Freeview Light on the Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ferryside (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 Ferryside (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 Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Ferryside 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 25W |
 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 -7dB | C30- (545.8MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 5W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 25W |
 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 Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Ferryside transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 84km east-southeast (112°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 83km east-southeast (115°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2004 | 2005-13 | 31 Dec 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | SDN | SDN | ||||
| C30 | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 29 Nov 04 and 30 Mar 05.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| SDN, BBCA, BBCB | 25W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-0.4dB) 23W | |
| D3+4 | (-7dB) 5W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli transmitter area
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Saturday, 17 December 2011
Stuart O.
2:29 PM
Wrexham
2:29 PM
Wrexham
I don't know if anyone has ever asked this, but although Ferryside was the first transmitter to go digital, the fact that it's a relay, I don't understand why it has a 4th multiplex transmitting from it (SDN).
All other relays appear to have 3 or 6 multiplexes so why does this have 4?
Is this just a one-off special as it was the first one to switch so Ferryside viewers just have that extra privilege than other Freeview Lite viewers?
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Stuart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Stuart O.: Ferryside was the first transmitter in the UK to switch in 2005:
BBC NEWS | Wales | South West Wales | Two towns pioneer digital TV
Perhaps carrying SDN has come about as a result of that and it wouldn't have got it otherwise (its ERP is only 25W).
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Sunday, 18 December 2011
Stuart O.
1:28 PM
Wrexham
1:28 PM
Wrexham
Hi Dave Lindsay,
As I said in my post above,'it was the first one to switch', but thanks anyway for the BBC news link.
I've noticed in the past how you seem to be able to respond to my posts so soon after posting them.
I was just curious so I hope you don't mind me asking, but how are you able to respond to my posts so soon after posting them?
Are you one of the people who run this website? Therefore do you receive an email every time someone posts something on the site and as to what and where they posted on the site?
I'm interested to know so hope you can explain.
Thanks.
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Stuart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Stuart O.: I keep checking the last 50 comments made on this site:
Last 50 posted comments on UK Free TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
I'm not one of the people who run the site, just happy to help.
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Thursday, 15 November 2012
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frank ward7:19 PM
Kilgetty
just moved to sa68 postcode (Kilgetty) area, according to the reception post code checker I can not get a signal from any transmitter at this location? must say I thought this might be the case as all local arrays are on mile high poles and point in all directions, looks like I have to stay on free to air satellite. Don't suppose there are any plans to upgrade transmission, or am i just being silly?
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frank's: mapF's Freeview map terrainF's terrain plot wavesF's frequency data F's Freeview Detailed Coverage
frank ward: Predictors can never be entirely accurate. They certainly don't say what you "should" be able to receive.
The fact that you live on a slope could be an issue as it could mean that what can and cannot be received varies by property. And of course, being in a bungalow you are lower to the ground (I assume this to be the case having looked at Streetview). Looking at where others are receiving from may be a useful start.
By my reckoning, there are a number of aerials on Preseli which is in the direction that the land goes upwards.
Some aerials appear to be pointing at Huntshaw Cross (154 degrees, horizontally polarised). However this is across the Severn and therefore doesn't broadcast Welsh regional programming.
Then there are a few vertically polarised aerials pointing east which could be on Ferryside (83 degrees) or perhaps Kilvey Hill (104 degrees). The thing with Ferryside is that it is 15 miles away and is only a few watts, so anything less than line-of-sight won't work. Plus Greenhill is co-channel on 21 (BBC) and 24 (HD) which probably explains why Ferryside is at 25W for these whereas 30 (ITV1, C4 etc) is 5W.
Where does your aerial or aerials point?
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Friday, 23 May 2014
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june perry12:27 PM
I am so fed up with seeing NO SIGNAL on my tv. especially in the middle of watching a programme.I,m sure we didn,t have this problem with analogue.this happens so often.our signal went at 8.30 this morning and its still not back at lunchtime so I suppose its another day with no tv till teatime.
we oldies rely on our daily entertainment ,ah! well back to the kindle I suppose.moan over.
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Sunday, 13 July 2014
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Graham.5:43 PM
This page for the Ferryside transmitter says that it only carries bbc a, bbc b and d3+4. In fact it states that sdn channels are not available. However, the section lower down with changes over time includes sdn on channel 27. Certainly we seem to get 27 with the same strength as the others. Is the information wrong?
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jb386:22 PM
Graham : SDN being mentioned would indeed appear to be an error, however if you can view programmes on SDN such as ITV3 etc then you will likely be receiving it from the Preseli transmitter, a way to verify being to carry out a signal check whilst viewing ITV3 and note the number of the Mux channel associated with the strength / quality, if its C42 then the transmission is from Preseli.
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Monday, 14 July 2014
Dave Lindsay
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
Graham.; jb38: The Ferryside transmitter is unique. It was the first transmitter to be converted to digital and carries PSB1, PSB2, PSB3 (HD) and COM4 (SDN). It is probably for this reason that this website has trouble showing it - because usually transmitters are either PSB-only or PSB+COMs 4, 5 and 6.
http://webarchive.nationa….pdf
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