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 withheldFriday, 25 August 2023
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Blaenplwyf transmitter - Blaenplwyf transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 August 2023
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Monday, 4 September 2023
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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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annwen hughes9:17 AM
Ll536LZ THE SIGNAL KEEPS GOING OFF DAY & NIGHT
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Chris.SE3:22 PM
annwen hughes:
I'm afraid it's down to current weather conditions -
They have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and now extending into the Midlands and North of the country through Sunday including East Anglia, now currently affecting Wales and England. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.
IF you did retune, you'd be best manually retuning the UHF channels for your transmitter as detailed at the top section of this page.
The BBC and Freeview have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - from 07 October | Help receiving TV and radio
High pressure could affect reception across parts of the UK this week | Freeview
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Monday, 23 October 2023
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Blaenplwyf transmitter - Blaenplwyf transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 30 October 2023
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Blaenplwyf transmitter - Blaenplwyf transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Blaenplwyf transmitter - Blaenplwyf transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 6 November 2023
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Monday, 13 November 2023
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Blaenplwyf transmitter - Blaenplwyf transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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