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The symbol shows the location of the Long Mountain (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 9,500 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 Long Mountain (Powys, Wales) mast?

Long Mountain transmitter - Long Mountain transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Long Mountain 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
C33- (569.8MHz)454mDTG-400W
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
C36 (594.0MHz)454mDTG-400W
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
C48 (690.0MHz)454mDTG-400W
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 Long Mountain (Powys, 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 Long Mountain transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 128km south (186°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 132km south (187°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Long Mountain (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Oct 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TK T
C33BBCA
C36D3+4
C48BBCB
C53tv_offD3+4
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C57tv_offBBCB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C60tv_off-BBCA
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 4 Nov 09 and 3 Dec 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 1000W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Long Mountain 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. Long Mountain 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

Comments
Friday, 9 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 PM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 today to 04:42 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 today to 05:10 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 today to 04:42 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 today to 15:06 today, BBC N [BBC]

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Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 yes [BBC]

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8:08 AM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:25 [BBC]

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11:08 AM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 yesterday to 04:42 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:25 [BBC]

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Sunday, 11 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 on 09 Aug to 04:42 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 on 09 Aug to 05:10 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 on 09 Aug to 04:42 on 09 Aug. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on [BBC]

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2:08 PM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 on 09 Aug to 04:42 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 on 09 Aug to 05:10 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 on 09 Aug to 04:42 on 09 Aug. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:25 [BBC]

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Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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11:08 AM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 on 09 Aug to 04:42 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:37 on 09 Aug to 04:42 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 04:42 on 09 Aug to 05:10 on 09 Aug. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on [BBC]

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Sunday, 10 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:28 PM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 9 May 18:03 until 9 May 18:11. . [BBC]

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Monday, 15 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 PM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jun 08:15 until 15 Jun 08:22. . [BBC]

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Monday, 24 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
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7:28 AM

LONG MOUNTAIN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 21 Aug 10:08 until 21 Aug 12:30. . [BBC]

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