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The symbol shows the location of the Rhayader (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,300 homes.
What do the colours on the map mean?
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|
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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.
| Mux | Aerial position | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1
BBCA | vertical max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 396m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 20W |
| 
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 BBC Red Button 1, plus 14 others 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC Radio 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 Radio 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, 719 BBC Radio Wales, 720 BBC Radio Cymru,
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PSB2
D3+4 | vertical max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 396m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 20W |
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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),
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PSB3
BBCB | vertical max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 396m | 256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4 | 20W |
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101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others 232 The Space,
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Are you trying to watch these 27 Freeview channels?
The
Rhayader (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, BBC Red Button 2, 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.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Rhayader transmitter?
Are there any self-help relays?
| Dernol Valley | Active deflector | 35 km E Aberystwyth | 10 homes |
How will the Rhayader (Powys, Wales) 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 WItalics for
analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 26th August and 23rd September 2009.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W | |
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• |
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• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rhayader 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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