Freeview Light on the Llangadfan (Powys, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Llangadfan (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Llangadfan (Powys, 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 Llangadfan (Powys, 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 Llangadfan 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Llangadfan (Powys, 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 Llangadfan transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 131km south (174°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 135km south (175°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Llangadfan (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Dec 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 4 Nov 09 and 3 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
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Monday, 30 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:27 AM
7:27 AM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 13:33 until 28 Nov 13:34. . [BBC]
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Monday, 11 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 11 Jan 18:37 until 11 Jan 18:41. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 11 Jan 17:40 until 11 Jan 17:44. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:25 PM
6:25 PM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 11 Jan 18:37 until 11 Jan 18:41. . [BBC]
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Friday, 5 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:49 AM
4:49 AM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to essential engineering from 5 Feb 00:03 until 5 Feb 00:09. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:56 PM
4:56 PM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 16 Feb 12:14 until 16 Feb 12:18. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:39 AM
10:39 AM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 2 Mar 10:05 until 2 Mar 10:07. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:38 PM
7:38 PM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 2 Mar 10:39 until 2 Mar 10:48. Wrong regional programme due to a fault from 2 Mar 10:05 until 2 Mar 10:07. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:26 PM
7:26 PM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Mar 14:00 until 10 Mar 15:43. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 09:31 until 10 Mar 09:35. . [BBC]
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Monday, 15 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 10 Mar 14:00 until 10 Mar 15:43. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:33 PM
3:33 PM
LLANGADFAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 14 Jun 12:10 until 14 Jun 12:24. . [BBC]
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