Full Freeview on the Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales) transmitter which serves 19,000 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Pontypool 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Pontypool transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 25km southwest (214°)
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, 30km southwest (215°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 29 Jun 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C22 | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C23 | +BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C25 | -SDN | SDN | |||||||
C26 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C28 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C29 | +BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C31 | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-11dB) 20W | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 10W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Thursday, 16 April 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Apr 00:30 until 8 Apr 01:15. . [BBC]
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Monday, 25 May 2020
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Roger Morgan8:43 AM
Hi for the last week I have lost all or some of my channels this only happens late evening or at night, I have 2 aerials one for each of my downstairs and upstairs TVs and it affects both, daytime I have no problems
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Chris.SE2:45 PM
Roger Morgan:
The Pontypool relay transmitter has been listed for Planned Engineering the past week with "Possible service interruptions". That work we presume has been completed as it's not on this weeks list, but I don't think that's necessarily guaranteed based on recent experiences.
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Thursday, 23 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 AM
10:27 AM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Jul 10:30 until 22 Jul 11:05. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:32 PM
6:32 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Jul 10:30 until 22 Jul 11:05. . FM: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jul 11:47 until 23 Jul 11:55. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 15 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 PM
7:27 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Nov 01:15 until 15 Nov 01:22. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 23:00. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 PM
5:10 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Dec 23:00 until 27 Dec 13:37. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
9:22 AM
9:22 AM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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