Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 72,000 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.
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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 Carmel (Carmarthenshire, 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 Carmel 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 Carmel (Carmarthenshire, 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 Carmel transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 68km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-cymru-wales.jpg)
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 68km southeast (127°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Abergorlech | Active deflector | Dyfed | 5 homes |
Cwmere | Active deflector | 11 km NE Aberystwyth | 10 homes |
How will the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Jul 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | |||
C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C29 | BBCB | ||||||||
C33 | SDN | ||||||||
C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C55tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C58tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
C61 | ArqB | ||||||||
C63 | 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 26 Aug 09 and 23 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
Mux A* | (-13dB) 5kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B* | (-16dB) 2.5kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 17 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
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CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 today to 13:06 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 yesterday to 13:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 yesterday to 13:06 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 05:36 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 05:36 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 05:36 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 05:36 today, Radio [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 yesterday to 13:06 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 05:36 today to 10:27 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 05:36 today to 10:27 today, Radio 4 FM Weak S [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 yesterday to 13:06 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 today to 14:15 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 today to 14:15 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 today to 14:15 today, Ra [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 on 17 Jun to 13:06 on 17 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 yesterday to 14:15 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 yesterday to 14:15 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 yesterda [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 on 17 Jun to 13:06 on 17 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 05:32 today to 05:37 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 05:32 today to 05:37 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 05:32 today to 05:37 today, Radio 4 FM Off [BBC]
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Friday, 20 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 on 17 Jun to 13:06 on 17 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 05:32 yesterday to 05:37 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 05:32 yesterday to 05:37 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 05:32 yesterday to 05:37 y [BBC]
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Saturday, 21 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:27 on 17 Jun to 13:06 on 17 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 05:32 on 19 Jun to 05:37 on 19 Jun, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 05:32 on 19 Jun to 05:37 on 19 Jun, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 05:32 on 19 Jun to 05:37 o [BBC]
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