Freeview Light on the Garth Hill (Powys, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Garth Hill (Powys, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Garth Hill (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 Garth Hill (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 Garth Hill 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 | H max V -1.7dB | C53 (730.0MHz) | 372m | DTG- | 7W 5W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 18 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max V -1.7dB | C60 (786.0MHz) | 372m | DTG- | 7W 5W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max V -1.7dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 372m | DTG- | 7W 5W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Garth Hill (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 Garth Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 80km east (80°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 80km east (80°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Garth Hill (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 31W | |
| PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-6.2dB) 7.4W | |
| PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-7.9dB) 5W |
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:32 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:32 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 today to 08:47 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:32 today to 08:46 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 today to 08:47 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:32 today to 08:4 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 yesterday to 08:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:32 yesterday to 08:46 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 yesterday to 08:47 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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Thursday, 25 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 on 23 Aug to 08:47 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:32 on 23 Aug to 08:46 on 23 Aug, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:37 on 23 Aug to 08:47 on 23 Aug, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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Friday, 2 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:19 today to 02:28 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:19 today to 02:28 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:19 yesterday to 02:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:19 yesterday to 02:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 4 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:19 on 02 Sep to 02:28 on 02 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:19 on 02 Sep to 02:28 on 02 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:22 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:01 yesterday to 07:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:22 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:22 on 15 Sep to 18:16 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:01 on 15 Sep to 07:42 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:22 on 15 Sep to 18:16 on 15 Sep, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
GARTH HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:22 on 15 Sep to 18:16 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:22 on 15 Sep to 18:16 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:01 on 15 Sep to 07:42 on 15 Sep, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality [BBC]
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