Freeview Light on the Penmaen Rhos (Conwy, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Penmaen Rhos (Conwy, Wales) transmitter which serves 6,300 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.
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Penmaen Rhos (Conwy, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Freeview channels does the Penmaen Rhos 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 153m | DTG- | 28W |
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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 153m | DTG- | 28W |
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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 153m | DTG- | 28W |
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 44 Freeview channels?
The Penmaen Rhos (Conwy, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Penmaen Rhos transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 201km south (172°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-cymru-wales.jpg)
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 205km south (173°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Penmaen Rhos (Conwy, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 141W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 28W |
Which 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 withheldWednesday, 1 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 19:10 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 19:10 yesterday to 22:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 19:10 on 01 Jul to 22:14 on 01 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 9 November 2015
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peter1:18 PM
Recently moved to Rhos-on-Sea from Llanfairfechan and despite retuning channel list cannot receive many channels such as RT and Sky News. Ariel is at side of roof.
THANKS
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Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:02 today to 05:09 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:02 yesterday to 05:09 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:02 yesterday to 05:09 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 today to 05:39 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:02 on 25 Nov to 05:09 on 25 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 yesterday to 05:39 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:02 on 25 Nov to 05:09 on 25 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 on 26 Nov to 05:39 on 26 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 30 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
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PENMAEN RHOS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:07 on 26 Nov to 05:39 on 26 Nov. [BBC]
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