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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) mast?
Blaenplwyf transmitter - Blaenplwyf transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black 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 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 withheldSaturday, 24 August 2013
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jb384:22 PM
Howell Edwards: Speaking in general terms, if someone posts a query regarding reception and they have entered their post code (or one from nearby) into the "site settings" box at the top right hand side of the screen, then this would have enabled anyone offering advice to check the status of the transmitters relevant to their location for faults etc before typing out a reply, the sites referred to being the constantly updated (reasonably anyway) R+T Investigation site as well as Digital UK's planned engineering work schedule, both accessible from the box to the right hand side of the posting.
The snag is that those sites are orientated to the reporting of problems (or potential same) on only the PSB muxes and not the three commercial channels, and who by not being connected in any way with the licence fee are not really obliged to report problems, and indeed they do not!
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mazbar5:27 PM
Howell Edwards: you are obviously having reception problems. When you called the aerial man to come around and check you aerial to make sure everything was ok with your installation what did he say ?
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mazbar5:49 PM
Howell Edwards : my name is anthony what does my name have to do with it. All I was asking is have you had your aerial checked befor you say the transmitter is faulty. If the transmitter was faulty everyone on the transmitter would be complaining wouldn't they ?
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mazbar6:14 PM
Howell Edwards: the reason you will find names like mine and jb and others is we do post allot and people don't need to know our names to act on our advice. In my experience transmitter faults account for about 1% of people's long term reception problems. The main reception problems are coax damaged, parts lose and rattling on the aerial, large objects between aerial and transmitter ie hills or large flats , if amplified the amplifier being faulty and lastly trees between the aerial and the transmitter. I spent a lot of money on a reception meter so I can check for any of the above. This is why I asked had you had your aerial checked
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Howell Edwards : please don't ask people to do things they are not required to do. Thank you
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jb386:17 PM
Howell Edwards: re your reply, its not so much that I am happy about the situation as it places anyone giving advice at a decided disadvantage, this being especially so if the subject of a complaint is connected with the reception of commercial channels.
The other aspect about this being that all of the transmitters used by a station are owned and operated by Aquiva, but who are only obliged to report faults on the public service transmissions because they are connected with the licence fee, although if they were not then its almost guaranteed that we would not be informed about them either.
Of course, and without wishing to appear too cynical, but I can see a positive advantage to the operators of commercial transmitters by them "not" being obliged to report faults in an over public manner, basically because that even a 30 second transmission outage taking place in an evening and especially at a weekend, can represent thousands of pounds worth of advertising revenue, if you get my drift!
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Sunday, 25 August 2013
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mazbar11:22 AM
Briantist obviously someone isn't happy and insults could breach your terms and conditions so please can you deal with the poster thank you
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mazbar11:44 AM
Briantist: thank you I only give advice on things I have normaly come across that's why most of my advice is north west centred. Some advice can relate to any transmitter, but when you give advice and are met with insults that's not right. If they want advice ask if they want to rant please rant somewhere else. Once again thank yor Brian
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mazbar: Please keep up the good work!!! I don't tolerate people being disrespectful... this isn't a democracy, it's somewhere to come for help.
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