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The symbol shows the location of the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter which serves 95,000 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 Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter broadcast?

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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
 H max
C45 (666.0MHz)572mDTG-20,000W
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
 H max
C39+ (618.2MHz)572mDTG-20,000W
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
 H max
C42 (642.0MHz)572mDTG-20,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C51- (713.8MHz)572mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
 E4 (Wales), 20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C36+ (594.2MHz)572mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C48- (689.8MHz)572mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 192km south (179°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 196km south (181°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

GwyddelwernActive deflector17 km E Llangollen62 homes
LlandeglaTransposer12 km E Wrexham33 homes
Pentre-llyn-cymmerTransposer18 km E Betws-y-Coed15 homes

How will the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1963-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2019
VHFB E TB E TB E TE TE TW TW T
C6BBCtvwaves
C11ITVwaves
C27_local
C32com7com7
C34com8com8
C36ArqA
C39 +D3+4+D3+4D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCABBCA
C48-ArqB-ArqB-ArqBArqB
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4
C51tv_off-SDN-SDN-SDN
C52tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+ArqA+ArqA+ArqA
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_off_local_local_localCOM8tv_off

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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 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
com7(-8.4dB) 14.3kW
com8(-8.5dB) 14kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-20dB) 1000W
Mux C*, Mux D*(-26dB) 250W

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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:46 PM

Stuart Davies: All transmitters in your area carry HD services as they have switched fully to digital.

Any prediction system of where signals are available which are based on post codes should be taken with a pinch of salt. They exist because of the demand for such a service and not because they can ever be in any way totally accurate.

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Saturday, 11 February 2012
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Robert Lee
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12:54 PM

Stuart - I live in Buckley and can receive Freeview HD from both Winter Hill (C54) and Storeton (C60) which gives me BBC1, BBCHD, ITV1, C4 and S4C Clirlun, all without problem.

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Thursday, 1 March 2012
Stuart O.
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

12:34 AM
Wrexham

Now that improvements have been made to the coverage area maps, I can now see how poor the coverage area actually is in North-East Wales, which Moel-Y-Parc is supposed to serve. It appears to have almost the same coverage area as Winter Hill with more coverage in England and barely any coverage in Wales.

Therefore I'm wondering if the radiation patterns and/or powers of either or both masts should be changed to prevent so much of an overlap and for Moel-Y-Parc to transmit less power to Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire and more power to Flintshire, Wrexham, Denbighshire and Conwy?

You would think though a town the size of Wrexham and also with the importance Llangollen has on the world with the International Eisteddfod, that both places should be entitled and therefore able to receive the Main transmitter for North-East Wales.

So I've often thought perhaps Moel-Y-Parc at Postcode CH7 5UU maybe wasn't the best location for the transmitter, maybe somewhere higher up towards, or better still, on the Clwydian Range mountains may have been better or maybe if the mast was made taller or more powerful towards the Welsh counties it's supposed to serve and less powerful towards English counties which it's not supposed to serve.

It will be interesting to hear other people thoughts and take on this.

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Mike Dimmick
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1:13 AM

Stuart O.: It's consistent with the analogue coverage area published in the IBA's old guides. See mb21 - Transmitter Information - Moel-y-Parc .

The overspill into England is just a consequence of the height-above-ground and the relative low heights of the terrain there. North Wales is just too folded for the signal to get down into the valleys, so numerous relays are required. Even VHF, which bends better over terrain than UHF, was tricky: see mb21 - ether.net - ITV 405 line TV Transmitters - Wales and W England .

This website doesn't have access to the radiation patterns for most of the main transmitters, so it assumes equal power in all directions. It's very likely that power is reduced to the east, to reduce interference into England. We already have to clear Moel-Y-Parc with the Irish authorities to ensure it won't interfere too much with their services, so a power increase is likely out of the question.

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Stuart O.
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12:01 PM
Wrexham

Mike Dimmick: Even the analogue coverage shouldn't have had that much overspill across the borders in my opinion.

All I'm saying is if you look at the coverage of the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter, it doesn't appear to serve that many people in Wales in its designated service area. It appears to serve more people in the North West than to Wales itself which is why I'm saying the aerials on the mast should be directed less at the North West and more around the aforementioned counties in Wales.

If it can't be done by increasing the power, then it couuld've been done had the transmitter been built taller or at a higher location above sea level than present.

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Friday, 9 March 2012
Stuart O.
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8:59 AM
Wrexham

Another thing I was wondering, should ArqA now show as having a power of 12,500 Watts?, not 10,000 Watts?

The notes above say:
ArqA increases from 10kW to 12.5kW on 28 September 2011. (changes to 64QAM mode and loses its current +167kHz offset.)

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Stuart O.
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

2:32 PM
Wrexham

Hello,
Would anyone be able to get back to me with my query above please?
I've noticed no-one has replied and usually Briantist, Mike Dimmick, Dave Lindsay and jb38 usually get back to me quite quickly after I post a message so it would be nice if one of you or someone else could get back to me soon.

Kind Regards,
Stuart O.

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Dave Lindsay
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2:47 PM

Stuart O.: Refer to the Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Stations for Multiplex Licences Version 7 27 January 2012:

http://licensing.ofcom.or….pdf

For Moel y Parc, 51 (SDN) and 52 (ArqA) are 10kW. 48 (ArqB) is also 10kW but "Until 24 October 2012, services are subject to a
reactive power restriction of 5,000 Watts".

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Stuart O.
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3:27 PM
Wrexham

What is a reactive power restriction anyway?
Is it permanently at 5,000 Watts until 24th October or are there periods when power is increased?
I'm seeing powers mentioned of 10,000 Watts, 12,500 Watts and 5,000 Watts and can't make out which multiplexes have been on or are on or due to be on each of the power ratings I have stated above.
And why mention 12,500 Watts from 28th September 2011 when in actual fact it's at 5,000 Watts?

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Tony
6:51 PM

I live in Gwynfryn and cannot receive any of the Welsh channels. Why is this?

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