Full Freeview on the Preseli (Pembrokeshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Preseli (Pembrokeshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 57,000 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 Preseli (Pembrokeshire, 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 Preseli 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 Preseli (Pembrokeshire, 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 Preseli transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 111km east-southeast (118°)
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, 110km east-southeast (120°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Abergynolwyn | Active deflector | Gwynedd | 84 homes |
Caerberllan | Active deflector | ||
Cwmtydu A/d | Active deflector | 17 km NNE Newcastle Emlyn | 10 homes 50 caravans |
Drefelin | Active deflector | 20 km NNW Carmarthen | 36 homes |
Poppit Sands | Active deflector | 39 km NE Carmarthen Caravan Park | |
Rhyd-yr-onnen | Active deflector | 20 km N Aberystwyth | 20 homes caravan site |
How will the Preseli (Pembrokeshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1962-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 31 Oct 2018 | ||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | W T | K T | K T | K T | ||
C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C30 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | BBCB | |||
C42 | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | SDN | |||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | ||
C45 | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ArqA | |||||
C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
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 19 Aug 09 and 16 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli transmitter area
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
PRESELI transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:03 today to 13:38 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
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PRESELI transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:03 yesterday to 13:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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barry peake11:09 AM
Goodwick
post code sa64 0he
we go for weeks without any problems at all but for last two days have suffered intermittent freezing and picture break up i cannot say this is a regular problem but it has happened on a good number of occaisions in the past since the introduction of digital tv can you possibly offer any advice
tks
regards
barry
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Thursday, 2 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRESELI transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:03 on 31 Oct to 13:38 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 November 2017
my signal has gone entirely. all of a sudden the tv and digi box says no transmitter. please help
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MikeB2:02 PM
Bev Pearce: Check the information for the transmitter - if it says its fine, its probably your system. Start with the simplest problem - is the aerial lead connected properly to the back of the TV?
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Thursday, 7 December 2017
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Pembs4:40 PM
Struggling to get any HD channels on this transmitter, all other frequencies tune in 100% signal strength/quality. Is there an issue?
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Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
PRESELI transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 today to 08:23 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRESELI transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:05 yesterday to 08:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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