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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)331mDTG-40,000W
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
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)331mDTG-40,000W
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
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)331mDTG-40,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H -6dB
C25 (506.0MHz)331mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
 E4 (Wales), 20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -6dB
C22+ (482.2MHz)331mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -6dB
C28 (530.0MHz)331mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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
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
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-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Oct 2018
VHFA K TW TW TA K TA K T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C25SDNSDN
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C28ArqBArqB
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C56tv_offC5wavesC5waves

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

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. BlaenPlwyf 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:09 AM

BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]

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Sunday, 30 October 2016
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Kevin sweet
5:23 PM
Aberaeron

Intermittent reception all day. Not just to our TVs but others in my area too. Sa48 7pp. Blaenplwf transmitter. Happens only 2-3 times a year but allegedly never a problem with transmitters.

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jb38
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8:43 PM

Kevin sweet / Et-al : Conditions in the troposphere associated with areas of high pressure is presently affecting reception in numerous areas of the UK, the Western side of the country in particular, the effect of being either a complete loss of reception or the reception of some channels and not others.

Unfortunately these conditions are forecast on the Hepburn Tropo index chart as not clearing the UK until next Thursday Nov 3rd, albeit variable conditions are expected between now and then. The main point about this being *not* to retune your equipment as all this will do is to blank out everything stored in the tuner, this then requiring a series of retunes to find out if they have returned, an action not previously required as the channels would have returned of their own accord.

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Monday, 31 October 2016
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Rita
2:29 PM
Hook

jb38: my digital channels have no signal, i am in hook hants rg27 9jz this started last night., &. Most of today.

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:57 PM

Rita: The problem referred to is most likely caused by tropospheric conditions associated with areas of high pressure, as its presently affecting reception in numerous other areas of the UK, albeit Southern areas in particular, the effect of being either a complete loss of reception, or reception of some channels and not others.

Unfortunately nothing can be done to alleviate this problem as its a natural occurrence, the main thing to remember being *not* to retune your TV or box, as the signal will return on its own when conditions improve whereas *not* if a retune was carried out, as this action blanks out everything stored in the tuner, frequent retunes then being required to find out if reception has returned to normal.





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Saturday, 25 February 2017
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Ian
12:24 PM

Anyone having problems receiving Freeview HD channels from BlaenPwlyf Since yesterday Friday 24 Feb 2017 have lost all HD channels, non HD channels are fine.

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MikeP
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6:59 PM

Ian:

There are no reported problems with the BlaenPwlyf transmitter currently.

Check your signal strength top ensure it is between 50% and 85% on the HD services.



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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
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Carson
10:15 PM

Sa389et Brongest

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Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

11:33 PM

BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:47 today to 16:09 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 09:01 today to 12:19 today. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:33 AM

BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:47 yesterday to 16:09 yesterday, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 09:01 yesterday to 12:19 yesterday. [BBC]

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