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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?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

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, 2 April 2013
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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Dave Lindsay
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5:04 PM

Sam Coombes: It's a picturesque part of the world you live in. However, based on predictions, it doesn't look good for TV reception. That said, predictors are in no way perfect and in locations such as yours, what can and what can't be picked up can vary over a short distance.

It may be worth consulting with an aerial installer with a view to either using a different transmitter, or a different aerial that may pull in the COMs.

I looked on Streetview and spotted aerials pointing roughly west, some vertical and some horizontal, the latter being slightly clockwise of the former. I can't work out where they are pointing, but where ever it is, you may be lucky to get the COMs.

I can't suggest any services that will stream TV over the internet. Maybe others on here can, or maybe look-up other forums that specialise in internet/broadband services.

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Sam Coombes
5:30 PM

Again thanks dave for your help I am going to invest in a xb16a aerial and looking up and down the street the only other aerial that resembles such is a few doors up and they don't seem to have any reception issues so I think I'll give it a whirl and fingers crossed it may resolve it thanks again for your support

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Dave Lindsay
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5:35 PM

Sam Coombes: Checking with others is a good idea. Good luck!

I guess that you may be trying for Kilvey Hill, which is all Group A and carries COMs. If the vertical aerials are pointing to it, then I can't work out where the horizontal ones are pointing.

Wolfbane gives an idea of directions of transmitters:

UK digital TV reception predictor

I'm not sure how accurate the terrain data is as well as that of how the transmitters radiate signals, so it is worth bearing in mind that it is a guide with likely limitations.

The horizontals could perhaps be Carmel; it's difficult to say from the photos.

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