Freeview Light on the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter which serves 17,000 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 Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Arfon 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C29+ (538.2MHz) | 611m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 611m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 611m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Arfon transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 184km south-southeast (158°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 186km south-southeast (159°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Arfon (Gwynedd, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1962-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 14 Nov 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | A K T | ||||
| C10 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +BBCA | |||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-27dB) 4W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area
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Friday, 14 January 2011
R
ross11:42 PM
when are we going to receive more freeview channels via the arfon tv transmitter?
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Monday, 17 January 2011
ross: The full set of channels for this transmitter is being broadcast.
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011
M
Martyn3:52 PM
Cardigan
@Briantist: Could you confirm that Arfon is transmitting BBC, BBC1, ITV and S4C channels in HD please? I'm unable to get any of these and I'm not sure why not...
Thanks in advance, Martyn
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Martyn: Yes, as above. You must have a Freeview HD (DVB-T2) receiver to see them, of course.
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Thursday, 27 January 2011
M
Martyn7:00 PM
Cardigan
@Briantist. Thank you for the quick reply!
I thought my TV (40" Sony KDL-40BX400) was sorted but, when feeding it directly from a terrestrial aerial, it looks like it's just HD ready.
I'm using a Linux box to feed it now, but the terrestrial card I use (Nova T-500) is only SD. Surprisingly (and very pleasingly) my satellite card (Nova-S, allegedly only DVB-S) picks up HD (DVB-S2) just fine, so I can receive HD from that for the time being.
Looks like I'll have to wait a while until DVB-T2 cards start coming out.
Thanks again, best regards, Martyn
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Friday, 28 January 2011
Martyn: There are a number of DVB-T2 cards out there now, but I'm not sure if any of them has a Linux driver.
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Wednesday, 2 February 2011
ARFON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:46 on 31 Jan to 05:36 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 February 2011
ARFON transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:46 on 31 Jan to 05:36 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 4 February 2011
ARFON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:41 today to 04:01 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
ARFON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:41 yesterday to 04:01 yesterday [BBC]
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