Betws-y-Coed (Conwy, Wales) digital TV transmitter

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53.108,-3.757 or 53°6'29"N 3°45'24"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Betws-y-Coed transmitter. The Betws-y-Coed transmitter covers 3,000 homes.

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Betws y Coed AM/FM

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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.

Betws-y-Coed transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical	Below average	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100
	1 BBC One Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 14 others 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, 719 BBC Radio Wales, 720 BBC Radio Cymru, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C27 (522.0MHz) from 354m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	vertical	Below average	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	100
	3 ITV (Wales), 4 S4C, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 8 Channel 4 South ads, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 33 ITV +1 (Wales), • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C24 (498.0MHz) from 354m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	vertical	Below average	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	100
	101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C21+ (474.2MHz) from 354m datum.

Looking for these 26 channels?

The Betws y Coed (Conwy, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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.

Regional news from the Betws-y-Coed transmitter

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1950s~85	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	VHF	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K
	C4	BBCtv
	C21		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	+BBCB	+BBCB	+BBCB
	C24		ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C27		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
600	C31		C4	C4	C4

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 21st October and 18th November 2009.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	630W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-8dB) 100W

History of Channel 3 in the Llanddona transmitter area

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

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Betws-y-Coed 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.