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Freeview Light on the Trebanog (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter

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51.607,-3.417 or 51°36'24"N 3°24'60"W

CF39 9HD

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): C21: 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 Trebanog (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Trebanog (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 3,600 homes.

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Wenvoe 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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Trebanog 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	C24 (498.0MHz)	188m	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	C27 (522.0MHz)	188m	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	C21+ (474.2MHz)	188m	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 Trebanog (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Trebanog transmitter

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 18km southeast
to BBC Wales region - 205 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 19km south-southeast
to ITV Wales region - 205 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2010	2010-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K
	C21	BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	+BBCB	+BBCB	+BBCB
	C24	ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C27	BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
600	C34	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 3rd March and 31st March 2010.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4	4W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-3dB) 2W

History of Channel 3 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•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Trebanog 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
Sunday 27 May 2012 4:29AM

TREBANOG transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:48 on 24 May to 04:48 on 25 May HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:48 on 24 May to 04:48 on 25 May [BBC]

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