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The symbol shows the location of the Bargoed (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter which serves 6,600 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 Bargoed (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bargoed 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C24 (498.0MHz)335mDTG-60W
Channel icons
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)335mDTG-60W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C27 (522.0MHz)335mDTG-60W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Bargoed (Caerphilly, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Bargoed transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 23km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 27km south (187°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Bargoed (Caerphilly, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1330 Jun 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+D3+4D3+4
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 300W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 60W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Bargoed was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 24 August 2012
Dave Lindsay
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4:21 PM

Mal Norman: See my posting above, made in March. The answer is still no, unless you can receive from a full-Freeview transmitter such as Wenvoe.

Your only other possibility is satellite; Freesat is a popular alternative.

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Monday, 6 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:23 PM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 03 Jan to 16:29 on 03 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:20 on 03 Jan to 16:29 on 03 Jan. [BBC]

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Thursday, 9 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:23 AM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:04 yesterday to 22:44 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:04 yesterday to 22:44 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 10 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:24 AM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:04 on 08 Jan to 22:44 on 08 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:04 on 08 Jan to 22:44 on 08 Jan. [BBC]

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Saturday, 25 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:23 PM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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7:23 PM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 today to 17:21 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 today to 17:21 today. [BBC]

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Sunday, 26 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:23 AM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 yesterday to 17:21 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 yesterday to 17:21 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 27 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:24 AM

BARGOED transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 on 25 Jan to 17:21 on 25 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:54 on 25 Jan to 17:21 on 25 Jan. [BBC]

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Steve Lintern
7:22 PM
Bargoed

CF81 8NW
Aerial on roof
Previously had excellent reception. All channels disappeared on Saturday. Switched recorder and tv off for an hour. Switched back on, retuned both, a few extras channels, BBC3HD now. Fine? No. Now every 15 minutes or so HD channels will freeze or drop out, then come back on. Just recorded. BBC News on BBC1 and BBCHD at the same time. Drop out occurred on the HD but no problem at all on the SD channel. Very annoying as HD is obviously my default option. Any ideas? Site appears to say someengineering work in Bargoed on Saturday but problem still ongoing on Monday.

Thanks

Steve

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:16 PM

Steve Lintern: I would guess from your description that your central heating thermostat could be the cause. Can you try operating the thermostat to see if it causes the problem on demand?

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