Freeview Light on the Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter which serves 6,100 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 Rhymney (Caerphilly, 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 Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Rhymney 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 30W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 30W |
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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 450m | DTG- | 30W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Rhymney transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 26km south (175°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 30km south (182°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 150W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 30W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:26 yesterday to 08:31 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:08 yesterday to 03:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 26 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:26 on 24 Sep to 08:31 on 24 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:08 on 24 Sep to 03:12 on 24 Sep. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 PM
11:08 PM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:08 on 24 Sep to 03:12 on 24 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:26 on 24 Sep to 08:31 on 24 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 14 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Feb 13:24 until 14 Feb 19:44. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Feb 13:24 until 14 Feb 19:44. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Feb 13:24 until 14 Feb 19:44. . [BBC]
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Friday, 21 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Feb 13:24 until 14 Feb 19:44. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Feb 15:40 until 20 Feb 15:58. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Feb 12:35 until 25 Feb 12:58. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Feb 12:35 until 25 Feb 12:58. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Feb 15:40 until 20 Feb 15:58. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
6:10 PM
6:10 PM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jul 05:27. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jun 17:33 until 16 Jun 17:37. . [BBC]
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