Full Freeview on the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter which serves 17,000 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 BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, 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 BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, 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 BlaenPlwyf 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 BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, 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 BlaenPlwyf transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 113km south-southeast (149°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 115km south-southeast (151°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Oct 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | W T | W T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 10 Feb 10 and 10 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 40kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-14dB) 4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Blaenplwyf transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 7 June 2012
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Mr Edwards6:26 PM
Aberaeron
Dear Mike,
I no longer have a problem (Post 2 refers). As if by magic it was corrected after my first post but recieved a Email from the BBC later apologizing for my problems. Thanks for time.
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Mark Fletcher11:37 PM
Halifax
Mr Edwards,Aberaeron.Not so defunct this site now is it !
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Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Mr Edwards7:49 AM
Mark, I assume that its you I need to thank so Many Thanks.
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Mark Fletcher3:58 PM
Halifax
Mr Edwards.My pleasure !
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Saturday, 8 September 2012
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Phil1:57 PM
Very bad signal today and the last few days from Blaenplwf. Very blocky and not signal at all today!! any Ideas??
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012
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Miceil5:24 PM
Aberaeron
I live in (uphill) Cwmann outside Lampeter. Blaen Plwyf tv reception is brilliant.
DAB radio from there 'bubbles'a bit even with a 5 element external aerial.
I once attached an Antiference tv arial booster in a previous location and that magnified the DAB signal amazingly! Hopefully this will work again.
Any other ideas please?
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Saturday, 13 October 2012
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KMJ,Derby4:19 PM
Miceil: You are not (officially) served by any DAB transmitters at present, however the BBC reception report for your postcode does show that you could be receiving DAB transmissions from Blaenplwyf, Preseli and Carmel. Have you tried pointing the DAB aerial towards Preseli to see if that signal offers any improvement over Blaenplwyf? Trying different locations for the aerial might also find pockets of stronger signal, otherwise, as you suggest, the use of an amplifier can raise the threshold when the signal level is low and there are no particular interference problems.
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013
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Bruce MORRIS11:57 AM
Blaen Plwyf and relays. The positions given for all these transmitters are in the Indian Ocean!
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Bruce MORRIS: Try swapping the longitude and latitude around; this works for Blaen Plwyf.
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Thursday, 21 March 2013
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Dave Bradney8:42 PM
Aberystwyth
Since 1pm today 21 March 2013 have lost most of Blaenplwyf's output. Since 1pm can usually but not always get Channel 24 2/D3+4 (ITV channels), and always get Ch 22 C/ArqA (Dave etc). Nothing more. Channel 27 signal strength is 26-28% consistently. Using Humana set-top box and indoor aerial. In line of sight of Blaenplwy mast, about 7km away. Advice? Suggestions?
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