Freeview Light on the Maentwrog (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Maentwrog (Gwynedd, 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Maentwrog (Gwynedd, Wales) mast?
MAENTWROG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 13:30 until 28 Nov 13:54. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 13:06 until 28 Nov 13:07. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 06:03 until 28 Nov 08:50. .
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Maentwrog (Gwynedd, 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 Maentwrog 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 39m | DTG- | 6W |
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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 39m | DTG- | 6W |
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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 39m | DTG- | 6W |
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 Maentwrog (Gwynedd, 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 Maentwrog transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 170km south-southeast (163°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 172km south-southeast (164°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Maentwrog (Gwynedd, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C50tv_off | 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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 16W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.3dB) 6W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area
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Sunday, 26 October 2014
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Trevor spinks2:39 PM
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Dear sir
We seem here to lose our tv every time the wind blows. The power company keep repairing the same fault and then it goes out again. It is an appallingly bad service and I fail to see why this happens again and again .
Br
T spinks
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MikeB6:26 PM
Trevor spinks: Your transmitter is off air for part of today, and that might be due to the electrical supply, but its not the fault of the transmitter. If your TV signal has problems, then its due to your system, probably due to a dodgy cable fraying when moved in the wind. Frankly, your 1km away, so an indoor aerial should be fine.
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Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
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MAENTWROG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 06:03. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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MAENTWROG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 06:03 until 28 Nov 08:50. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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MAENTWROG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 13:30 until 28 Nov 13:54. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 13:06 until 28 Nov 13:07. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 06:03 until 28 Nov 08:50. . [BBC]
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