Full Freeview on the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.460,-3.282 or 51°27'35"N 3°16'57"W

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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) mast?

Wenvoe transmitter - Wenvoe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels

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Which Freeview channels does the Wenvoe transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C41+ (634.2MHz)	384m	DTG-	100,000W
	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	C44 (658.0MHz)	384m	DTG-	100,000W
	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), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C47 (682.0MHz)	384m	DTG-	100,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C42+ (642.2MHz)	384m	DTG-8	50,000W
	E4 (Wales), 20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C45+ (666.2MHz)	384m	DTG-8	50,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C39+ (618.2MHz)	384m	DTG-8	50,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LCF	H -10dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	384m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd September 2014: 8 Made in Cardiff,

DTG-8 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?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 6km northeast (42°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

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	BBCtv_waves
C30								LOCAL2
C31							com7	com7
C37							com8	com8
C39						+ArqB	+ArqB	ArqB
C41		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	+BBCA	+BBCA	+BBCA	BBCA
C42					+SDN	+SDN	+SDN	SDN
C44		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C45					+ArqA	+ArqA	+ArqA	ArqA
C47		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C49_{tv_off}					+ArqB
C51_{tv_off}		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves			LCF	LCF
C55_{tv_off}								com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}								COM8_{tv_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

Local transmitter maps

Wenvoe Freeview Wenvoe DAB Wenvoe TV region BBC Wales Wales

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Wenvoe 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?

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Y Ddraig
12:18 AM

They are obviously running tests on this now as COM7/8 are changing on to Ch55 and 56 at 1am (this has happened on 24th and 25th April)

Lost all at Ch31/37 only to find them at Ch55/56. Back to Ch31/37 again in the morning.

No planned work listed online but it's obviously going on..

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Hywel
5:25 AM

I have been getting the following message recently

"E4 is moving to Ch.13, Film 4 to Ch.14, + 1 to Ch.15, and More 4 to Ch.18. Please retune from noon on Monday 13th May to ensure continued access. For retuning instructions please go to digitaluk.co.uk/howtoretune Press OK to hide this message"

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Andrew Mead
8:27 AM

(https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Wenvoe) does not show ITV (SD) channel 3 or (channel 4) under PSB2

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Lyndon morgan
8:24 PM

of ITV are distorted off tonight anyone else experiencing the same

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Lyndon morgan
8:27 PM

Itv distorted off

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B mears
6:14 PM

After retune 29/6 movies for men moved fro ch48 to ch40 . Chan 40 has now gone with no explanation as to why so Movies For Men is no longer part of in this area.
Cardiff from ? Is this to enable to be transmitted from Wenvoe

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StevensOnln1

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9:45 PM

B mears: Movies 4 Men has moved to the slot on the COM4 which is not available from transmitters in . This decision was taken by Sony, who own Movies 4 Men and the True . It has nothing to do with .

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Chris.SE

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11:34 PM

Lyndon morgan:

There's no reported faults at . It's possible that might be affected by the current weather & propagation conditions. If however your problem is continuous, then check all your coax connections etc.

B mears:
As mentioned by StevensOnln1 the changes have been made by Sony
Sony Channel changes | Freeview
Channel launches, closures and changes on 27 June 2019 | Freeview

If you go to the True Entertainment page on this site, there is a link to their Official Site True Channels and at the bottom of the page a contact us link where you can email them at info@truemovies.tv and complain about the moves to local muxes so you can no longer receive them. This is likely the only way it may change. Good luck.

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Garry
9:38 AM
Newport

Postcode np10 8xb

The very channel I require the most I cannot receive this is premier sport
I receive all other TV BBC1 SD, ITV1 SD BBC1 HD, ITV SD etc

Have deleted all channels, done a rescan without the in place then inserted aerial rescanned full coverage no premier sport though. can you advise please regards Gary

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StevensOnln1

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11:31 AM

Garry: Premier Sport is a pay TV and is not available on . If you actually mean FreeSports, it is on the COM8 (along with BBC Four HD & Quest HD) which is predicted to have good from at your postcode.

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