Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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53.117,-4.199 or 53°7'0"N 4°11'58"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Waunfawr (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Waunfawr (Gwynedd, Wales) mast?

WAUNFAWR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:39 on 19 Feb to 23:39 on 19 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:39 on 19 Feb to 23:39 on 19 Feb.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

Which Freeview channels does the Waunfawr 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	C25 (506.0MHz)	234m	DTG-3	10W
	2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 9 others 250 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC Radio 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 707 BBC Radio 6 Music, 719 BBC Radio Wales, 720 BBC Radio Cymru,
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C28 (530.0MHz)	234m	DTG-3	10W
	E4, 3 ITV (Wales), 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 7 Channel 4 (Wales) South ads, 10 ITV3, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Wales), 73 Sewing Quarter,
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C22 (482.0MHz)	234m	DTG-6	10W
	101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD,

DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview channels?

The Waunfawr (Gwynedd, 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 Waunfawr transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south-southeast (161°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 195km south-southeast (162°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Waunfawr (Gwynedd, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Local transmitter maps

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?