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The symbol shows the location of the Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Pontypridd 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)249mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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
C22 (482.0MHz)249mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)249mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Pontypridd transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 14km south-southeast (152°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 16km south-southeast (168°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1330 Jun 2019-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Pontypridd was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 14 January 2011
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Darren
2:33 PM
Pontypridd

I agree, we had more channels such as film 4 etc but everytime i get a message to re tune i lose channels. 2 days ago i lost itv 2+1 for itv 1+1. My postcode is cf37 3db

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Briantist
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3:06 PM

Darren: That is correct, ITV2+1 is not on the public service transmitters anymore.

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Saturday, 17 March 2012
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Nicholas Willmott
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9:01 AM

I notice that in Wales mux PSB2 (D3&4) carries S4C instead of E4. That displaces E4 on to a commercial mux which the 3-mux relays don't carry.

In Wales, why not put E4 on PSB2 (D3&4) and dispense with Channel 4+1? Fairs fair, I say; if they want an extra Welsh-only channel S4C, which the rest of the UK doesn't have, put it in place of Channel 4+1 which the people forced to use 3-mux relays can manage without.

Throughout Wales, put Channel 4+1 (South ads) on the Wales variant of the SDN mux.

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Thursday, 5 April 2012
Briantist
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12:11 PM

Nicholas Willmott: Channel 4, who own the multiplex capacity, have decided to do it this way.

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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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Christopher
10:09 PM
Pontypridd

Would an aerial amplifier boost the current weak Wenvoe signal enough to receive the full range of Freeview channels for Merthyr Road, Pontypridd, CF37 4DG?

At the moment only the Pontypridd Common transmitter offers a strong Freeview signal with the unfortunate limited channel choice.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:22 PM

Christopher: You really need a professional installer to answer the question.

However, I will make some observations:

- The three storey block on the opposite side may be an issue.

- This plot shows that you're at the bottom of a drop which is blocking your line of sight of Wenvoe (as well as other terrain that is in the way):


Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location


If any booster/amplifier is to aid your reception of the Commercial channels from Wenvoe, then it needs professionally fitting on the roof.



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Mark Fletcher
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11:29 PM
Halifax

Christopher,Pontypridd.It is possible but probably unlikely you will be able to amplify the weak Wenvoe signal you mentioned in your earlier post !

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Saturday, 5 May 2012
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Christopher
11:41 AM
Pontypridd

I recently asked if an aerial signal booster would enable adequate reception of the Wenvoe transmitter signal at Merthyr Road, Pontypridd, CF37 4DG (approx ST079906)?

I've since discovered that the Home's aerials are located in the loft and no doubt are directed only at the Pontypridd transmitter (channels 22 & 25 only).

After fitting a £7.49p aerial signal booster channels 41 & 44 now alternate between no signal and poor signal (not usable).

Is there a local resident or informed aerial installer out there who can answer if reception of a usable Wenvoe transmitter signal at this location is possible? (with a correctly located and positioned aerial).

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jb38
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1:33 PM

Christopher: I strongly suspect that the reason your aerial amplifier has made the situation worse is because you are already located in a high signal strength area, as the local Pontypridd transmitter (400 watts) is not too far away from being a neighbour, and an excessive level of signal detected from that transmitter will cause your tuner to be severely desensitized thereby reducing its ability to pick up a more distant station.

What you will have to do is make your reception of the local transmitter as unfavourable as you can manage, and is something which might be difficult! but turn your aerial to its horizontal position and point it towards Wenvoe, this being roughly located at 170 degrees from you and use manual tuning to store each of its muxes, these being 41 - 44 - 47(HD) - 42 - 45 - 49.



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Christopher
3:55 PM

jb38: FYI the amplifier has not made things worse - What I tried to explain is that you can and always have been able to receive a strong signal for channels 22 & 25 via the Pontypridd relay transmitter.

However since adding an amplifier you can also just about receive a signal for channels 41 & 44 via the Wenvoe transmitter - even with the aerial in a loft and pointing at the Pontypridd relay transmitter not Wenvoe.

The aerial is in the loft of a nursing home (I'm told there are about 20 aerials in the loft) and I don't want to insist on things being changed unless I'm reasonably sure that the changes are going to work. Hence I live in the hope that someone with local knowledge will answer my post.

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