Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 72,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast?
Carmel transmitter - Carmel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 Carmel (Carmarthenshire, 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 Carmel 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 Carmel (Carmarthenshire, 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 Carmel transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 68km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 68km southeast (127°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Abergorlech | Active deflector | Dyfed | 5 homes |
| Cwmere | Active deflector | 11 km NE Aberystwyth | 10 homes |
How will the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Jul 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | |||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C55tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C58tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
| C61 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 26 Aug 09 and 23 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux A* | (-13dB) 5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B* | (-16dB) 2.5kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 22 July 2019
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Michael 4:55 PM
Chris, re your query: "Michael: How's your received signal strength now compared to previously? Obviously depending on what the original cause was, it may not have changed much as it might have been primarily a westerly direction affected." - Hard to tell, Chris, as signals from Preseli, Kilvey Hill and Carmel fluctuate all the time with the 7m tidal range in the Bristol Channel - possibly at times in addition to CCI with Ilfracombe channels. To be sure of what has been happening since the retune exercise, I would have had to be squatting in the den 24/7, logging all three signals every 20 minutes :-) At this moment, 22 July 17:54, poking my Silver Sensor log out the window, 690 MHz from Carmel is ok, with some pixelation. A higher, longer rooftop yagi would doubtless behave better! Derek's postings suggest there just might have been a wee problem at the mast...
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Chris.SE8:35 PM
Michael:
Yes, just a "wee" problem, I'm waiting to see if Arqiva own up when I ask some "probing" questions ;)
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Michael 10:51 PM
Chris, I dearly hope you get some info or, at least, some clues from Arqiva. We might eventually get a clearer picture of challenging DTT retune happenings. Thereafter we will be musing about 5G, which triggered the DTT retune to the lower end of the DTT spectrum. As a licenced radio amateur, I am concerned about the high level of interference from VDSL and domestic digital devices. But Ofcom ain't interested... ( Here, we currently don't get any 2-3-4G signal...) We should all be concerned about the relentless downsliding quality of TV programmes. I have kept my library of books - just in case...
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Thursday, 1 August 2019
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Derek Brabrook4:37 PM
Roger Mellie:
Whatever .... (rolls eyes) mind over matter Roger ....
I don't mind and you don't matter
Bis dann.....(grin)
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019
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Hefin11:53 PM
We're not having any free to air channels on the tv or the BT you view box I have contacted BT there is no issues with them tried the aerial direct into the tv and tune I'm having nothing from Chanel 1 to 11 plunged the antenna back into the BT box retuned that is the same missing channel 1 to 11 any ideas if there is an issue at the Arqiva site at Carmel, Carmarthenshire
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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StevensOnln19:18 AM
Hefin: There are no faults showing for Carmel. Retuning was the worst thing to do as it will never fix a sudden loss of signal and you've now deleted your correctly tuned channels. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted signal strength etc.
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Michael9:45 PM
Hefin, it would indeed appear that the problem is within your system. Check all the cables and connections, then do an auto-retune. BUT remember Carmel will change channels to 23-26-29-33-36-48 on Monday 30th September. Another auto-retune should give you all the Carmel channels. If not all come up,
you may need to perform a manual retune of each of these new channels. Depending on your location you
might get interference from the Ilfracombe relay, which uses three of the same channels...
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Saturday, 21 September 2019
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Chris.SE8:45 AM
Michael:
Hi Michael, not sure what you looked at, but Carmel is already using those channels. According to DigitalUK there aren't any further planned changes at Carmel.
Hefin:
As has already been said, we can't find any sign of any reported transmitter faults at Carmel but Arqiva don't always give relevant information for the commercial multiplexes!
I would try a full factory reset for your TV and YouView box, or unplug the aerial and do an automatic tune to clear all the previous tuning and then plug the aerial back in and do a manual tune for those UHF channels mentioned in Michael's post.
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
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Michael11:35 PM
I think I posted old published dates for the Carmel retune. Sorry!
They all come through strongly on the North Devon coast.
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Wednesday, 16 October 2019
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Robert John3:03 PM
I've noticed that most BBC and some other channels now pixelate a lot on both of my tvs. Also I've just seen here that frequencies have moved from the 50s-60s range to the 20s- 40s. Would I be right in thinking I need a new aerial as I've had mine since the year dot ?
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