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 18/09/2023 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 withheldSunday, 11 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on 09 Aug to 15:05 on 09 Aug. [BBC]
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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
C
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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Friday, 11 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 03:38 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 03:38 today to 10:46 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 03:38 yesterday to 10:46 yesterday. [BBC]
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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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Sunday, 13 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CARMEL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. [BBC]
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