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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 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), | |||||
| 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Ferryside (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 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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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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Sunday, 26 January 2014
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:56 yesterday to 00:51 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:56 yesterday to 00:51 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 January 2014
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:56 on 25 Jan to 00:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:56 on 25 Jan to 00:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:56 on 25 Jan to 00:51 on 26 Jan, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:56 on 25 Jan to 00:51 on 26 Jan. [BBC]
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Friday, 7 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 yesterday to 17:43 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 yesterday to 17:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 8 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 06 Feb to 17:43 on 06 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 06 Feb to 17:43 on 06 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 PM
4:23 PM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:23 AM
4:23 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 yesterday to 23:45 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 14 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:24 AM
4:24 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 on 12 Feb to 23:45 on 12 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:31 on 12 Feb to 23:45 on 12 Feb. [BBC]
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