Full Freeview on the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 BlaenPlwyf 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 BlaenPlwyf transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 113km south-southeast (149°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 115km south-southeast (151°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the BlaenPlwyf (Ceredigion, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Oct 2018 | ||||
VHF | A K T | W T | W T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C56tv_off | C5waves | C5waves |
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 10 Feb 10 and 10 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 40kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
Analogue 5 | (-14dB) 4kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Blaenplwyf transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 3 January 2016
Transmitter engineering
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:51 on 30 Dec to 12:07 on 30 Dec. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 23:49 on 29 Dec to 07:26 on 30 Dec, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 08:53 on 30 Dec to 11:50 on 30 Dec, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 23:49 on 29 Dec to [BBC]
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:51 on 30 Dec to 12:07 on 30 Dec. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 08:53 on 30 Dec to 11:50 on 30 Dec, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 23:49 on 29 Dec to 07:26 on 30 Dec, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 08:53 on 30 Dec to [BBC]
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Monday, 1 February 2016
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 9 February 2016
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 today to 05:55 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 April 2016
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 yesterday to 05:55 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 on 12 Apr to 05:55 on 12 Apr. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 on 12 Apr to 05:55 on 12 Apr. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 on 12 Apr to 05:55 on 12 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:51 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:33 today to 13:45 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today to 11:55 today. [BBC]
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BLAENPLWYF transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:50 on 12 Apr to 05:55 on 12 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 13:51 today to 14:50 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:33 today to 13:45 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today to 11:55 today. [BBC]
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