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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?
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 1km east-northeast
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 | 30th Jun 2019- | |
| aerial group | VHF | B E | B E | W | B E | B E K | W | B E K | |
| C5 | BBCtv | ||||||||
| C30 | 1 | ||||||||
| 600 | C31 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | 2 | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C39 | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | ||||||
| C40 | -A | ||||||||
| C41 | ITV | ITV | ITV | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | D3+4 | ||
| C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | -C | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | SDN | ||
| C45 | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | -D | ||||||||
| C47 | C4 | C4 | C4 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ArqB | ||
| 700 | C49 | +ArqB | |||||||
| C50 | -B | ||||||||
| C51 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | LCF |
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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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Living in Llantwit Fardre. Got home around 7pm to find intermittent signal. Freeview TV in bedroom down, as is main TV in living room which takes Talk Talk TV. Don't know where my aerial is and don't know whether neighbourd have similar issue. Cheers.
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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]
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Sunday, 7 May 2017
Sunday 7 May, signal from Wenvoe has fallen to barely 50 per cent. I'm in nort Cardiff, anyone else with the same issue?
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Thursday, 15 June 2017
Hi,
I am using an old "One for All" indoor aerial with a Toshiba Digital TV in our Summer House in the back garden.
We are in Rhiwbina, Cardiff....no problems in the house with TV reception from the normal aerial..
Is there. a Problem for reception here for indoor aerials...???.....the only way I can get any channels is to hang the the aerial out through the window...it is fine then.
Any advice...???.....maybe invest in a modern indoor aerial..???
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Phil: Indoor aerials only work well in places that have a strong signal to begin with. Using one at ground floor level will never produce the same results as a roof (or loft) mounted aerial as there will be less signal due to obstructions such as the surrounding buildings and trees etc (and signals reflecting off the same cancelling out the wanted signals) which are less of a problem at roof height. Also, a lot of indoor aerials are poorly designed and are little more than a piece of wire sticking out of an amplifier. The best type to try are ones that look like a smaller version of a rooftop aerial, or even consider mounting a small rooftop aerial on your summer house.
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MikeP
6:37 PM
6:37 PM
Phil:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1, I concur that 'indoor' aerials are not at all effective unless you are very close to a powerful transmitter. Years of TV field servicing experience suggests they are never a good solution.
One alternative is to have an active splitter added into your existing aerial signal feed and an additional coaxial cable run from that to your Summer House, bearing in mind that aerial cables are not designed to be suspended or buried. So if it crosses 'open space' you will need either supporting wires to 'hang' it from or sealed circular trunking below ground for it to fed through. Or else have a new aerial fitted where it can receive a good and stable signal.
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Np12 1dh
When will Blackwood area be able to watch all the freeview channels instead of the handful currently available to us. It seems so unfair that we pay the same license fee but have only a fraction of channels available. I understood that when digital had been rolled out to the whole country, the signals would be boosted to give the wider choice to everyone but this hasn't materialised.
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Thursday, 27 July 2017
MikeP
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Pam:
Cwmfelinfach is a Freeview Lite transmitter and, as with all such, there is no plan for any further channels to be made available. This is an entirely commercial descision by the non-PSB broadcasters. They have to cover their costs, of transmitting programmes, from the advertising revenue they try to attract. If the audience is too small to interest the advertisers, as with most/all Freeview Lite transmitters, then there is no attraction to pay to provide those extra channels.
It has nothing to do with paying for a TV Licence as that is required to receive any available channels being broadcast or via the BBC iPlayer.
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