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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Monday, 9 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 PM
6:03 PM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 08:59 yesterday to 09:18 yesterday. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 14:07 today to 14:19 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 08:59 on 08 Jul to 09:18 on 08 Jul. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 14:07 yesterday to 14:19 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 08:59 on 08 Jul to 09:18 on 08 Jul. FM: Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 14:07 on 09 Jul to 14:19 on 09 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:08 PM
12:08 PM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:04 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today, Radio Cymru FM Weak Signal fr [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:08 PM
3:08 PM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 12:11 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 12:11 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 12:11 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 today to 12:11 today, Radio 4 FM [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 yesterda [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:04 on 23 Jul to 12:11 on 23 Jul. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 23 Jul to 12:11 on 23 Jul, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 23 Jul to 12:11 on 23 Jul, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:04 on 23 Ju [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 July 2018
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Peter Gwenlan9:16 AM
Caerphilly
Seems to be a problem with the Wenvoe transmitter this morning (28th) on Multiplex COM7. All channels on this multiplex are missing. Other channels seem ok.
I'm in CF83 2JX
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StevensOnln110:53 AM
Peter Gwenlan: I receive COM7 from Wenvoe and have just checked and it's coming in fine here (I'm much further away than you in an area where reception of Wenvoe is sometimes a bit marginal). Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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Peter Gwenlan5:28 PM
Hi @StevensOnln1, yes I checked all that. As it happens, they all came back this afternoon. I did several retune's, and eventually they returned. Probably due to the unusual spell of wet weather!
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