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The symbol shows the location of the Fishguard (Pembrokeshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,800 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 Fishguard (Pembrokeshire, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Fishguard 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
C32 (562.0MHz)151mDTG-25W
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
C34 (578.0MHz)151mDTG-25W
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
C35 (586.0MHz)151mDTG-25W
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 Fishguard (Pembrokeshire, 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 Fishguard transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 135km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 134km east-southeast (118°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Fishguard (Pembrokeshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1717 Oct 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TA K T
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 19 Aug 09 and 16 Sep 09.

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

Analogue 1-4 56W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-3.5dB) 25W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli 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. Fishguard 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

11:09 AM

FISHGUARD transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Jan 10:40 until 18 Jan 12:31. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:08 AM

FISHGUARD transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Apr 21:15 until 27 Apr 21:39. . [BBC]

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Friday, 30 June 2023
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Ann James
4:53 PM
Fishguard

we receive BBC1 and BBc2 from the relay station at Goodwick . We live in Fishguard SA65 9PA. there is currently no service on BBC1 orBBC2 today. is the Goodwick relay station out of order or does it just need to be retuned or turned up ?

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Chris.SE
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10:24 PM

Ann James:

If you were previously correctly tuned you should never retune if you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures as this usually just clears your correct tuning. You then have to retune again when signals are normal and as you won't know when that is, you may have to try several times!

It doesn't matter whether the signal problem is due to transmitter maintenance, faults or weather conditions. It's very rare that such problems persist for lengthy periods. If you are without signal for any lengthy period, often a good idea to check with a near neighbour if they have the same problem, if not it could be a fault on your system.

I can't find any reported faults for the Fishguard transmitter but as it is a relay of Preseli and whilst it's not listed for Planned Engineering, Preseli was listed this week, it's possible there may have been service interruptions.

You are only 2km from the transmitter and shouldn't normally have any reception problems. If you still have a problem and your neighbours are receiving signal ok, then post back with a bit of detail about your aerial installation etc.
Do of course check you aerial looks intact, that your downlead isn't flapping around in the wind etc. and all your coax plugs are inserted correctly.

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