Freeview Light on the Clydach (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Clydach (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 800 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 Clydach (Monmouthshire, 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 Clydach (Monmouthshire, 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 Clydach 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 | C23 (490.0MHz) | 335m | 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 335m | 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 335m | 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 Clydach (Monmouthshire, 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 Clydach transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 35km south-southwest (194°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 40km south-southwest (197°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Clydach (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C30 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C33 | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Monday, 13 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 09:16. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:48 PM
1:48 PM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 09:16 until 13 Jan 11:25. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Oct 11:23 until 2 Oct 12:38. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 AM
10:27 AM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 22 Oct 10:32 until 22 Oct 10:36. . [BBC]
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Friday, 6 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:12 PM
1:12 PM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 6 Nov 11:05 until 6 Nov 11:48. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:42 PM
1:42 PM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Nov 12:10. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:46 PM
6:46 PM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Nov 12:10 until 19 Nov 14:04. . [BBC]
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Friday, 29 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:50 PM
12:50 PM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Jan 10:41 until 29 Jan 10:41. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 PM
5:46 PM
CLYDACH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Jun 16:06 until 24 Jun 16:35. . [BBC]
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Friday, 9 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Clydach transmitter - Clydach transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/07/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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