Full Freeview on the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter which serves 360,000 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 Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter.Which Freeview channels does the Wenvoe 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.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Wenvoe transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 6km northeast (42°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 1km east-northeast (74°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Abergwesyn | Active deflector | 7 km N Llanwrtyd Wells | 20 homes |
| Barry | Transposer | 10 km SW city centre | 300 homes |
| Celtic Manor | Transposer | 5 km E Newport | 80 homes |
| Pentrebach | Transposer | 3 km S Merthyr Tydfil | 100 homes |
| Ystradfellte | Active deflector | 30 km NE Port Talbot | 20 homes |
How will the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| years | 1950s~85 | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 23/1/13- | 2013-17 | 15th May 2019 | |
| aerial group | VHF | B E | B E | W | B E | B E K | W | W | |
| C5 | BBCtv | ||||||||
| C30 | 1 | LOCAL2 | |||||||
| 600 | C31 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | 2 | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | _local | |||||||
| C39 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | -A | ||||||||
| C41 | ITV | ITV | ITV | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | -C | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C45 | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | -D | ||||||||
| C47 | C4 | C4 | C4 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| 700 | C49 | +ArqB | |||||||
| C50 | -B | ||||||||
| C51 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | LCF | LCF | ||||
| C55 | com7 | ||||||||
| C56 | com8 |
orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 3rd March and 31st March 2010.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com8 | (-9.7dB) 53.2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com7 | (-10.3dB) 47kW | |
| Mux 1*, LCF | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 5kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Friday, 4 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:55 yesterday to 14:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:55 on 03 Jan to 14:08 on 03 Jan. [BBC]
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