Freeview Light on the Cilycwm (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cilycwm (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Cilycwm (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Cilycwm (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Cilycwm 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 | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 218m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 218m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 218m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Cilycwm (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Cilycwm transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 73km south-southeast (149°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 74km south-southeast (152°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Cilycwm (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 7W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.4dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area
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Saturday, 9 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 May 18:49 until 7 May 19:32. . [BBC]
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Friday, 3 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Jul 10:54. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Jul 10:54 until 3 Jul 11:05. . [BBC]
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Friday, 25 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Sep 09:29 until 24 Sep 15:07. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 23:29 until 27 Dec 00:03. . [BBC]
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Friday, 22 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:45 PM
4:45 PM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Jan 14:25 until 22 Jan 14:47. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:54 AM
4:54 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 01:17 until 16 Mar 02:43. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 00:26 until 16 Mar 00:43. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Mar 22:52 until 15 Mar 23:24. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:56 AM
10:56 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Mar 09:00. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 01:17 until 16 Mar 02:43. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 00:26 until 16 Mar 00:43. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Mar 22:52 until [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:05 PM
8:05 PM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Mar 09:00 until 16 Mar 16:14. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 01:17 until 16 Mar 02:43. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 00:26 until 16 Mar 00:43. Off the air due to a fault from [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:57 AM
4:57 AM
CILYCWM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Mar 09:00 until 16 Mar 16:14. . [BBC]
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