Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.818,-4.067 or 51°49'5"N 4°4'3"W

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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 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C23- (489.8MHz)	411m	DTG-	20,000W
	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, plus 14 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C26 (514.0MHz)	411m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	H max	C29 (538.0MHz)	411m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	411m	DTG-8	10,000W
	E4 (Wales), 20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 34 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C36 (594.0MHz)	411m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	411m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others

DTG-8 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
C49_{tv_off}					ArqB	ArqB
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C54_{tv_off}				SDN	SDN	SDN
C55_{tv_off}				_local	_local	_local	_local
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C58_{tv_off}				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves		-BBCA	-BBCA
C61				ArqB
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Carmel Freeview Carmel DAB Carmel AM/FM Carmel TV region BBC Wales Wales

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Carmel was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Transmitter engineering

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5:31 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:05 on 26 Sep to 00:13 on 26 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 10:00 today to 14:32 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 today to 14:32 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 today to 14:32 today, Radio [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:05 on 26 Sep to 00:13 on 26 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 10:00 yesterday to 14:32 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 yesterday to 14:32 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 yesterday to [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:05 on 26 Sep to 00:13 on 26 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak from 10:00 on 28 Sep to 14:32 on 28 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 on 28 Sep to 14:32 on 28 Sep, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:00 on 28 Sep to [BBC]

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Glyn Taylor
11:02 PM

You say there is no work going on, yet the last few days, and ITV have been off for longish periods in the evening; and today it is the turn of BBC to be down - no 10pm news as well as premium programmes at 9pm. (I don't watch continually)

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StevensOnln1

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11:15 PM

Glyn Taylor: work is not generally undertaken in the evenings as at this time of year it would be too dark for the engineers to see what they are doing up a and it would generate thousands of complaints from people finding their prime time viewing interrupted. It's far more likely that you're either suffering from some kind of or there is a fault with your system. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections. Does the loss of coincide with your central heating turning on or another device with an electric motor (e.g. washing machine, tumble drier, powertools, etc) being used?

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Transmitter engineering

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2:09 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 today to 08:23 today. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 yesterday to 08:23 yesterday. [BBC]

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5:09 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 on 12 Dec to 08:23 on 12 Dec. [BBC]

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Peter D. Bain
12:13 PM

Hello,
The TV set utilizes signals from the but it has not been receiving any programmes for some days now. (I'm not sure exactly how many days the problem has been happening because the set is in a bedroom and we only use it occasionally.) I've tried the auto-tune procedure a few times, using first an external and then an indoor one, but no stations have been found. The TV is a very old Sony pre-HD model so could this be an indication that there is a problem with the set?

Thanks for your.

PDB

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MikeB

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4:50 PM

Peter D. Bain: Does the TV have a seperate or is it built in?

And do other TV's in the house get a good ?

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