Freeview Light on the Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,900 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 Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Rheola 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 | C59 (778.0MHz) | 457m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 457m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 457m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Rheola transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 41km southeast (132°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 42km southeast (138°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Oct 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | |||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C65 | 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 19 Aug 09 and 16 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli transmitter area
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Saturday, 21 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
RHEOLA 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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Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Feb 11:30 until 12 Feb 11:45. Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 10:32 until 12 Feb 11:30. . [BBC]
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Friday, 14 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:29 PM
4:29 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Feb 14:45 until 14 Feb 15:31. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Feb 11:30 until 12 Feb 11:45. Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Feb 10:32 until 12 Feb 11:30. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 17:58. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 16:23 until 15 Feb 17:13. Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Feb 14:45 until 14 Feb 15:31. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Feb 11:30 until 12 Fe [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 17:58 until 16 Feb 04:42. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 16:23 until 15 Feb 17:13. Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Feb 14:45 until 14 Feb 15:31. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Fe [BBC]
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 17:58 until 16 Feb 04:42. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 16:23 until 15 Feb 17:13. Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Feb 14:45 until 14 Feb 15:31. . [BBC]
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Friday, 21 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 17:58 until 16 Feb 04:42. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 16:23 until 15 Feb 17:13. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
6:12 PM
6:12 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Feb 17:58 until 16 Feb 04:42. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Mar 17:18 until 11 Mar 17:31. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
RHEOLA transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Mar 09:17 until 17 Mar 10:03. . [BBC]
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