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The symbol shows the location of the Dolybont (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter which serves 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 Dolybont (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Dolybont 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
C39 (618.0MHz)126mDTG-20W
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
C42 (642.0MHz)126mDTG-20W
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
C45 (666.0MHz)126mDTG-20W
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 Dolybont (Ceredigion, 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 Dolybont transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 122km south-southeast (154°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 125km south-southeast (156°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

BrynrodynActive deflector7 km N Aberystwyth1 homes 200 caravans

How will the Dolybont (Ceredigion, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1331 Oct 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C53tv_offBBCB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C57tv_offBBCA
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C60tv_offD3+4
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 33W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-2.2dB) 20W

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. Dolybont 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

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Tuesday, 27 September 2016
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11:32 PM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:22 today. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
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5:31 AM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:22 yesterday to 00:29 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 29 September 2016
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5:31 AM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:22 on 27 Sep to 00:29 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 30 September 2016
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5:31 AM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:22 on 27 Sep to 00:29 on 28 Sep. [BBC]

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Sunday, 27 November 2016
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10:33 AM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 yesterday to 13:15 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 28 November 2016
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5:33 AM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 12:59 on 26 Nov to 13:15 on 26 Nov. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 28 December 2016
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7:33 PM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:21 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 29 December 2016
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4:32 AM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:21 yesterday to 23:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 30 December 2016
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DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:21 on 28 Dec to 23:13 on 28 Dec. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
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11:33 PM

DOLYBONT transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]

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