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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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:39 AM
10:39 AM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:06. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:38 PM
7:38 PM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:06 until 2 Mar 10:35. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 10:42 until 2 Mar 11:14. . [BBC]
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Friday, 18 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/06/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 7 July 2021
B
Babs10:02 PM
I get hd freeview through my tv & I was sent a message to retune so have reset the tv but I can't get channel 55 (5 select) at all now. How can I get it back? Is it on a new channel number AS THERE'S NOTHING ON CHANNEL 55 NOW? I'd appreciate an early reply. Kind regards Babs
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Thursday, 8 July 2021
S
StevensOnln110:03 AM
Babs: 5Select hasn't changed LCN but has moved to the PSB3 multiplex which also carries Channel 5 HD on 105. If you can get Channel 5 HD on 105 then try retuning again.
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Sunday, 15 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:50 AM
8:50 AM
ABERDARE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Aug 06:45 until 15 Aug 07:02. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Aug 06:45 until 15 Aug 07:02. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Friday, 3 December 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
Aberdare transmitter - Aberdare transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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