Freeview Light on the Afon Dyfi (Powys, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Afon Dyfi (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Afon Dyfi (Powys, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Afon Dyfi (Powys, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Afon Dyfi 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 116m | DTG- | 2W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Afon Dyfi (Powys, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Afon Dyfi transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 131km south-southeast (166°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 134km south-southeast (168°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Afon Dyfi (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Dec 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 10 Feb 10 and 10 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Blaenplwyf transmitter area
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Monday, 16 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
AFON DYFI transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 16 Jan 10:00. Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 03:34 until 14 Jan 08:29. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 22:54 until 12 Jan 23:26. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
AFON DYFI transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 16 Jan 10:00 until 16 Jan 10:12. Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 03:34 until 14 Jan 08:29. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 22:54 until 12 Jan 23:26. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AFON DYFI transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 16 Jan 10:00 until 16 Jan 10:12. Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 03:34 until 14 Jan 08:29. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
AFON DYFI transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 16 Jan 10:00 until 16 Jan 10:12. . [BBC]
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Monday, 23 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
Afon Dyfi transmitter - Afon Dyfi transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:06 AM
11:06 AM
AFON DYFI transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 23 Jan 09:03 until 24 Jan 09:06. . [BBC]
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