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Freeview Light on the Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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52.261,-3.440 or 52°15'39"N 3°26'25"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 5,900 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 Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Llandrindod Wells 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	C39+ (618.2MHz)	513m	DTG-	400W
	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 max	C42 (642.0MHz)	513m	DTG-	400W
	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	C45 (666.0MHz)	513m	DTG-	400W
	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 66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?

The Llandrindod Wells (Powys, 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 Llandrindod Wells transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 86km south (171°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 90km south (173°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Hundredhouse

Transposer

Cregrina, 8-11 km SE Llandrindod Wells

80 homes

How will the Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1969-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	31 Dec 2019-
	VHF	B E T	B E T	B E T	B E T	B E K T
C1	BBCtv_waves
C9	ITV_waves
C39		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		BBCA
C42		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C45		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCB	BBCB
C49_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	+BBCA

_{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	2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 400W

Local transmitter maps

Llandrindod Wells Freeview Llandrindod Wells AM/FM Carmel TV region BBC Wales Wales

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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Wednesday, 12 February 2014

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10:23 PM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak from 11:00 on 08 Feb to 13:12 on 08 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:46 on 08 Feb to 14:25 on 08 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:34 today to 17:38 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air fr [BBC]

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Thursday, 13 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:23 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:34 yesterday to 17:38 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 14 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:34 on 12 Feb to 17:38 on 12 Feb. [BBC]

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Saturday, 15 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:11 today to 02:03 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:34 on 12 Feb to 17:38 on 12 Feb. [BBC]

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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:34 on 12 Feb to 17:38 on 12 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:11 yesterday to 02:03 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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7:23 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:11 yesterday to 02:03 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:34 on 12 Feb to 17:38 on 12 Feb. [BBC]

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Monday, 17 February 2014

Transmitter engineering

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4:24 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:11 on 15 Feb to 02:03 on 15 Feb. [BBC]

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Sunday, 2 March 2014

Transmitter engineering

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7:21 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:37 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:37 today to 11:19 today. [BBC]

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Monday, 3 March 2014

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4:24 AM

transmitter - : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:37 yesterday to 11:19 yesterday. [BBC]

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