Full Freeview on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 95,000 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 Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, 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 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Moel-Y-Parc 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 196km south (181°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| Gwyddelwern | Active deflector | 17 km E Llangollen | 62 homes |
| Llandegla | Transposer | 12 km E Wrexham | 33 homes |
| Pentre-llyn-cymmer | Transposer | 18 km E Betws-y-Coed | 15 homes |
How will the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2019 | ||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | E T | W T | W T | ||
| C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C27 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | ||||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | 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 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7 | (-8.4dB) 14.3kW | |
| com8 | (-8.5dB) 14kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-20dB) 1000W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-26dB) 250W |
Local transmitter maps
Moel y Parc Freeview Moel y Parc DAB Moel y Parc AM/FM Moel-Y-Parc TV region BBC Wales WalesWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 21 September 2011
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RB11:30 PM
Leek
Getting a good signal for Ch51 and Ch52 now in Leek, Staffs from North Wales.
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RB: Which is excellent as you are not predicted any signal officially....
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
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Chris1:48 PM
Wirral
Sorry for my ignorance...
Due to where I live, I am unable to get any signal from The Wrekin or Winter Hill and I'm hoping to receive BT Vision in the future.
BT say that they're unable to provide me with a service with the current setup so the options to me are;
1 - get Sky
2 - get Freesat
3 - point my aerial to Moel-Y-Parc where I should get excellent signal strength.
If I was to point to Moel-Y-Parc, are English versions of BBC, CH4 etc still available, albeit on different channel numbers?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Alistair G.5:31 PM
@Chris, yes, BBC and CH4 will all be in English from Moel-Y-Parc, I know since I watch them from that transmitter. I get BBC1 Wales News though and ITV Wales News, instead of North West Tonight and Granada like I wanted. But I am on the wrong side of Moss Bank hill to receive the main Winter Hill transmitter in St.Helens where I live, so Moel-Y-Parc will have to do.
Cheers,
Alistair G.
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Sunday, 13 November 2011
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Corin11:46 PM
No signal for PSB-3 at the moment from Moel-y-Parc, so HD transmissions are unavailable at 23:30h, Sunday, November 13th, 2011.
PSB-1 and PSB-2 are normal.
Is this a a fault at the transmitter or a distribution problem for the HD multiplex?
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Monday, 14 November 2011
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Corin12:03 AM
23:30h Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Moel-y-Parc PSB-3 UHF channel 42
No signal being received, so no reception of HD stations, but PSB-1 and PSB-2 reception normal.
Is there engineering work or a fault at the transmitter or a problem with the distribution of the HD multiplex to the transmitter?
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KMJ,Derby9:15 PM
Corin: It could have been that due to the inversion effect the signal on C42 from Sutton Coldfield was travelling further than normal and interfering with the Moel-y-Parc HD signal.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Thursday, 17 November 2011
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Corin9:38 PM
KMJ: Thanks for the response. Yes that is a possibility but I thought inversion effects were less likely late at night, and if the signal from Sutton Coldfield was so strong to swamp Moel-y-Parc I would have thought that there might be a pixellated picture from Sutton Coldfield instead, but the TV was reporting "no or weak signal". Not being physically present at the TV, I was not able to check the signal strength/quality indications.
The receiving antenna is fairly directional, being a Televes DAT 45 with MRD, and the Sutton Coldfield signal would be coming in at approximately 130 degrees counter clockwise from the direction the antenna is pointing at Moel-y-Parc.
Thus for the Sutton Coldfield signal to swamp the signal from Moel-y-Parc would be exceptional, but of course not impossible under extreme conditions.
I was hoping to find out if anybody knew whether or not they were actually doing some work at the transmitter and if anybody else was affected. As most people do not yet have a DVB-t2 receiver, the number of people affected would be small.
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
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Stuart Davies1:36 PM
Buckley
Can you tell me when Freeview HD will be available in the area
I live in CH7 3AP Buckley
When checking the Freeview Website it just says not available but does not advise when it will be
Can you help pleae
Stuart
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