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Freeview Light on the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmitter which serves 29,000 homes. 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Wrexham Rhos transmitter broadcast?

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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)257mDTG-80W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)257mDTG-80W
Channel icons
5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)257mDTG-80W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Wrexham Rhos transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 176km south (185°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 180km south (186°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Mar 2019-
K TK TK TA K TA K T
C22D3+4D3+4
C25C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C32ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 200W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 80W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area

Sep 1962-Jul 1964Wales (West and North) Television (Teledu Cymru)
Jul 1964-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Wrexham Rhos 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.

Comments
Friday, 18 November 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:41 AM

john phillips: There is no fault with the transmitter, please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help. Can't really say anything specific without a full postcode.

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john phillips
9:21 PM

you are correct there is nothing wrong with the transmitter,post code ll141ah its the blocking,pixulating,no signal thats the problem,the whole of rhosllanercrugog the largest village in wales have intermittent or no welsh reception,due to dso fentton,wreking?increase in power?fenton chanel 22plus1?? very close to the wrexham/rhos mux?? this is also affected by different weather patterns,which points to another transmitter,aviva/digitaluk know theres a problem, any help would be great thanks

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Friday, 25 November 2011
Stuart O.
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

7:37 PM
Wrexham

john phillips: I'm noticing also how the signal for D3&4 (Ch.22) sometimes seems quite poor. Tonight it was 54 Strength 0 Quality whereas BBCA (Ch.28) was around both 90 Strength and Quality.
I can only presume like yourself it's because of D3&4 from The Wrekin (Ch. 23) having quite a high signal strength and quality but also down to the weather pulling in The Wrekin signal stronger and blocking out nearby signals so 22 and 23 being consecutive channels, and 23 despite being further away but at a much higher transmission power practically blocks out 22 that is transmitted from less than a mile away from where I live. 28 from Wrexham-Rhos appears to be unaffected so presume it's because there's no high-powered transmitters pumping anything out on 27 or 29.

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Thursday, 9 February 2012
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DJP
12:23 PM
Wrexham

Hi, we recently purchased a new HD TV and upon installation the tv was "tuned in" by the delivery guys. Wales region was the prefered region chosen and all relevant channels were received as expected. Today, upon switching the tv on, a message was displayed stating to re-tune and update channels. I have done this, along with chosing Wales as the prefered region, and now S4C Clirlun has disappeared from the channel line up. I have tried manually tuning the tv by imputting the channel number 53 (freq 730) and a "bar" is being displayed for signal strength, but nothing is being displayed on signal quality and although the message "searching" is being displayed, nothing seems to be happening, as this has been displayed for over half an hour. Our aerial is in the loft and pointing towards Wrexham-Rhos. I would be grateful if you could offer some advice as what to do as I was really looking forward to watching the rugby in HD on S4C!!! Thanks

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Dave Lindsay
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12:46 PM

DJP: You need to tune to channel 25 for HD services from Wrexham Rhos transmitter.

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DJP
1:16 PM
Wrexham

Thanks Dave for the advice. Tried Channel 25 but still no S4C Clirlun. Even tried Channel 42(MYP) but again no S4C Clirlun.

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Dave Lindsay
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1:31 PM

DJP: Try running the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged and then again with it plugged in until it gets to 25% (or until it's picked up channel 28 (which is BBC from Wrexham).

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DJP
2:04 PM
Wrexham

Thanks Dave, I have done what you've suggested, both BBC 1 and 2 Wales are "bad signals", ITV Wales and S4C are ok though, still no S4C Clirlun and I've noticed ITV 1HD is now Granada instead of Central.

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DJP
2:14 PM
Wrexham

Just done another tuning scan and everything appears to be back to normal now. All 4 Welsh channels coming through clearly, ITV 1 HD is back as Central and S4C Clirlun has returned, whilst all north west channels, including HD channels have returned to the 800's.

Many thanks for your advice and help

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Dave Lindsay
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2:29 PM

DJP: ITV1 HD does not necessarily provide the same regional feed as ITV1 standard definition does because there are only four ITV1 HD feeds nationwide. For example, in Yorkshire we get ITV1 HD Granada. I'm not sure which one transmitters in Wales carry.

What's the make and model number?

Go to BBC One (standard definition) and bring up the signal strength page. What UHF channel is it tuned to? And again for ITV1 standard definition? And same goes for BBC One HD?

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