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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Pontypool (Torfaen, Wales) transmitter._______
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?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 25km southwest (214°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
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 |
Local transmitter maps
PONTYPOOL Freeview PONTYPOOL DAB PONTYPOOL AM/FM Wenvoe TV region BBC Wales WalesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Monday, 22 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Pontypool transmitter - Pontypool transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:09 AM
4:09 AM
Pontypool transmitter - Pontypool transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 5 June 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Pontypool transmitter - Pontypool transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:09 PM
10:09 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jun 20:03 until 5 Jun 20:06. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jun 20:03 until 5 Jun 20:06. . [BBC]
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Monday, 31 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 01:40 until 31 Jul 02:26. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:19 PM
2:19 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 01:40 until 31 Jul 02:26. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 01:49. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
PONTYPOOL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 01:40 until 31 Jul 02:26. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 01:49 until 31 Jul 14:41. . [BBC]
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Friday, 11 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
Pontypool transmitter - Pontypool transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 07/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 14 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Pontypool transmitter - Pontypool transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 1 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
Pontypool transmitter - Pontypool transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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