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52.402,-3.618 or 52°24'5"N 3°37'6"W

SY18 6SG

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): C23: BBCA
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 Llangurig (Powys, Wales) transmitter. Click to recheck

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

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Long Mountain 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.

List by multiplex|List by channel number|List by channel name|See terrain plot

Llangurig 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	C23 (490.0MHz)	370m	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	C29 (538.0MHz)	370m	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	C26 (514.0MHz)	370m	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 Llangurig (Powys, 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 Llangurig transmitter

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 104km south-southeast
to BBC Wales region - 205 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 107km south-southeast
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
	C23	ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C26	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C29	C4	C4	C4	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
600	C33	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1

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 4th November and 3rd December 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 Long Mountain 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. Llangurig 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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John R Dore
Monday 23 November 2009 11:30PM Llanidloes

When will all 40+ freeview channels come to Llangurig?

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Briantist
Tuesday 24 November 2009 7:46AM

John R Dore: Only the channels listed will be provided. This is a public service transmitter.

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Transmitter engineering
Sunday 16 December 2012 1:29PM

LLANGURIG transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:37 on 12 Dec to 15:27 on 12 Dec HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:25 on 12 Dec to 10:22 on 12 Dec [BBC]

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