Full Freeview on the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter which serves 360,000 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Wenvoe 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Wenvoe transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 6km northeast (42°)
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, 1km east-northeast (74°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Abergwesyn | Active deflector | 7 km N Llanwrtyd Wells | 20 homes |
Barry | Transposer | 10 km SW city centre | 300 homes |
Celtic Manor | Transposer | 5 km E Newport | 80 homes |
Pentrebach | Transposer | 3 km S Merthyr Tydfil | 100 homes |
Ystradfellte | Active deflector | 30 km NE Port Talbot | 20 homes |
How will the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 15 May 2019 | ||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | W T | ||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C30 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | ||
C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
C45 | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | LCF | LCF | ||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
com8 | (-9.7dB) 53.2kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com7 | (-10.3dB) 47kW | |
Mux 1*, LCF | (-17dB) 10kW | |
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 5kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Sunday, 15 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 03:26 on 13 Jan to 03:30 on 13 Jan. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 09:13 today to 09:16 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 09:13 yesterday to 09:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 09:13 yesterday to 09:16 yesterday. FM: Radio Cymru FM Weak Signal from 17:16 today to 19:12 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 09:13 on 01 Feb to 09:16 on 01 Feb. FM: Radio Cymru FM Weak Signal from 17:16 yesterday to 19:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 09:13 on 01 Feb to 09:16 on 01 Feb. FM: Radio Cymru FM Weak Signal from 17:16 on 02 Feb to 19:12 on 02 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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peter wilce2:44 PM
is there a problem with bbc 1 today ?
since last night my 3 samsung tvs have been suffering from intermittent drop outs where the tv switches itself off and on about every 5 mins I live in peterston but today its started happening with my mother in laws samsung tv in llanishen and one of her neighbours . none are connected to the internet but within range of a wifi signal .
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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