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.
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 481m | DTG- | 200W |
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) | 481m | DTG- | 200W |
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) | 481m | DTG- | 200W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview 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?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 36km south-southwest (196°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
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?
1969-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | ||||
C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +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
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Monday, 13 June 2011
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Arthur5:44 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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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 Jones10:05 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
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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Mike8:16 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
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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Abergavenny transmitter - Abergavenny transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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