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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) mast?
Wenvoe transmitter - Wenvoe transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black 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
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?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 6km northeast (42°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
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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Sunday, 30 October 2016
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TransmittersInUK12:24 PM
Cardiff
Signal in Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan should be strong all the time
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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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peter wilce2:44 PM
is there a problem with bbc 1 today ?
since last night my 3 samsung tvs have been suffering from intermittent drop outs where the tv switches itself off and on about every 5 mins I live in peterston but today its started happening with my mother in laws samsung tv in llanishen and one of her neighbours . none are connected to the internet but within range of a wifi signal .
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
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Mark8:57 PM
Living in Llantwit Fardre. Got home around 7pm to find intermittent signal. Freeview TV in bedroom down, as is main TV in living room which takes Talk Talk TV. Don't know where my aerial is and don't know whether neighbourd have similar issue. Cheers.
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Sunday, 7 May 2017
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Guy Richards10:07 PM
Sunday 7 May, signal from Wenvoe has fallen to barely 50 per cent. I'm in nort Cardiff, anyone else with the same issue?
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Thursday, 15 June 2017
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Phil3:06 PM
Hi,
I am using an old "One for All" indoor aerial with a Toshiba Digital TV in our Summer House in the back garden.
We are in Rhiwbina, Cardiff....no problems in the house with TV reception from the normal aerial..
Is there. a Problem for reception here for indoor aerials...???.....the only way I can get any channels is to hang the the aerial out through the window...it is fine then.
Any advice...???.....maybe invest in a modern indoor aerial..???
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StevensOnln13:45 PM
Phil: Indoor aerials only work well in places that have a strong signal to begin with. Using one at ground floor level will never produce the same results as a roof (or loft) mounted aerial as there will be less signal due to obstructions such as the surrounding buildings and trees etc (and signals reflecting off the same cancelling out the wanted signals) which are less of a problem at roof height. Also, a lot of indoor aerials are poorly designed and are little more than a piece of wire sticking out of an amplifier. The best type to try are ones that look like a smaller version of a rooftop aerial, or even consider mounting a small rooftop aerial on your summer house.
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MikeP
6:37 PM
6:37 PM
Phil:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1, I concur that 'indoor' aerials are not at all effective unless you are very close to a powerful transmitter. Years of TV field servicing experience suggests they are never a good solution.
One alternative is to have an active splitter added into your existing aerial signal feed and an additional coaxial cable run from that to your Summer House, bearing in mind that aerial cables are not designed to be suspended or buried. So if it crosses 'open space' you will need either supporting wires to 'hang' it from or sealed circular trunking below ground for it to fed through. Or else have a new aerial fitted where it can receive a good and stable signal.
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017
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Pam4:33 PM
Blackwood
Np12 1dh
When will Blackwood area be able to watch all the freeview channels instead of the handful currently available to us. It seems so unfair that we pay the same license fee but have only a fraction of channels available. I understood that when digital had been rolled out to the whole country, the signals would be boosted to give the wider choice to everyone but this hasn't materialised.
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Pam's: ...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
MikeP
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Pam:
Cwmfelinfach is a Freeview Lite transmitter and, as with all such, there is no plan for any further channels to be made available. This is an entirely commercial descision by the non-PSB broadcasters. They have to cover their costs, of transmitting programmes, from the advertising revenue they try to attract. If the audience is too small to interest the advertisers, as with most/all Freeview Lite transmitters, then there is no attraction to pay to provide those extra channels.
It has nothing to do with paying for a TV Licence as that is required to receive any available channels being broadcast or via the BBC iPlayer.
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017
31. 10 .2017....... most of the day we have had very little t.v reception, this evening ...NO t.v at all , have done all the required checks only to get service not available come up, will this be an on-going thing ?
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