Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 72,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast?
Carmel transmitter - Carmel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Carmel 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Carmel transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 68km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 68km southeast (127°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Abergorlech | Active deflector | Dyfed | 5 homes |
| Cwmere | Active deflector | 11 km NE Aberystwyth | 10 homes |
How will the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Jul 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | |||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C55tv_off | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C58tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | -BBCA | ||||
| C61 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 26 Aug 09 and 23 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux A* | (-13dB) 5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B* | (-16dB) 2.5kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 16 December 2017
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MikeB4:50 PM
Peter D. Bain: Does the TV have a seperate digibox or is it built in?
And do other TV's in the house get a good signal?
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Saturday, 23 December 2017
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ian polke10:03 PM
For fhe last few days our signal seems weak. It drops out losing pixels, cracking sounds, momentarilh lises sojnd altogether. Sony Bravia tv with Panasonic HDD recorder. Are there known issues?
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MikeB10:49 PM
ian polke: You havn't imputted a postcode into the site, so we have no idea where you are in relation to the transmitter.
Also you've simply described a picture breakup - but you need to find out if:
a) The transmitter your tuned into is the one you are supposed to
b) What the signal strength/quality is of the signals your getting, and on what muxes. You have Sony and a Panasonic - too high a signal (90-95%) is as bad as too little, and you need to check which one. If it is too low, then you will get breakup, and then you need to find out why.
Biggest single reason is that your system has a problem - perhaps a lose connection or broken cable. Does that problem come and go?
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Friday, 30 March 2018
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Peter Suthers8:33 PM
You list 103 on the Carmel transmitter as being ITV HD Central West, yet we get ITV Wales HD.
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Thursday, 2 August 2018
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Huw2:19 PM
Will freesport and premier sports ever be available from the Carmel transmitter? And if so when
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StevensOnln13:56 PM
Huw: Premier Sports is a subscription channel and is not available on Freeview. Freesports is broadcast on the temporary COM8 multiplex which (along with COM7) covers around 70% of UK households from 30 main transmitters and is expected to close in the next few years when the 700MHz band is handed over to the mobile networks. None of the broadcasters on COM7/8 have announced what the long term plans are for their channels, but you could try contacting them and ask.
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Monday, 1 October 2018
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Kingston Bailey11:23 PM
Ferryside
Good morning, We have just moved our caravan to WAUNGADOG FARM, KIDWELLY, CARAMARTHENSHIRE POST CODE = SA17 4PP.
This area is served by CARMEL TRANSMITTER, could you please tell me which is the best antenna to use and also the polarisation.
Thank you.
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Kingston's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
MikeP
10:21 AM
10:21 AM
Kingston Bailey:
Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker for that location, at Coverage Checker - Detailed View shows that you would be best served with a wideband aerial (there are planned changes to the channels used next year) and it should be mounted for horizontal polarisation and at a bearing of 61 degrees.
The page linked to above also shows the channels in use now and from mid next year.
Hope that helps?
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Tuesday, 9 October 2018
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Kingston Bailey5:45 PM
MIKE P, thanks for your reply and the and the advice therein, I will check it out.
Kingston Bailey
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Kingston Bailey5:49 PM
Mike P, thanks for your reply and the advice therein, I will check it out.
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