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The symbol shows the location of the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 95,000 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 Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)572mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)572mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)572mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C51- (713.8MHz)572mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
 E4 (Wales), 20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C36+ (594.2MHz)572mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C48- (689.8MHz)572mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 196km south (181°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

GwyddelwernActive deflector17 km E Llangollen62 homes
LlandeglaTransposer12 km E Wrexham33 homes
Pentre-llyn-cymmerTransposer18 km E Betws-y-Coed15 homes

How will the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1963-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2019
VHFB E TB E TB E TE TE TW TW T
C6BBCtvwaves
C11ITVwaves
C27_local
C32com7com7
C34com8com8
C36ArqA
C39 +D3+4+D3+4D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCABBCA
C48-ArqB-ArqB-ArqBArqB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4
C51tv_off-SDN-SDN-SDN
C52tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+ArqA+ArqA+ArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_off_local_local_localCOM8tv_off

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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 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
com7(-8.4dB) 14.3kW
com8(-8.5dB) 14kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-20dB) 1000W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-26dB) 250W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area

Sep 1962-Jul 1964Wales (West and North) Television (Teledu Cymru)
Jul 1964-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
R
RB
11:30 PM
Leek

Getting a good signal for Ch51 and Ch52 now in Leek, Staffs from North Wales.



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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

11:34 PM

RB: Which is excellent as you are not predicted any signal officially....

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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
C
Chris
1:48 PM
Wirral

Sorry for my ignorance...

Due to where I live, I am unable to get any signal from The Wrekin or Winter Hill and I'm hoping to receive BT Vision in the future.

BT say that they're unable to provide me with a service with the current setup so the options to me are;
1 - get Sky
2 - get Freesat
3 - point my aerial to Moel-Y-Parc where I should get excellent signal strength.

If I was to point to Moel-Y-Parc, are English versions of BBC, CH4 etc still available, albeit on different channel numbers?

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Alistair G.
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

5:31 PM

@Chris, yes, BBC and CH4 will all be in English from Moel-Y-Parc, I know since I watch them from that transmitter. I get BBC1 Wales News though and ITV Wales News, instead of North West Tonight and Granada like I wanted. But I am on the wrong side of Moss Bank hill to receive the main Winter Hill transmitter in St.Helens where I live, so Moel-Y-Parc will have to do.
Cheers,
Alistair G.

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Sunday, 13 November 2011
C
Corin
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:46 PM

No signal for PSB-3 at the moment from Moel-y-Parc, so HD transmissions are unavailable at 23:30h, Sunday, November 13th, 2011.

PSB-1 and PSB-2 are normal.

Is this a a fault at the transmitter or a distribution problem for the HD multiplex?

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Monday, 14 November 2011
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Corin
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:03 AM

23:30h Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Moel-y-Parc PSB-3 UHF channel 42

No signal being received, so no reception of HD stations, but PSB-1 and PSB-2 reception normal.

Is there engineering work or a fault at the transmitter or a problem with the distribution of the HD multiplex to the transmitter?

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

9:15 PM

Corin: It could have been that due to the inversion effect the signal on C42 from Sutton Coldfield was travelling further than normal and interfering with the Moel-y-Parc HD signal.

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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Thursday, 17 November 2011
C
Corin
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

9:38 PM

KMJ: Thanks for the response. Yes that is a possibility but I thought inversion effects were less likely late at night, and if the signal from Sutton Coldfield was so strong to swamp Moel-y-Parc I would have thought that there might be a pixellated picture from Sutton Coldfield instead, but the TV was reporting "no or weak signal". Not being physically present at the TV, I was not able to check the signal strength/quality indications.

The receiving antenna is fairly directional, being a Televes DAT 45 with MRD, and the Sutton Coldfield signal would be coming in at approximately 130 degrees counter clockwise from the direction the antenna is pointing at Moel-y-Parc.

Thus for the Sutton Coldfield signal to swamp the signal from Moel-y-Parc would be exceptional, but of course not impossible under extreme conditions.

I was hoping to find out if anybody knew whether or not they were actually doing some work at the transmitter and if anybody else was affected. As most people do not yet have a DVB-t2 receiver, the number of people affected would be small.

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Thursday, 9 February 2012
S
Stuart Davies
1:36 PM
Buckley

Can you tell me when Freeview HD will be available in the area

I live in CH7 3AP Buckley

When checking the Freeview Website it just says not available but does not advise when it will be

Can you help pleae

Stuart

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