Full Freeview on the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 18,000 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 Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Aberdare 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 Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Aberdare transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 26km south-southeast (153°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 28km south-southeast (162°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C28 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 500W | |
| Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-10dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 02 Jun to 17:39 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:12 on 02 Jun to 14:13 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:10 on 02 Jun to 09:54 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:10 on 02 Jun to 09:54 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 02 Jun to 17:39 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:12 on 02 Jun to 14:13 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:10 on 02 Jun to 09:54 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 02 Jun to 17:39 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:12 on 02 Jun to 14:13 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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Monday, 6 June 2011
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 02 Jun to 17:39 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:10 on 02 Jun to 09:54 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:12 on 02 Jun to 14:13 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 02 Jun to 17:39 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:10 on 02 Jun to 09:54 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:12 on 02 Jun to 14:13 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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PAUL WAKEHAM5:29 PM
Merthyr Tydfil
We have problems with the picture pixilating at numerous times of the day, we do not receive all the channels that we expected. My aerial is on the roof and was installed in november 2009.i have reset the freeview box many times and nothing seems to work,can you help? Thanks, Paul Wakeham.
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PAUL's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Friday, 9 September 2011
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:11 today [BBC]
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ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:11 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 September 2011
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:11 yesterday to 23:18 yesterday [BBC]
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