Freeview Light on the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,300 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) mast?
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 27 May 04:58 until 27 May 07:53. . 
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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 Usk (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 Usk 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 | H max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 | H max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 | H max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 70m | DTG- | 4W |
 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 Usk (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 Usk transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 32km southwest (227°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 37km southwest (226°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Usk (Monmouthshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 29 Jun 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C56tv_off | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 22W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.9dB) 3.6W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Friday, 27 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:13 on 23 Sep to 03:37 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:42 on 23 Sep to 09:24 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:46 on 24 Sep to 06:17 on 24 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 on 23 S [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:42 on 23 Sep to 09:24 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:46 on 24 Sep to 06:17 on 24 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 03:13 on 23 Sep to 03:37 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:58 on 23 S [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:46 on 24 Sep to 06:17 on 24 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:46 on 24 Sep to 00:49 on 24 Sep. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 May 01:54 until 25 May 03:07. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 May 07:05 until 26 May 08:40. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 May 01:54 until 25 May 03:07. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 31 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:26 PM
7:26 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 May 22:17 until 30 May 22:19. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 26 May 07:05 until 26 May 08:40. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 May 01:54 until 25 May 03:07. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 May 22:17 until 30 May 22:19. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 22 Sep 09:07 until 22 Sep 11:59. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 31 Aug 13:50 until 31 Aug 15:42. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Jul 0 [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jul 08:45 until 5 Jul 09:45. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
USK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Sep 01:46 until 24 Sep 06:17. Off the air due to a fault from 23 Sep 14:58 until 23 Sep 20:22. Off the air due to a fault from 23 Sep 03:13 until 23 Sep 03:37. Off the air due to a f [BBC]
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