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Freeview Light on the Abergavenny (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Abergavenny (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 3,100 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 Abergavenny (Monmouthshire, Wales) mast?

Abergavenny transmitter - Abergavenny transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Screen may go black 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 Abergavenny 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
C39+ (618.2MHz)481mDTG-200W
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
C42 (642.0MHz)481mDTG-200W
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)481mDTG-200W
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 Abergavenny (Monmouthshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Abergavenny transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 36km south-southwest (196°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 40km south-southwest (199°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Abergavenny (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1969-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-1330 Jun 2019-
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C3BBCtvwaves
C11ITVwaves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves BBCA
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+BBCA

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 1000W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 200W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe 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.

Comments
Monday, 13 June 2011
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Arthur
5:44 PM

Hi There

Had major problems yesterday with freeview I ccould not receive any freeview. Today still cannot receive any BBC channels is this being and only recievining 8 TV channels and no radio.
On Friday I was receiving 13 TV and 8 radio stations.

Is there further work being done to correct BBC channels at present?

Thank you for any response

Arthur

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Briantist
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7:00 PM

Arthur: No, there is no work being done. Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?

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Monday, 7 May 2012
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Chris Jones
10:05 AM

just had several losses of signal from the Abergavenny trasnmitter - frozen picture then loss of signal.

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Friday, 18 May 2012
Briantist
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9:48 AM

Chris Jones: Hi. Please can you see the Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for help with that?

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Tuesday, 26 June 2012
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Mike
8:16 AM

No ITV channels on both my freeview boxes, service went down at approx 8pm yesterday. Any idea why this is?

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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Briantist
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3:51 PM

Mike: If you are still having the problem, please see the Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice page.

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Monday, 7 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
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10:47 AM

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