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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter._______
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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Michael8:47 AM
Chris, you might wish to ask Arqiva whether the radiation pattern OR the position/height of the antenna on the Carmel mast has changed. Respondents can be very canny with generalisations; specific queries just might elicit some useful info! At this moment, 22 July 09:38, channel 48 from Carmel is stable on my mini-log (Antiference Silver Sensor) pointed out a groundfloor window overlooking the Bristol Channel.
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Derek Brabrook11:06 AM
Update on channel 48 ....its sprung to life overnight
Did I rescan this morning and all channels on 48 available
(I think somebody flicked a switch ....)
Anyway thanks for all the input and help obviously a transmitter
Issue
But fixed now
and mellie .....take a chill pill (grin)
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Chris.SE11:59 AM
Well that's great news Derek. I'm very keen to find out how/why & whether Arqiva actually did something or whether maybe the wind has shaken one of the panels and a connection happened ;) !!!
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.
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Roger Mellie12:38 PM
Derek Brabrook: Well you can certainly smell the cows on here today....
Glad you fixed your fault, even if your not prepared to own up to what you did and insist on blaming others.
Feel free to walt up your past glories and quote more crap about BID250 to help make yourself feel important.
Odd that absolutely no one else reported a problem, eh? other than Michael who isnt in the same area so his problem isnt the same, and chrisse who jumps on everything on here anyway
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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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Friday, 9 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 today to 15:05 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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