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The symbol shows the location of the Mynydd Emroch (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,300 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 Mynydd Emroch (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Mynydd Emroch 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)205mDTG-18W
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
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)205mDTG-18W
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
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)205mDTG-18W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Mynydd Emroch (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Mynydd Emroch transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 39km east-southeast (107°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 38km east-southeast (114°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Mynydd Emroch (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1330 Jun 2019-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves BBCB
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB

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 90W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 18W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Kilvey Hill transmitter area

Jan 1958-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. Mynydd Emroch was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Stuart O.
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2:29 PM
Wrexham

I'm a little confused as to whether this transmitter (Mynydd Emroch) is actually part of the Kilvey Hill transmitter group as this website suggests it is or if it part of the Carmel transmitter group.
It's Digital Switch-Over date again according to this website says it was 23rd September 2009 which was the DSO date for Carmel.
Kilvey Hill's DSO date was 2 weeks earlier, 9th September 2009.
Which is correct?

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Dave Lindsay
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2:46 PM

Stuart O.: See the trade newsletter from Digital UK on Kilvey Hill switchover (from July 09):

http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf

It says that in February 2009 Mynydd Emroch was re-attributed from Carmel to Kilvey Hill. It also says that Mynydd Emroch's switchover dates were as Kilvey Hill.

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Stuart O.
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3:31 PM
Wrexham

Hi Dave Lindsay.
So what you are saying is that despite the fact that Kilvey Hill transmitters switched on 9th September 2009, Mynydd Emroch was a relay of Carmel that switched on 23rd September 2009 and on that date, Mynydd was handed over to Kilvey Hill? Am I right?

Likewise in that Machynlleth and Ynys Pennal were relays of Blaenplwyf but they were handed over to Long Mountain when they switched on 3rd December 2009 and Blaenplwyf switched on 10th March 2010?

Why are some relays re-grouped from one main to another main transmitter in this way?

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Dave Lindsay
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4:55 PM

Stuart O.: No. What I'm saying is that in February 2009 Mynydd Emroch changed from being a relay of Carmel to a relay of Kilvey Hill.

The final stage of Mynydd Emroch's switchover therefore occurred on 9th September (as it was then a relay of Kilvey Hill and had been so for seven months).

As for Machynlleth and Ynys Pennal, they are relays of Long Mountain and, according to the list of analogue transmitters from Ofcom, were so before:

UK Television Reception Advice

The Digital UK trade newsletter for the Long Mountain switchover sheds some light on this:

http://www.digitaluk.co.u….pdf

It says that "Before switchover, Long Mountain is technically a relay of Blaenplwyf but at switchover, it becomes line-fed."

So pre-DSO Machynlleth and Ynys Pennal were relays of Blaenplwyf via Long Mountain.


I don't know why some relays are re-attributed from one main transmitter to another; it is a good question and perhaps one of the professionals on here can shed some light on this.

I can appreciate that where such changes mean different regional programming that it might not go down so well! On the other hand, some might be pleased to watch what they see as regional news of more relevance to them.

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Dave Lindsay
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4:56 PM

Stuart O.: Digital UK publishes its trade newsletters with information on switchovers in each region here:


Transmitter Network - Digital UK Almanac


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Stuart O.
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11:42 PM

My reason for thinking that Machynlleth and Ynys Pennal were relays of Long Mountain rather than Blaenplwyf is that they are shown in the same colour as Blaenplwyf and its relays on the Digital UK Transmitter Networks page shown here:

http://www.digitaluk.co.u….jpg

Had they got that map a bit more correct, Machynlleth and Ynys Pennal would be shown in pink, the same colour as Long Mountain and all its other relays, not black, the colour of Blaenplwyf and its 7 relays.
The same goes for Penrhyn-Coch and Trefilan that I had missed out which should also be pink on the map, not black. (LL115FQ)

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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Dave Lindsay
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9:58 AM

Stuart O.: That map you gave a link to dates from June 2009 and is authored by Ofcom and not Digital UK.

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Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Sam Coombes
2:55 AM

Hi I live on the afan valley road we just moved there and can only get a really poor quality signal it's like living in the dark ages there is no virgin cable run up there and we cannot get a sky signal due to the mountain behind our house can somebody please please help me surely there must be something or someone that can help.

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Dave Lindsay
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12:26 PM

Sam Coombes: If you cannot receive satellite and you cannot receive reliable terrestrial, then I suppose that the only medium left is the internet.

However, the first thing is to check that your receiver is tuned to the transmitter to which the aerial faces. Also, it may be that the transmitter only carries PSB channels, or that it carries COMs, but that they are likely not to be reliable at your location.

For a full list of Freeview services, see:

DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

This lists services by multiplex (PSB/COM).

If your transmitter is PSB-only, is it only COMs that are unreliable? If this is the case then the question must be one of can you get a reliable service from the other, full-service, transmitter? If not then you'll only get the PSBs.

Knowledge of your location in the form of postcode may allow a more accurate answer. I have been general because I have no idea which applies due to not knowing your location.

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Sam Coombes
4:02 PM

Dave: thanks for the reply after referring to the dtt link you posted it seems we are unable to receive coms is there any way I can do anything to receive them also you mentioned the Internet how do I get high quality live TV through the Internet eg sky sports dave e4 etc... Thanks

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