Freeview Light on the Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) mast?
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 22:10 until 10 Dec 21:31. Poor quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 19:15 until 6 Dec 21:44. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 09:23 until 6 Dec 09:28. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 07:51 until 6
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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 Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Abertillery 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 442m | DTG- | 56W |
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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 442m | DTG- | 56W |
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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 442m | DTG- | 56W |
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 Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Abertillery transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 25km south-southwest (198°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 30km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Abertillery (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C32 | 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 | 280W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 56W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 5 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 13:30 until 5 Dec 14:07. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Dec 17:43. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 13:30 until 5 Dec 14:07. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Dec 17:43 until 5 Dec 18:03. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 13:30 until 5 Dec 14:07. . [BBC]
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Friday, 6 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 09:23 until 6 Dec 09:28. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 07:51 until 6 Dec 07:59. Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Dec 17:43 until 5 Dec 18:03. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 13:30 until 5 Dec [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Poor quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 19:15. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 09:23 until 6 Dec 09:28. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 07:51 until 6 Dec 07:59. Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Dec 17:43 until 5 Dec 18:03. Off the a [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 22:10. Poor quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 19:15 until 6 Dec 21:44. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 09:23 until 6 Dec 09:28. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 07:51 until 6 Dec 07:59. Poor q [BBC]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 22:10 until 9 Dec 17:50. Poor quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 19:15 until 6 Dec 21:44. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 09:23 until 6 Dec 09:28. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 07:51 until 6 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
ABERTILLERY transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 22:10 until 10 Dec 21:31. Poor quality due to a fault from 6 Dec 19:15 until 6 Dec 21:44. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 09:23 until 6 Dec 09:28. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 07:51 until 6 [BBC]
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