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The symbol shows the location of the Bethesda (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter which serves 800 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 Bethesda (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bethesda 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 (618.0MHz)196mDTG-5W
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- (641.8MHz)196mDTG-5W
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)196mDTG-5W
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 Bethesda (Gwynedd, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Bethesda transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 195km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 198km south-southeast (165°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Bethesda (Gwynedd, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1314 Nov 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C39BBCA
C42D3+4
C45BBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCA
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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?

Analogue 1-4 25W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 5W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona 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. Bethesda was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:23 today to 01:59 today [BBC]

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Thursday, 19 January 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:29 AM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:23 yesterday to 01:59 yesterday [BBC]

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Friday, 20 January 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:23 on 18 Jan to 01:59 on 18 Jan [BBC]

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Monday, 1 July 2013
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Lyndon Freeman
8:52 PM
Bangor

Hi
Postcode LL57 3TA house No 9 aerial mounted 15 foot from the ground on the rear wall.
I am using the Bethesda transmitter and my next door neighbour also uses the same but he is using a old BBC2 aerial set horizontally not vertically and pointing away from the transmitter (which is in direct line of site)by about 45 degrees at the Quarry he also gets the additional 27 channels I set my aerial the same retuned my TV and got the additional channels but with only a poor signal strength 30%, mounted vertically pointing directly at transmitter which is about 1 mile away the best signal I can get is 66% (with or without the booster) and when the wind blows or there is the slightest bit of rain or mist I lose the signal completely but my neighbours signal stays strong. I have even bought a new high gain aerial,booster and low loss cable but I still lose the signal. Any advise would be very helpful as I am fed up of going up and down a ladder every time the weather changes.
Thank You.

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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
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jb38
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12:27 AM

Lyndon Freeman: I realise that you have said you are using the Bethesda transmitter @ 1 mile / 257 degrees (V polarity) which uses mux channels 57 - 60 - 53, but though the Bethesda North transmitter @ 0.6 miles / 257 degrees (V polarity) is indicated as providing superior reception, it operating on mux Channels 28 - 25 - 22.

As far as your neighbour is concerned, what are these extra channels you refer to? as if he is managing to receive anything "extra" from the Llanddona transmitter @ 9 miles / 341 degrees (H) polarity then its purely through chance as its commercial channels are not indicated as being possible to receive at your location, the three commercial muxes being identified by being able to pick up ITV3 (10) - Pick TV (11) - Film 4 (15), and so does your neighbour receive any of those programme channels? these programme channels corresponding to mux channels 43 - 46 - 40.

The other point to note being that the PSB channels from Llanddona are single frequency with Bethesda i.e: 57 - 60 - 53 whereby making it difficult to know where you are picking the signal up from.

I will say though that your neighbours old BBC2 aerial aerial which might be a C/D type (identified by green plastic end plug on the elements horizontal support boom) would be better for Llanddona reception "if" your aerial is a group A type (red plastic end plug) which was installed for Bethesda North transmissions at the bottom end of the band, although if you reside in the end property with what looks like a flowering cherry tree in the garden then the two far end houses behind the metal gate could be blocking the signal from Llanddona, that is apart from the major block indicated on the terrain predictor at roughly 1 mile away from you.

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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
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7:23 PM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 13 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:23 AM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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1:23 PM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 yesterday to 23:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 yesterday to 23:37 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 14 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:24 AM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 on 12 Feb to 23:37 on 12 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:08 on 12 Feb to 23:37 on 12 Feb. [BBC]

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Saturday, 7 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
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10:32 AM

BETHESDA transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:22 today to 08:26 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:22 today to 08:26 today. [BBC]

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