Full Freeview on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 95,000 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 Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, 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)
Which Freeview channels does the Moel-Y-Parc 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 196km south (181°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Gwyddelwern | Active deflector | 17 km E Llangollen | 62 homes |
| Llandegla | Transposer | 12 km E Wrexham | 33 homes |
| Pentre-llyn-cymmer | Transposer | 18 km E Betws-y-Coed | 15 homes |
How will the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2019 | ||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | E T | W T | W T | ||
| C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C27 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | ||||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | 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 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7 | (-8.4dB) 14.3kW | |
| com8 | (-8.5dB) 14kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-20dB) 1000W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-26dB) 250W |
Local transmitter maps
Moel y Parc Freeview Moel y Parc DAB Moel y Parc AM/FM Moel-Y-Parc TV region BBC Wales WalesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 21 March 2019
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Bryan Clegg6:38 PM
I live in Rhos on Sea on the coast and can see your tra nsmitter.
Before 29 February 2019 no problem receiving S4C, i tv wales bb c wales but sadly after this Date the signal is very poor and no signal is common!!!
What has changed and will the situation get better for me!
Please reply.
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StevensOnln17:52 PM
Bryan Clegg: According to Digital UK, some channels changed frequency at the end of last month (this website has no connection with the transmitter company or any broadcaster) although that was 27th February (there was not 29th Feb this year). Depending on your exact location (please provide a full postcode) your TV may have picked up a weak signal from another transmitter when retuning. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Do not attempt to retune when you have a weak signal as this will just make the problem worse.
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Monday, 25 March 2019
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Phil10:09 AM
I am living on the Wirral with my aerial pointing to winter hill. I get com 7 channel 55 going on/off. I've noticed that moly parc Wales has com 7 on channel 55, both horizontal. I have a high gain directional aerial that I had recently installed. I think that one transmitter, mop y parc, is interferering with the winter hill signal as I'm much closer to mol y parc.
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Thursday, 28 March 2019
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Bryan Clegg8:12 PM
Colwyn Bay
My postcode is LL28 4NT
The channel 39 and 45 are definitely from moe l y parc.
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Bryan's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 20 February 2020
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Dave Makin9:03 AM
Chester
At home ( CH2 4LN ), because of large trees, I have to tune in to Moel y Parc where I can only get the Welsh BBC 1, 2 and ITVWales. At my caravan in Talacre Wales ( CH9 ) again using Moel y Parc, I can get BBC 1 North West and ITV Granada. Why can't I get these channels at home?
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StevensOnln110:28 AM
Dave Makin: Moel y Parc only broadcasts the Welsh versions of BBC1/2 and ITV, it does not broadcast BBC North West or ITV Granada. From looking at the Freeview checker, it would appear that you should be able to get a good North West/Granada signal from Winter Hill if those trees weren't in the way. You haven't given a full postcode for your caravan, however it is safe to say that you must be receiving Noth West/Granada from another transmitter at the location, rather than from Moel y Parc.
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Chris.SE8:05 PM
Dave Makin:
Apart from the fact that I can't see any CH9 postcodes in the Talacre area which way are you pointing your aerial for what you think is Moel-y-Parc? It also should be horizontal polarisation.
If you are anywhere near the Talacre Beach caravan park area and if you are pointing it S for Moel-y-parc the predicted reception is not as good as other transmitters.
Also if you are picking up North West signals, as StevensOnln1 has said you must be getting them from another transmitter.
If you are pointing your aerial S, then the NW region signals are being picked up on a "side-lobe" of your aerial - in which case you might just as well point it the direction of the NW transmitters and get a more reliable signal.
There's only 3 likely transmitters, West Kirby is a "Light" transmitter just across the water on the edge of the Wirral but vertical polarisation (bearing 80 degrees - slightly N of E), Storeton which has 6 NW muxes (due E also vertical), but more to the point, Winter Hill (ENE bearing 60 degrees) which is predicted to give excellent reception there apart from COMs 7&8 but they are only slightly worse than Moel-y-parc.
If you know the UHF channels numbers you are picking up there, that may identify the transmitter you've been getting.
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Wednesday, 15 July 2020
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Chris.SE11:04 PM
All:
Freeview have just announce the final 700MHz Clearance dates and the remaining change for Moel-y-Parc will be on the 12th August.
COM4/SDN multiplex is moving from C51 to C33.
This means that the final channels for Moel-y-Parc will be
C45, C39+, C42, C33, C36, C48, C55, and C27 that's in the order PSBs1-3, COMs4-7, & Local
Which of those multiplexes you can receive will (as always) depend upon your location, those that you currently receive should not change, there are no power changes and no further aerial changes should be required.
(Note - COM8 was closed by Arqiva for commercial reasons on the 22nd June, see Rebuilding Freeview High Definition from 2019 onwards | free and easy ).
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Chris.SE11:33 PM
Just to add to the above, if you had problems receiving the COM5/ArqA multiplex when it moved from C52 to C36, the COM7 multiplex when it moved from C32 to C55, and the Local multiplex when it moved from C56 to C27 all on the 27th February 2019, then you possibly needed an aerial upgrade if you haven't already got a Group T/Wideband aerial. After the final changes, if you are not predicted to receive the temporary COM7 HD multiplex on C55, or not interested in doing so, then a Group K aerial may be better if you are generally in a weaker signal area.
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