Freeview Light on the Alltwen (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Alltwen (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,000 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 Alltwen (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter._______
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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Alltwen (Neath Port Talbot, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Alltwen 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 2W |
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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 158m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Alltwen (Neath Port Talbot, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Alltwen transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 50km east-southeast (120°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-cymru-wales.jpg)
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 50km southeast (126°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Alltwen (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Kilvey Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 7 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Jan 08:58 until 7 Jan 09:00. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Feb 10:18 until 4 Feb 12:01. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Feb 10:18 until 4 Feb 12:01. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Mar 10:15 until 12 Mar 11:01. . [BBC]
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Friday, 20 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Mar 10:15 until 12 Mar 11:01. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 June 2020
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John Stubberfield5:12 PM
jckintnovr: Plympton transmitter works are supposed to be finished - After all the usual restarts and retunes I am only receiving a reduced service in Millbrook .Cornwall : channels 40 , 41 and 42 are perfect , the others non-existent ( This applies to my TV set as well as the BT box ) Any ideas ?
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Saturday, 26 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:49 AM
7:49 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 07:00 until 26 Dec 07:21. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 04:49 until 26 Dec 05:42. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:51 AM
7:51 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Dec 05:29. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 07:00 until 26 Dec 07:21. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 04:49 until 26 Dec 05:42. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:57 AM
10:57 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Dec 05:29 until 27 Dec 07:49. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 07:00 until 26 Dec 07:21. Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 04:49 until 26 Dec 05:42. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 31 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:50 AM
7:50 AM
ALLTWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Dec 05:29 until 27 Dec 07:49. . [BBC]
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