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 withheldMonday, 18 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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CARMEL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 28 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:39 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 29 January 2016
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CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:27 yesterday to 22:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 30 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:27 on 28 Jan to 22:58 on 28 Jan. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
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CARMEL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
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CARMEL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:39 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
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CARMEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 14:56 today to 15:03 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:39 today to 12:58 today. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CARMEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 14:56 yesterday to 15:03 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:39 yesterday to 12:58 yesterday. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Thursday, 18 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
CARMEL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 14:56 on 16 Feb to 15:03 on 16 Feb, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:39 on 16 Feb to 12:58 on 16 Feb. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CARMEL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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