Freeview Light on the Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter._______
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 Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Bow Street 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 17W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43+ (650.2MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Bow Street transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 118km south-southeast (153°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 121km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Oct 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| 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 10 Feb 10 and 10 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 20W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.7dB) 17W |
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 withheldMonday, 6 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:08 AM
12:08 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:30 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:30 yesterday to 22:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:30 on 05 Aug to 22:50 on 05 Aug. [BBC]
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Friday, 26 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
3:05 PM
3:05 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:05 PM
6:05 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 today to 15:02 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 yesterday to 15:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:45 on 26 Oct to 15:02 on 26 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
2:05 PM
2:05 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 09:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 09:35 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:05 PM
8:05 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 09:35 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 today to 14:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 09:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 yesterday to 09:35 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:20 yesterday to 14:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 yesterday to 09:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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