ITV carrying on as normal. Been informed it's the BT fibre link to the site that's fallen over. Also taken out Ebbw Vale!
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Richard Jones: Which reminds me, I need to do the "which transmitter feeds which transmitter" table...
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
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gareth3:21 PM
considering mid wales was one of the 1st to make the enforced switchover, when will all the channel available on freeview be made available in mid wales
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Mike Dimmick7:36 PM
Gareth: When the broadcasters of the multiplexes for those channels decide that it's economic to do so. They were offered the opportunity to broadcast from more sites than they did before switchover, and they turned it down on cost grounds.
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Sunday, 23 October 2011
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lloyd5:40 PM
we have no bbc channels since 19th oct 2011, we recieve from Long Mountain. when will we get normal service?
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Monday, 24 October 2011
lloyd: The transmitter has no faults, can you try My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice first and then see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
@lloyd Sounds like you didn't carry out the retune on the 19th. We all had plenty of warning about it since about a month before it took place. Retune your TV or Freeview box and they'll magically reappear.
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Richard's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
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Jane12:10 AM
Can we campaign to get all the Freeview channels transmitted in mid Wales? Are we considered to be second-class citizens?
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Jane: The "missing" Freeview channels operate on a commercial basis which means that they broadcast from transmission sites where it suits them.
See here for a further explanation:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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