The Mynydd Pencarreg transmitting station is a

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and

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facility located on high ground about south of

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, in

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. The site has a guyed lattice mast erected on land that is itself about above sea level. It was originally built by the GPO as a telecommunications relay, and (amongst other things) was responsible for handling the microwave feed carrying the now-defunct

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television service to the television transmitter at

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about to the northwest near Aberystwyth. Despite this, Mynydd Pencarreg was never a 405-line TV broadcast site. Broadcast UHF television was added to the site in early 1981, launching with just the three programme services that were active at the time. S4C was added in 1982 when it launched. Currently, the transmitter provides

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digital television to the Lampeter area, along with FM radio.

Services listed by frequency

Analogue television

February 1981 - 1 November 1982

When 625-line colour television came to the area, the site became a relay of Preseli about to the southwest.

1 November 1982 - 19 August 2009

Channel 4 was added to the set transmitted from the site when it launched in November 1982. Being in Wales, Mynydd Pencarreg radiated the

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variant.

Analogue and digital television

19 August 2009 - 16 September 2009

The UK's

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commenced, mirroring the changes taking place at the parent transmitter at Preseli. Analogue BBC Two Wales closed on channel 64 and ITV1 Wales took over on that frequency for what would be its final 3 weeks of service, vacating channel 61 as it did so. The new digital BBC A multiplex started up at full power in 64-QAM mode on channel 61.

Digital television

16 September 2009 - 31 October 2012

All the analogue television services closed and the new digital multiplexes took over their frequencies.

31 October 2012 - present

OFCOM have announced that channel 61 is also to be cleared so as to make space for future 4G mobile phone services. At Mynydd Pencarreg, BBC A was moved from channel 61 to channel 49.

Analogue radio (FM VHF)

August 1981 - Late 1980s

FM radio from Mynydd Pencarreg launched in 1981, initially with just the three services that were typical of the time. For radio, the site was an off-air relay of Blaenplwyf.

Present

References

External links

The Transmission Gallery: Photographs and Information

The 'ukfree' listing for Mynydd Pencarreg
{{Television transmitters in the UK Buildings and structures in Carmarthenshire Transmitter sites in Wales