Freeview Light on the Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, 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 Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, 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 Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, 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 Ferryside 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 25W |
 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 -7dB | C30- (545.8MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 79m | DTG- | 25W |
 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 Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, 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 Ferryside transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 84km east-southeast (112°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 83km east-southeast (115°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Ferryside (Carmarthenshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2004 | 2005-13 | 31 Dec 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | SDN | SDN | ||||
| C30 | -D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C31 | 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 29 Nov 04 and 30 Mar 05.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| SDN, BBCA, BBCB | 25W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-0.4dB) 23W | |
| D3+4 | (-7dB) 5W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli transmitter area
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Thursday, 26 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:05 today to 17:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:05 today to 17:00 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:05 yesterday to 17:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:05 yesterday to 17:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 June 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:05 on 26 Jun to 17:00 on 26 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:05 on 26 Jun to 17:00 on 26 Jun. [BBC]
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Sunday, 13 July 2014
G
Graham.5:43 PM
This page for the Ferryside transmitter says that it only carries bbc a, bbc b and d3+4. In fact it states that sdn channels are not available. However, the section lower down with changes over time includes sdn on channel 27. Certainly we seem to get 27 with the same strength as the others. Is the information wrong?
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jb386:22 PM
Graham : SDN being mentioned would indeed appear to be an error, however if you can view programmes on SDN such as ITV3 etc then you will likely be receiving it from the Preseli transmitter, a way to verify being to carry out a signal check whilst viewing ITV3 and note the number of the Mux channel associated with the strength / quality, if its C42 then the transmission is from Preseli.
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Monday, 14 July 2014
Dave Lindsay
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
Graham.; jb38: The Ferryside transmitter is unique. It was the first transmitter to be converted to digital and carries PSB1, PSB2, PSB3 (HD) and COM4 (SDN). It is probably for this reason that this website has trouble showing it - because usually transmitters are either PSB-only or PSB+COMs 4, 5 and 6.
http://webarchive.nationa….pdf
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jb386:46 PM
Ferryside
Dave Lindsay: Thanks for the update on this, as its something which I was totally unaware of including possibly DUK's (trade) reception prediction site, because after having read Graham's posting I carried out a reception check using SA17 5RN as a test code (Ferryside Post Office) and the SDN Mux was not listed, however I have just tried the test again using the same post code and low and behold it is now..
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:14 today to 16:14 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 24 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:14 yesterday to 16:14 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 25 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
FERRYSIDE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:14 on 23 Jul to 16:14 on 23 Jul. [BBC]
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