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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Aberdare (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) mast?
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/09/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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.
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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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
ABERDARE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
H
Haydn 11:48 PM
No tv again in hirwaun 23.42 trying to watch Wales game on BBC 2 service bit of a joke lately just had new Ariel and cable installed still lose signal
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Monday, 25 February 2019
MikeP
1:03 PM
1:03 PM
Haydn :
The current high pressure over the UK is causing the signal problems you and others report. Be patient until the weather changes and all will return to normal.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 AM
7:27 AM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 21 Jul 09:07 until 21 Jul 11:09. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jan 13:37 until 16 Jan 14:13. . [BBC]
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