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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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.
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?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 23 Jan 13 | 2013-17 | 15 May 2019 | ||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | W T | B E T | B E K T | W T | W T | ||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C30 | 1 | LOCAL2 | |||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | 2 | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C39 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | -A | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | -C | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C45 | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | -D | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | -B | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | LCF | LCF | ||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | com8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 2020 - 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 | 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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Thursday, 11 July 2019
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StevensOnln19:45 PM
B mears: Movies 4 Men has moved to the slot on the COM4 multiplex which is not available from transmitters in Wales. This decision was taken by Sony, who own Movies 4 Men and the True channels. It has nothing to do with 5G.
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Chris.SE11:34 PM
Lyndon morgan:
There's no reported faults at Ton Pentre. It's possible that reception might be affected by the current weather & propagation conditions. If however your problem is continuous, then check all your coax connections etc.
B mears:
As mentioned by StevensOnln1 the changes have been made by Sony
Sony Channel changes | Freeview
Channel launches, closures and changes on 27 June 2019 | Freeview
If you go to the True Entertainment page on this site, there is a link to their Official Site True Channels and at the bottom of the page a contact us link where you can email them at info@truemovies.tv and complain about the moves to local muxes so you can no longer receive them. This is likely the only way it may change. Good luck.
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Thursday, 25 July 2019
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Garry9:38 AM
Newport
Postcode np10 8xb
The very channel I require the most I cannot receive this is premier sport
I receive all other TV channels BBC1 SD, ITV1 SD BBC1 HD, ITV SD etc
Have deleted all channels, done a rescan without the aerial in place then inserted aerial rescanned full coverage no premier sport though. can you advise please regards Gary
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StevensOnln111:31 AM
Garry: Premier Sport is a pay TV channel and is not available on Freeview. If you actually mean FreeSports, it is on the COM8 multiplex (along with BBC Four HD & Quest HD) which is predicted to have good reception from Wenvoe at your postcode.
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Chris.SE11:38 AM
Garry:
Premier Sports is not available on Freeveiw, only Sky & Virgin. It does have a sister channel called Freesports and is LCN 64 in the channel list, it's on the COM8 multiplex which is broadcast from Wenvoe if you can get it at your location. Put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker to check predicted reception at your location.
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
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