Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter._______
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?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 68km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
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 withheldThursday, 2 August 2018
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Huw2:19 PM
Will freesport and premier sports ever be available from the Carmel transmitter? And if so when
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StevensOnln13:56 PM
Huw: Premier Sports is a subscription channel and is not available on Freeview. Freesports is broadcast on the temporary COM8 multiplex which (along with COM7) covers around 70% of UK households from 30 main transmitters and is expected to close in the next few years when the 700MHz band is handed over to the mobile networks. None of the broadcasters on COM7/8 have announced what the long term plans are for their channels, but you could try contacting them and ask.
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Friday, 10 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 PM
6:07 PM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 AM
12:07 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 today to 01:23 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 today to 01:11 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 today to 01:43 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 AM
9:07 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 PM
9:07 PM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 AM
12:07 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 yesterday to 01:23 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 yesterday to 01:43 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 yesterday to 01:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 on 10 Aug to 01:23 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 on 10 Aug to 01:11 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 on 10 Aug to 01:43 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:07 AM
9:07 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:08 on 10 Aug to 01:11 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:21 on 10 Aug to 01:23 on 10 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:42 on 10 Aug to 01:43 on 10 Aug. [BBC]
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