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.
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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.
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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 113km south-southeast (149°)
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, 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 withheldSaturday, 27 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:48 today to 10:32 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:35 today to 02:54 today. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 09:48 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 02:21 today to 02:54 today, Radio 3 FM Weak S [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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2:09 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:48 today to 10:32 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:35 today to 02:54 today. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 09:48 today to 11:25 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 02:21 today to 02:54 today, Ra [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:48 yesterday to 10:32 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:35 yesterday to 02:54 yesterday. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 09:48 yesterday to 11:25 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 02:21 [BBC]
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Monday, 29 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:48 on 27 Apr to 10:32 on 27 Apr, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:35 on 27 Apr to 02:54 on 27 Apr. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 02:21 on 27 Apr to 02:54 on 27 Apr, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 09:48 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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5:09 PM
BLAENPLWYF transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:48 on 27 Apr to 10:32 on 27 Apr, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:35 on 27 Apr to 02:54 on 27 Apr. FM: Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 09:48 on 27 Apr to 11:25 on 27 Apr, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 02:21 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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Paul Vivash9:38 AM
Aberystwyth
I cannot get Channel 99 (Smithsonian). I have re-tuned my TV..
I'm at SY23 3NT on the Blaenpwyf transmitter.
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StevensOnln13:44 PM
Paul Vivash: Blaen Plwyf does not broadcast Smithsonian Channel (nor any of the COM7 or COM8 channels).
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Friday, 2 August 2019
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StevensOnln13:04 PM
Philip Davies: Only Sony (the owner of the channel) can do that. No one on this independent technical help website has any influence other the decisions taken by the owner of any channel.
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Saturday, 3 August 2019
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Chris.SE12:25 AM
Philip Davies:
Please see True Entertainment | free and easy on the True Entertainment pages on this site and the many other posts from regular contributors.
Paul Vivash: and Philip Davies:
You may find Digital UK | Channel listings useful as well as putting your postcodes into Digital UK - Coverage checker to see what your predicted reception of which transmitters and multiplexes might be.
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