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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 113km south-southeast (149°)
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, 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 withheldFriday, 15 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 on 12 Apr to 05:55 on 12 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:51 yesterday to 14:50 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:33 yesterday to 13:45 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 on 12 Apr to 05:55 on 12 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:51 on 14 Apr to 14:50 on 14 Apr, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:33 on 14 Apr to 13:45 on 14 Apr, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 14 Apr to [BBC]
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Friday, 27 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 today to 14:56 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:15 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 today to 14:56 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 13:23 on 25 May [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 today to 16:54 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 today to 14:56 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 today to 14:56 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:15 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 1 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 today to 16:54 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 today to 14:56 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:15 today to 20:13 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 today to 14:56 today, Radio 2 FM Wea [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 yesterday to 16:54 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 yesterday to 14:56 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 yesterday to 14:56 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:15 yesterday to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 yesterday to 16:54 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 yesterday to 14:56 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 13:23 on 25 May to 13:58 on 25 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 yesterday to [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 on 27 May to 16:54 on 27 May. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 on 27 May to 14:56 on 27 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 13:23 on 25 May to 13:58 on 25 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 on 27 May to [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:31 PM
5:31 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 on 27 May to 16:54 on 27 May. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 on 27 May to 14:56 on 27 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 on 27 May to 14:56 on 27 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:15 on 27 May to [BBC]
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Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:31 AM
11:31 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:15 on 27 May to 16:54 on 27 May. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 on 27 May to 14:56 on 27 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 16:15 on 27 May to 20:13 on 27 May, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 14:25 on 27 May to [BBC]
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