Freeview Light on the Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Presteigne (Powys, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Freeview channels does the Presteigne 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 308m | DTG- | 3W |
1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 308m | DTG- | 3W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C49 (698.0MHz) | 308m | DTG- | 3W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Presteigne (Powys, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Presteigne transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 76km east-northeast (74°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 75km east-northeast (74°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | B E T | B E T | |||||
C42 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C45 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C48 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C49tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C52tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C56tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C66 | 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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 16W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 yesterday to 14:02 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 yesterday to 13:14 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 yesterday to 14:02 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 on 31 Oct to 13:25 on 31 Oct, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 on 31 Oct to 13:14 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 on 31 Oct to 14:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 on 31 Oct to 13:14 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 on 31 Oct to 13:25 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 on 31 Oct to 14:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 on 31 Oct to 13:14 on 01 Nov, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:25 on 31 Oct to 13:25 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 on 31 Oct to 14:02 on 01 Nov. [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:06 on 31 Oct to 13:14 on 01 Nov, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 17:43 on 31 Oct to 14:02 on 01 Nov. [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
PRESTEIGNE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today. [BBC]
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