Full Freeview on the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmitter which serves 360,000 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.
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Wenvoe 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Wenvoe transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 6km northeast (42°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 1km east-northeast (74°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Abergwesyn | Active deflector | 7 km N Llanwrtyd Wells | 20 homes |
Barry | Transposer | 10 km SW city centre | 300 homes |
Celtic Manor | Transposer | 5 km E Newport | 80 homes |
Pentrebach | Transposer | 3 km S Merthyr Tydfil | 100 homes |
Ystradfellte | Active deflector | 30 km NE Port Talbot | 20 homes |
How will the Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 15 May 2019 | ||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | W T | ||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C30 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | BBCA | ||
C42 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | SDN | |||||
C44 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
C45 | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C49tv_off | +ArqB | ||||||||
C51tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | LCF | LCF | ||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
com8 | (-9.7dB) 53.2kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
com7 | (-10.3dB) 47kW | |
Mux 1*, LCF | (-17dB) 10kW | |
Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 5kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
MikeP
6:35 PM
6:35 PM
Rita Lee:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
I have got a website about the Wenvoe. It's on Welcome!
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TransmittersInUK's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data wifiT's R&TI Service businessT's digitaluk trade radioT's DAB coverage
The Freeview channels get much further out than the map suggests. You can receive the Wenvoe's frequency's in St. Davids.
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TransmittersInUK's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data wifiT's R&TI Service businessT's digitaluk trade radioT's DAB coverage
Friday, 9 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:07 yesterday to 18:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 18:07 on 08 Mar to 18:18 on 08 Mar. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:05 PM
9:05 PM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:59 today to 18:00 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:59 yesterday to 18:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 31 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:05 AM
6:05 AM
WENVOE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:59 on 29 May to 18:00 on 29 May. [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:03 PM
12:03 PM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 08:59 today to 09:18 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 9 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
WENVOE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 08:59 yesterday to 09:18 yesterday. [BBC]
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