Freeview Light on the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter which serves 17,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) mast?
ARFON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 18 Sep 08:13 until 18 Sep 09:40. . 
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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 Arfon (Gwynedd, 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 Arfon 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 | C29+ (538.2MHz) | 611m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 611m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 611m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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 Arfon (Gwynedd, 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 Arfon transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 184km south-southeast (158°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 186km south-southeast (159°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1962-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 14 Nov 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
| C10 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | |||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-27dB) 4W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
ARFON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:56 today to 15:11 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:56 today to 15:11 today [BBC]
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Friday, 6 April 2012
ARFON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:56 yesterday to 15:11 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:56 yesterday to 15:11 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 April 2012
ARFON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:56 on 05 Apr to 15:11 on 05 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:56 on 05 Apr to 15:11 on 05 Apr [BBC]
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Friday, 13 April 2012
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Aerialman1:29 PM
Arfon,is one of those more interesting Transmitter sites.
Origionally a VHF Band 3 TV transmitter,broadcasting ITV, HTV Wales on Channel 10, Horizontal polarization at 10KW.
A relay of Presely at that time.Commission date:9/11/62.
Then on 17/10/75,Arfon also started to Brodcast BBC 1/BBC 2/HTV Wales on channels
51/44/41 respectively,Vertical polarization on UHF.
According to the IBA at the time,this transmitter was broadcasting all TV channels at 3.6Kw,but in the BBC handbook at 3.5Kw. Up until the last listing of analogue Transmitters on the BBC website Arfon was then broadcasting at 4.2Kw?
Then i see your information showing that Arfon's analogue powers as being only 4 Watts!
What's the full story?
If you look at any other UHF Main/relay station,particularly during the UHF analogue era,transmitter powers were uniformed.
I 'cut my teeth'using this Transmitter for domestic installs well down the Cardigan coastline as far as Aberaeron/Tre-saith,where reception of both Blaenplwyf and Preseli was impossible.Ocassionally reception suffered from tidal fading,though mast head Amplifiers largely compensated for any losses.
Arfon also broadcasts Classic FM at 18.75Kw mixed pol and Heart?Cymru at 5Kw mixed pol on Band 2 VHF/FM.DAB:BBC/Digital 1 on Band 3 VHF.
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Aerialman1:35 PM
The other interesting aspect of the Arfon TV transmitter is that it is well received on the East coast of Eire particularly in the Dublin and Wicklow areas.At 2Kw,i would imagine that DTT from Arfon is quite robust in these areas.
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Aerialman1:40 PM
More interesting facts:largest stayed mast brodacasting as a relay station.Highest relay station in the country:mean aerial heigt=601 meters.
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Saturday, 14 April 2012
Aerialman: OK...
The top highest (datum) relays are:
611m Arfon
608m Strathyre Link
581m Strabane
578m North Hessary Tor
557m Kielder
556m Braemar
542m Alston
530m Kirkconnel
530m South Knapdale
513m Llandrindod Wells
504m Ebbw Vale
500m Tullich
497m Llandinam
488m Tomintoul
And the lowest:
13m Attadale
16m Borve
16m Turnpike Hill
17m Brading
21m Cromarty
22m Grimsby
23m Easter Compton
23m Ardintoul
23m Lochinver
23m Hythe Marina
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Garret7:19 PM
We pickup BBC, ITV, S4C, CH4 here in South Dublin (Shankill - D18) quite well (with a masthead amp)
curiously the HD broadcasts don't come in well at all - those channels were fine a couple of weeks ago but seemed to have dropped off now without trace which surprises me as these have the same power output as the SD channels.
Great to be able to pick up all those channels though!
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Thursday, 19 April 2012
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Aerialman5:01 PM
Garret,It's quite possible that you are receiving a marginal signal from the Cairn Hill transmitter in the Irish Midlands which will cancel out the BBC B/HD Mux from Arfon,both on Channel 47.
Cairn Hill does stray into areas,south of Dublin and at 160Kw is an powerful transmitter.Erespective of different polarizations,between the two transmitters.
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