Full Freeview on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Moel-Y-Parc 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.
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?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
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?
| Gwyddelwern | Active deflector | 17 km E Llangollen | 62 homes |
| Llandegla | Transposer | 12 km E Wrexham | 33 homes |
| Pentre-llyn-cymmer | Transposer | 18 km E Betws-y-Coed | 15 homes |
How will the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2019 | ||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | E T | W T | W T | ||
| C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C27 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | ||||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | COM8tv_off |
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 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 |
Local transmitter maps
Moel y Parc Freeview Moel y Parc DAB Moel y Parc AM/FM Moel-Y-Parc TV region BBC Wales WalesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 8 October 2018
MikeP
10:22 AM
10:22 AM
M Hodson:
Though no one else has reported any problems, as they would be expected to if the transmitter had serious sound problems, I would suggest you check all your aerial connections for damage and/or corrosion. If there are coaxial plugs/sockets unplug them and then refit. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation from the contact surfaces. Also check your signal strengths. they need to be between 60% and 85% - if it is much higher than you have too much signal. A full post code, as requested by the text above the entry box, will let us determine what the signal reception conditions are like at your locality.
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Wednesday, 19 December 2018
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Terry O'Dowd2:47 PM
I live in birkenhead.I have lost bbc northwest, itv granada ,channel 4 etc from winterhi
hill in favour of moel y parc. How can I manually retune to winter hill?terryt
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StevensOnln17:15 PM
Terry O'Dowd: If your TV has a manual tuning function in the menu then you can do a manual tune on the following UHF channels which should restore BBC North West & ITV Granada - C50, C59, C54 (if your TV receives HD channels).
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Thursday, 20 December 2018
MikeP
5:41 PM
5:41 PM
Terry O'Dowd:
The User Manual for your TV set will tell how to access the Manual Tuning option. Before trying to do the manual tuning, enter your full post code into thew Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker then scroll down to find any entry for Winter Hill that shows the channel numbers used by the multiplexes. Make a note of the numbers and use those to manually tune your TV set.
If you have lost the User Manual, you should be able to find one on-line for your specific make and model of TV.
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Sunday, 23 December 2018
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Mike Hodson5:41 PM
Abergele
Experiencing very infrequent partial pixellation of picture on most channels HD or SD. My post code LL22 7TY.
This seems to have started around the last time we were asked to re-tune (Samsung 4k tv and BT You View box)
a few weeks ago. The BT box affected most with direct aerial input, the TV gets its signal via an amplifier/splitter fed from RF output from BT box. I have tried re-tuning again but it still occurs now and again.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 20 January 2019
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Mike Hodson4:23 PM
Further to previous msg of 23/12/18 - problem seems resolved!
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Sunday, 27 January 2019
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Mike Hodson6:03 PM
Famous last words (of 20/01/2019) ! Within hours realised prob still there and despite replacing YouView box and power supply, too !!
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MikeP
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Mike Hodson:
Please check all the aerial cables and connections. Unplug all cioaxial plugs and sockets and then refit them. Then check what the signal strenf=gths are for all the multiplexes received. Ideally they should be between 60% and 85%, no more and no less.
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Sunday, 3 February 2019
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Mike Hodson7:48 PM
MikeP: Thanks for reply - had quick check on HD channels 101 to 106 and 114, all seem to be at 100% for both strength and quality. The problem seems to have started around the time BBC2 changed to BBC2 Wales and we were asked to retune in early December(?)! Will do signal strength test for other channels/muxes when not interrupting wifes viewing!
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MikeP
11:13 PM
11:13 PM
Mike Hodson:
100% is far too high, it needs to be reduced.
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