Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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 withheldSaturday, 18 January 2014
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Joe8:45 PM
G GUY: I assume you have this manual. Redirect Notice
Can't you just delete the channels you don't want. (BB24TS)
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Sunday, 18 January 2015
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G GUY8:57 PM
Ammanford
How can I retune my Freeview box to get TRU TV from carmel Carmarthensjire mast?
I am SA18 1PH and can recieve all other freeview channels.
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G's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dave Lindsay
9:57 PM
9:57 PM
G GUY: truTV is carried on COM5 multiplex, which is also home to Pick, Dave, Really and others. From Carmerl COM5 is on UHF channel 58.
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Sunday, 29 March 2015
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Chris Kitching10:59 AM
Hi
Can you tell me if I will be able to get Community Chanel in SD or HD from the Carmel transmitter
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Dave Lindsay
12:40 PM
12:40 PM
Chris Kitching: A full list of Freeview services is available here:
Digital UK Industry - Channel listings
Community on LCN63 is carried on COM7 multiplex which is the quasi-national one that also carries HD services. Unfortunately it isn't broadcast from Carmel and isn't likely to be. If you can receive it from another transmitter then you will need a Freeview HD (DVB-T2) receiver, even for standard definition services carried on that multiplex.
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Sunday, 19 July 2015
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chris kitching7:26 PM
Hi
Is there any problem with channel 37 Quest as all I see is message ' no programme' when the guide
displays a normal programme
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jb388:17 PM
chris kitching: Quest (37) is transmitted on the same Multiplex (COM4) as ITV3, if you can receive the latter but not Quest you should try carrying out a "manual" tune on Carmels C54 (COM4) to refresh the content of the guide, as the programme has possibly dropped out due to a tuner glitch.
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Thursday, 15 October 2015
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Mr Silke12:48 PM
I have no signal on my TV neither do any of my neighbors.
What is the problem and when can we expect a service to resume.
It would have been better if I could have phoned you
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Saturday, 9 January 2016
D
Dave9:25 AM
Brian
An update for the website transmitter pages:
ITV HD (Cymru Wales) replaced ITV HD (Central West) on all transmitters in Wales on 25 August 2015.
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Sunday, 27 March 2016
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Michael Spoors9:59 AM
I live in South Wales, Llanelli near Swansea.
Why is the Carmel (Carmarthenshire) mast not one of the extended Freeview HD transmitters ?It seems rather sad I am unable to receive more HD channels, which most of the rest of the UK can receive.
Are there plans to improve this situation?
Thanks
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