Freeview Light on the Pennar (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pennar (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter which serves 3,800 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 Pennar (Caerphilly, 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 Pennar (Caerphilly, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Pennar 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 275m | DTG- | 20W |
 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) | 275m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 275m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 Pennar (Caerphilly, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Pennar transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 19km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 23km south-southwest (204°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Pennar (Caerphilly, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 on 25 Oct to 19:10 on 25 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:56 on 25 Oct to 19:10 on 25 Oct. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 18:56 on 25 Oct to 19:10 on 25 Oct, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 18:56 on 25 Oct to 19:10 on 25 [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:01 today to 00:45 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:01 today to 00:45 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:01 yesterday to 00:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:01 yesterday to 00:45 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:01 on 08 Mar to 00:45 on 08 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:01 on 08 Mar to 00:45 on 08 Mar. [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:09 PM
10:09 PM
PENNAR transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:57 today to 10:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:12 today to 10:37 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:57 yesterday to 10:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:12 yesterday to 10:37 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 30 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:57 on 28 Jun to 10:00 on 28 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:12 on 28 Jun to 10:37 on 28 Jun. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 3 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:31 PM
8:31 PM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
PENNAR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today to 20:32 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:25 today to 22:28 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:51 today to 21:56 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:35 today to 20:32 today, HD Digital TV Off Air [BBC]
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