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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, 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)
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 withheldThursday, 5 April 2012
Thursday, 6 September 2012
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Tom Nichols8:46 AM
Neath
Can you please tell me why I am loosing my TV signal it has happened twice this week between 08.30 & 10.00hrs.
My post code is SA10 9PF
Thank you
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Tom's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby4:24 PM
Tom Nichols: On checking the BBC status report for transmitters serving your location it appears that the Abercraf relay transmitter was off the air from 08.31 to 09.22 on 4th September 2012 and again today. If your aerial is pointing NNE with the rods vertical you are served by the Abercraf transmitter, however if your aerial is mounted with the rods horizontal and pointing West to Carmel your receiver has locked onto the Abercraf relay when scanning and ignored the stronger Carmel signal. In this event, to receive the correct set of frequencies, clear the channel list, then do a manual tune to C60, C53, C54, C58, C61 and if required C57(HD).Alternatively, if a manual tuning option is not available do a rescan with the aerial unplugged for the first third of the scan to miss out the Abercraf frequencies, then reconnect the aerial for the remainder of the scan.
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Monday, 12 November 2012
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Adrian miller3:55 PM
Hi I have lost bbc channels from Saturday on wards. Previously excellent reception, I can see the top of the Carmel transmitter from our lower windows five miles away. I have retuned several times and manually tuned to c60 (786mhz). The signal strength is still below 70 % with a booster fitted, all other channels are +90%
Please can you help?
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Adrian miller: If you can see Carmel at 5 miles, then too much signal is a possibility, maybe driven OTT by the amplifier:
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Wednesday, 9 January 2013
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Mr G Price12:42 PM
Kilgetty
We are looking to renew our outdoor aerial for our property, could you recomend the type we should aquire please.
Our details are: Bladon, New Road, Begelly, SA68 0YF
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Mr's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Richard Thomas8:19 PM
I can't pick up any bbc station on my digi box. Other tv in the house is ok. Both have separate aerials . It's been fine for the last few yars but fault on 20/01/2013
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Friday, 19 April 2013
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m evans9:51 AM
Carmarthen
hi since tues 16-4-2013 all the freeview channels have terrrible interference and you cannot view .the aerial is on the roof and it appears unchanged please advice if if its the transmitter thats weak etc or tv ? fault.
also mob is very weak @ in the same room ?
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m's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
m evans: Check that your TV is tuned to Carmel and not Preseli, which is in the opposite direction.
The tuned channel number is usually given on the signal strength screen. Carmel's channel numbers are given at the top of this page. Let us know if you would like more guidance.
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Sunday, 9 June 2013
Hi, I know you've already talked about this here, but I have a dvbt usb dongle that came with blaze software- I have windows Vista- and I have tried using windows media player but it just keeps telling me "no channels" when it scans. I googled the yakumo website you gave to download the bda driver, but it doesn't exist anymore.
Any advice would be really appreciated!
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