Freeview Light on the Pennorth (Powys, Wales) transmitter
Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 51.931,-3.306 or 51°55'51"N 3°18'22"W | LD3 7SY |
The symbol shows the location of the Pennorth (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 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 Pennorth (Powys, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)





The Pennorth (Powys, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, AlJazeera English (SD), Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday, YourTV.
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 Pennorth 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 293m | DTG-3 | 10W |
9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC SD, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 293m | DTG-3 | 10W |
5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Wales), 45 Film4 +1, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 293m | DTG-6 | 10W |
86 More4 +1, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 60 Freeview channels?
The Pennorth (Powys, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, AlJazeera English (SD), Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday, YourTV.
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 Pennorth transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 49km south (174°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 52km south (178°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Pennorth (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 2020 - 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 | 50W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
|
|
Friday, 9 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:53 today to 17:11 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:53 today to 17:11 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:53 yesterday to 17:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:53 yesterday to 17:11 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Sunday, 11 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:53 on 09 Aug to 17:11 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:53 on 09 Aug to 17:11 on 09 Aug. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 today to 01:38 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 today to 01:38 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 01:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 01:38 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Friday, 23 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 on 21 Aug to 01:38 on 21 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 on 21 Aug to 01:38 on 21 Aug. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:08 PM
2:08 PM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:56 today to 11:57 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:56 today to 11:57 today. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:56 yesterday to 11:57 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:56 yesterday to 11:57 yesterday. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Friday, 27 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:56 on 25 Sep to 11:57 on 25 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:56 on 25 Sep to 11:57 on 25 Sep. [BBC]
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please