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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Usk (Monmouthshire, 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 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: 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 Usk transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 32km southwest (227°)
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, 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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Thursday, 23 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 AM
10:27 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Jul 22:02 until 23 Jul 05:49. Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Jul 11:21 until 22 Jul 12:36. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 01:46 until [BBC]
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Monday, 27 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
3:37 PM
3:37 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Jul 22:02 until 23 Jul 05:49. Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Jul 11:21 until 22 Jul 12:36. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:26 PM
10:26 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Jul 22:02 until 23 Jul 05:49. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 8 Sep 21:32 until 9 Sep 03:37. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:56 PM
1:56 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Dec 11:39 until 10 Dec 11:45. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:33 PM
3:33 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Jun 01:22 until 16 Jun 01:26. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 20 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Jun 10:00 until 20 Jun 10:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 16 Jun 01:22 until 16 Jun 01:26. . [BBC]
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Jun 10:00 until 20 Jun 10:03. . [BBC]
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Friday, 20 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
Usk transmitter - Usk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 22 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
Usk transmitter - Usk transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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