Freeview Light on the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,300 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 Usk (Monmouthshire, 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 Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Usk 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 | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | H max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | H max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 4W |
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 44 Freeview channels?
The Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Usk transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 32km southwest (227°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 37km southwest (226°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 29 Jun 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C56tv_off | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 22W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.9dB) 3.6W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
USK transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:27 today to 07:41 today [BBC]
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
USK transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:27 yesterday to 07:41 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
USK transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:10 today [BBC]
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USK transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:10 today to 13:18 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
USK transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:10 yesterday to 13:18 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 2 September 2011
USK transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:10 on 31 Aug to 13:18 on 31 Aug [BBC]
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Friday, 30 September 2011
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Judith Lee10:35 AM
Usk
From Wednesday 28th September 2011 we lost ALL WElSH digital channels (including radio Wales)on all freeview TVs in house (SKy is fine) also no Film 4, ITV3 etc etc..reduced to 53 channels (most of which are blank!) from 80+ .Nieghbours have same problem..no shared aerial. Why??? Until WEd everything was great! Living in Wales, we want WElsh tV!!
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Mike Dimmick12:19 PM
Judith Lee: Two multiplexes at Mendip moved to their final channels on 28 September, and these final locations clash with the transmissions from Usk.
My guess is that your aerial is horizontally-polarized and pointing at Mendip. Digital UK predict that you should get a reliable service from Usk if you have the right aerial set up correctly.
You will not be able to get the commercial multiplexes from Mendip any more, however.
See Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for the explanation of why Usk will not get any more services.
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Sunday, 6 May 2012
USK transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:15 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:15 today [BBC]
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