Full Freeview on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.818,-4.067 or 51°49'5"N 4°4'3"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 72,000 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast?

Carmel transmitter - Carmel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Carmel 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	C23- (489.8MHz)	411m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	C26 (514.0MHz)	411m	DTG-	20,000W
	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	C29 (538.0MHz)	411m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	411m	DTG-8	10,000W
	E4 (Wales), 20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 14 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C36 (594.0MHz)	411m	DTG-8	10,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	411m	DTG-8	10,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Carmel transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 68km east-southeast (122°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 68km southeast (127°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Abergorlech	Active deflector	Dyfed	5 homes
Cwmere	Active deflector	11 km NE Aberystwyth	10 homes

How will the Carmel (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	2013-18	2013-17	17 Jul 2019
	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	C/D E T	W T
C23							BBCA
C26							D3+4
C29							BBCB
C33							SDN
C36							ArqA
C48							ArqB
C49_{tv_off}					ArqB	ArqB
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C54_{tv_off}				SDN	SDN	SDN
C55_{tv_off}				_local	_local	_local	_local
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C58_{tv_off}				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves		-BBCA	-BBCA
C61				ArqB
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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 26 Aug 09 and 23 Sep 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 10kW
Mux A*	(-13dB) 5kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux B*	(-16dB) 2.5kW
Mux C, Mux D	(-20dB) 1000W

Local transmitter maps

Carmel Freeview Carmel DAB Carmel TV region BBC Wales Wales

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Carmel transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Carmel was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

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5:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 to 23:05 yesterday. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Reduced from 17:41 today, Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 to 23:05 yesterday. [BBC]

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11:08 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Reduced from 17:41 today to 20:25 today, Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 to 23:05 yesterday. [BBC]

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5:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Reduced from 17:41 to 20:25 yesterday, Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 on 13 Oct to 23:05 on 13 Oct. [BBC]

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8:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Reduced from 17:41 to 20:25 yesterday, Radio Wales FM Reduced Quality from 07:00 today, Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 on 13 Oct to 23 [BBC]

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11:08 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Reduced from 17:41 to 20:25 yesterday, Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 on 13 Oct to 23:05 on 13 Oct, Radio Wales FM Reduced Quality fro [BBC]

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2:08 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 on 13 Oct to 23:05 on 13 Oct, Radio Wales FM Reduced from 07:00 today to 11:35 today, Radio Wales FM Reduced Quality from 17:41 [BBC]

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Robert John
3:03 PM

I've noticed that most BBC and some other now pixelate a lot on both of my tvs. Also I've just seen here that frequencies have moved from the 50s-60s range to the 20s- 40s. Would I be right in thinking I need a new as I've had mine since the year dot ?

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Chris.SE

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3:30 PM

Robert John:

You are quite correct, you may need a new , a group K rather than a (better sensitivity as there are no temporary COMs 7&8 from ). If you give us your full postcode or if you put your postcode into About us | Freeview you can see your predicted at your location. If any of the multiplexes are not "good" you should definitely go for the Group K.

If you are having issues with the main BBC since the retune (and the SDN channels - see About us | Freeview and have retuned it is possible that your aerial is an old C/D group that is not able to receive the new channels sufficiently well, and it may need replacing. You can get free if you do not have or by contacting on 0808-100-0288 see Important changes to Freeview TV signals Important changes to Freeview | Freeview and also see the FAQs on that page in case they may help.

BUT you need to do it NOW as there's a 3 month time limit on the free help.

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2:10 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 03:38 on 11 Oct to 10:46 on 11 Oct. FM: Radio Wales FM Off Air from 22:50 on 13 Oct to 23:05 on 13 Oct, Radio Wales FM Reduced from 07:00 today to 11:35 today, Radio Wales FM Reduced Quality from 17:41 [BBC]

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