Freeview Light on the Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bow Street (Ceredigion, 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 Bow Street (Ceredigion, 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 Bow Street (Ceredigion, 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 Bow Street 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 | C43+ (650.2MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 53m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 Bow Street (Ceredigion, 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 Bow Street transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 118km south-southeast (153°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 121km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Bow Street (Ceredigion, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Oct 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 20W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-0.7dB) 17W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Blaenplwyf transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 26 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 26 Aug 10:16 until 26 Aug 11:36. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 25 Aug 20:44 until 25 Aug 20:57. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 26 Aug 10:16 until 26 Aug 11:36. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 25 Aug 20:44 until 25 Aug 20:57. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 14 Sep 14:30 until 14 Sep 14:51. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 PM
7:27 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Oct 09:23 until 27 Oct 11:34. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:26 AM
10:26 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Oct 12:45 until 31 Oct 13:50. Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Oct 09:23 until 27 Oct 11:34. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:25 PM
7:25 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Oct 12:45 until 31 Oct 13:50. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:25 PM
4:25 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Nov 11:02 until 4 Nov 13:15. Off the air due to a fault from 31 Oct 12:45 until 31 Oct 13:50. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:33 PM
9:33 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 4 Nov 11:02 until 4 Nov 13:15. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:44 AM
10:44 AM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Nov 05:37 until 19 Nov 09:06. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
BOW STREET transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Dec 13:52 until 1 Dec 14:05. . [BBC]
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