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.
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
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 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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 6km northeast (42°)
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, 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 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 15 May 2019 | ||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | W T | ||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C30 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | ||
C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
C45 | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | LCF | LCF | ||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 | 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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Tuesday, 7 June 2016
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Linda Cannard8:11 PM
Ammanford
I want to view the channel 'True Entertainment' but seem to be unable to in my location (SA18 3PT postcode). Please can it be added to whichever transmitter I am served by?
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Linda's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Richard Cooper8:49 PM
Norwich
Linda Cannard: Hi Linda. The transmitter you are most likely to be using is called Carmel. True Entertainment is on the group of channels known as COM 4, which is transmitted from Carmel, although at half the power of the main groups of channels. If I were you, I would carry out a retune to see whether True Entertainment is added to your channel list and electronic programme guide ( epg). If it isn't, you may need to have your aerial or the pole it's on hiked up a bit to give you a better chance of pulling in the True Entertainment programme. Worth a try I should think. Richard, Norwich. PS One of the groups of channels around here is also transmitted at only 10 thousand watts and I sometimes have a bit of trouble picking that up!
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016
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Alwyn10:49 AM
Wenvoe transmitter in Cardiff, several channels went off air last night with message saying no signal. Completed all retune and reset procedures, channels still not returned. Looking at your info it is all channels on COM7 Mux that have gone. Aerial is on the roof with direct line of sight to transmitter
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Monday, 13 June 2016
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Hywel11:01 AM
I'm note sure if this webpage fro wenvoe is correct for LCF on channel 51.
I receive
8 Made in Cardiff
60 true crime
127 KIX
Thanks website is a great resource
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Hywel11:28 AM
Alwyn: I'm getting 19 tv and 1 radio on channel 31
My humax box (in NP13) is saying COM7/ARQ C DVB-T2 (HD) 554.0 MHz
57 VIVA
67 CBS Reality +1
71 CBS Drama
77 Rishtey Europe
78 5USA+1
81 TalkingPictures TV
86 Vintage TV
87 Keep It Country
106 BBC FOUR HD
107 BBC NEWS HD
108 Al Jazeera Eng HD
109 Channel 4+1 HD
110 4seven HD
113 RT HD
124 CBeebies HD
134 Al Jazeera Arabic
245 Planet Knowledge
256 Inspiration TV
733 Trans World Radio
790 Community
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
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C suller6:23 PM
Newport
The Arial is on the roof and when the rain or windy weather comes around there is interference on my TV channels mainly at present HTV Also my free view Channels 10 , 15, 24. 32.
My post code is NP18 1QA
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Sunday, 30 October 2016
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TransmittersInUK12:24 PM
Cardiff
Signal in Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan should be strong all the time
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Sunday, 27 November 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:34 PM
10:34 PM
WENVOE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 13 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 03:26 today to 03:30 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 14 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 03:26 yesterday to 03:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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