Freeview Light on the Pencader (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pencader (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 600 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 Pencader (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter._______
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 Pencader (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Pencader 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 215m | DTG- | 2W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 215m | DTG- | 2W |
 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), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 215m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Pencader (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Pencader transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 91km southeast (130°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 91km southeast (133°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Pencader (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 17 Oct 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C37 | BBCB |
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 19 Aug 09 and 16 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli transmitter area
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Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
PENCADER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 12:17 until 2 Mar 12:37. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 21 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
PENCADER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Mar 16:50 until 20 Mar 21:49. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
PENCADER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Jun 13:11 until 17 Jun 13:22. . [BBC]
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Friday, 11 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
PENCADER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Sep 13:17 until 10 Sep 15:36. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
PENCADER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Oct 12:40 until 26 Oct 13:04. . [BBC]
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Friday, 9 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Pencader transmitter - Pencader transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
Pencader transmitter - Pencader transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 18 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:17 PM
11:17 PM
Pencader transmitter - Pencader transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
Pencader transmitter - Pencader transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Saturday, 27 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
PENCADER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 07:24 until 27 Nov 07:26. . [BBC]
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