Freeview Light on the Craig Cefn Parc (Swansea, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Craig Cefn Parc (Swansea, 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 Craig Cefn Parc (Swansea, 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 Craig Cefn Parc (Swansea, 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 Craig Cefn Parc 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 179m | 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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 179m | 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 179m | 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 Craig Cefn Parc (Swansea, 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 Craig Cefn Parc transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 52km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 52km east-southeast (122°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Craig Cefn Parc (Swansea, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
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Friday, 23 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:50 on 21 Aug to 11:04 on 21 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 00:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 00:51 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 today to 03:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 yesterday to 03:49 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 20 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 yesterday to 03:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 on 18 Sep to 03:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 21 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 on 19 Sep to 03:49 on 19 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:10 on 18 Sep to 03:49 on 19 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Feb 10:18 until 4 Feb 12:01. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 9 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 16:45 until 9 Feb 17:04. Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Feb 10:18 until 4 Feb 12:01. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 16:45 until 9 Feb 17:04. . [BBC]
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Friday, 12 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Aug 23:49 until 16 Aug 11:15. Off the air due to a fault from 18 Mar 05:02 until 18 Mar 10:56. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
CRAIG CEFN PARC transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Dec 08:45. . [BBC]
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