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The symbol shows the location of the Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter which serves 6,100 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 | C60 (786.0MHz) | 450m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 30W |
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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 | C57 (762.0MHz) | 450m | 64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2 | 30W |
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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 | C53 (730.0MHz) | 450m | 256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4 | 30W |
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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
Rhymney (Caerphilly, 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 Rhymney transmitter?
How will the Rhymney (Caerphilly, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| years | | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-18 | |
| aerial group | | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | |
| 700 | C53 | | C4 | C4 | C4 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |
| C57 | | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |
| C60 | | ITV | ITV | ITV | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |
| 800 | C63 | | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | | | | |
| 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 3rd March and 31st March 2010.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 150W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 30W | |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe 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. Rhymney 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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EthanFriday 31 August 2012 12:04AM
Bargoed Rhymney transmitter overlooking my grid reference, I never see the Engineers working on it, hopefully thes visits tht can be booked to see them, and when I drive past it to go on the common I never catch them on it, but one day I hope to, have a chit with themRHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 02:58 today to 03:14 today. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:40 today to 04:56 today. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 03:40 on 18 Jan to 04:56 on 18 Jan. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:06 today. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:06 today to 17:05 today. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:33 on 13 Mar to 14:12 on 13 Mar. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:06 yesterday to 17:05 yesterday. [BBC] RHYMNEY transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:06 on 16 Mar to 17:05 on 16 Mar. [BBC] W
wayneTuesday 19 March 2013 5:16PM
RHYMNEY transmitter - 7 to 10 May 2013: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 [DUK] RHYMNEY transmitter - 7 to 10 May 2013: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 [DUK] Over the next week Rhymney relay: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today to 13:57 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 today to 13:57 today. [BBC] 7 to 10 May 2013: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 [DUK] Over the next week Rhymney relay: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 yesterday to 13:57 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 yesterday to 13:57 yesterday. [BBC] 7 to 10 May 2013: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 [DUK] Over the next week Rhymney relay: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 07 May to 13:57 on 07 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 07 May to 13:57 on 07 May. [BBC] 7 to 10 May 2013: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 [DUK] Over the next week Rhymney relay: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 07 May to 13:57 on 07 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 07 May to 13:57 on 07 May. [BBC] 7 to 10 May 2013: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 [DUK] RHYMNEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 07 May to 13:57 on 07 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:45 on 07 May to 13:57 on 07 May. [BBC] updates
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