Full Freeview on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 95,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter._______
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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Moel-Y-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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 196km south (181°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Gwyddelwern | Active deflector | 17 km E Llangollen | 62 homes |
Llandegla | Transposer | 12 km E Wrexham | 33 homes |
Pentre-llyn-cymmer | Transposer | 18 km E Betws-y-Coed | 15 homes |
How will the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1963-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2019 | ||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | E T | E T | W T | W T | ||
C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C11 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C27 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C34 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
C39 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | ||||||
C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | |||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | 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 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
com7 | (-8.4dB) 14.3kW | |
com8 | (-8.5dB) 14kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-20dB) 1000W | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-26dB) 250W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 7 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:08 today to 13:18 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:08 yesterday to 13:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:08 on 07 Feb to 13:18 on 07 Feb. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:08 on 07 Feb to 13:18 on 07 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 20:00 today to 20:08 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 20:00 yesterday to 20:08 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:08 on 07 Feb to 13:18 on 07 Feb. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 13:08 on 07 Feb to 13:18 on 07 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 20:00 yesterday to 20:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 February 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MOEL-Y-PARC transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 20:00 on 10 Feb to 20:08 on 10 Feb. [BBC]
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Peter9:12 PM
Is Moel Y Parc down on power on COM4/SDN,ITV3 etc aq
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Monday, 13 February 2017
Peter: If it doesn't say so at the top of the page, it isn't. So that leaves your system.
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