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Freeview Light on the Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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52.289,-2.973 or 52°17'20"N 2°58'24"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Presteigne 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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C45 (666.0MHz)	308m	DTG-	3W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C42 (642.0MHz)	308m	DTG-	3W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C49 (698.0MHz)	308m	DTG-	3W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

The Presteigne (Powys, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Presteigne transmitter?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 76km east-northeast (74°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 75km east-northeast (74°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Presteigne (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	1 Mar 2018-
	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	B E T	B E T
C42				D3+4	D3+4
C45				BBCA	BBCA
C48	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C49_{tv_off}				BBCB	BBCB
C52_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves
C56_{tv_off}	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C66	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	16W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 3.2W

Local transmitter maps

Presteigne Freeview Ridge Hill TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Presteigne was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

T. Weston
6:47 PM

I live in and currently get fairly poor digital from , especially on commercial and digital radio.

After 20 April 2011, would I get better digital reception from the Presteigne than I now get from Ridge Hill?

I realise that my aerial would need to be changed from horizontal to vertical polarization.

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Briantist

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6:49 PM

T. Weston: I can't really say without your postcode.

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T. Weston
6:51 PM
Presteigne

My postcode is LD8 2NE

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T.'s: T's Freeview map T's terrain plot T's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage

Briantist

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6:57 PM

T. Weston: You will, with a fair sized , get all the from , which is more than the three public service multiplexes that will provide.

I would expect you will simply get a decent service from 20 April 11.

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Saturday, 5 February 2011

Terry
1:50 PM

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When will local BBC be available on Freeview in please?

I can't receive them on radio either.

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Briantist

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1:52 PM

Terry: As above, Wednesday, 6th April 2011.

I expect you might start getting at some point this year.

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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

paul charles
8:48 AM

i have no whatsoever

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Thursday, 13 March 2014

Alex Ramsay
7:47 PM

We have had at all since yesterday evening () - now it is Thursday 13th at 19.46

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