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52.912,-3.163 or 52°54'44"N 3°9'46"W

LL20 7BE

4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C22: BBCB
See How do I know if the 4G broadband will overload my Freeview? and Full UK map of 4G issue areas for details.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Pontfadog (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Pontfadog (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 homes.

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Moel-Y-Parc region

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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.

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Pontfadog 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.

Mux	Aerial position	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical max	C28 (530.0MHz)	417m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2W
	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
PSB2 D3+4	vertical max	C25 (506.0MHz)	417m	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	2W
	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),
PSB3 BBCB	vertical max	C22 (482.0MHz)	417m	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	2W
	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,

Looking for these 26 channels?

The Pontfadog (Denbighshire, 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 Pontfadog transmitter

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 157km south
to BBC Wales region - 205 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 162km south
to ITV Wales region - 205 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K
	C22	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C25	ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C28	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
600	C32	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 28th October and 25th November 2009.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	6W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-4.8dB) 2W

History of Channel 3 in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area

Sep 1962-Jul 1964	Wales (West and North) Television (Teledu Cymru)
Jul 1964-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Dec 2014	Harlech Television

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. Pontfadog 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.

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Transmitter engineering
Saturday 5 September 2009 3:06PM

PONTFADOG transmitter - 4th September 2009: Engineering work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - All Digital services - N/A[DUK]

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