Caerhendy transmitting station
The Caerhendy television relay station was sited at Caerhendy in the Afan Valley, a few kilometres north of Junction 40 on the M4 motorway at Port Talbot. It was originally built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue television. It was sited at the clubhouse of the soccer ground at Ynys Park and consisted of a mere 3 m aluminium mast carrying a vertically stacked yagi array. The transmitter served about 50 houses in Caerhendy, about 500 m across the valley to the east, which for reasons of geography couldn't get a signal from Mynydd Emroch transmitter just to the south.
Alltwen transmitter re-radiated a signal received off-air from Cwmafan about 2 km farther to the northeast, itself a relay of Wenvoe. It was possibly the lowest ERP officially provided TV relay in the UK, radiating just 0.5 W on each of its four UHF channels.
When it came, the digital switchover process rendered Caerhendy redundant. It is no longer in service.
Channels listed by frequency
Analogue television
1980s - March 2010
Caerhendy (being in Wales) transmitted the S4C variant of Channel 4.
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Wenvoe UHF 625-line Transmitter Group |
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- Aberbeeg
- Abercynon
- Aberdare
- Abergavenny
- Abertillery
- Abertridwr
- Alltwen
- Bargoed
- Bedlinog
- Blackmill
- Blaenau Gwent
- Blaenavon
- Blaenllechau
- Blaina
- Brecon
- Briton Ferry
- Burry Port
- Caerhendy
- Cilfrew
- Clydach
- Clyro
- Craig-Cefn-Parc
- Crickhowell
- Crucorney
- Crumlin
- Cwm Ffrwd-Oer
- Cwmafon
- Cwmaman
- Cwmfelinfach
- Deri
- Dowlais
- Ebbw Vale
- Ebbw Vale South
- Efail Fach
- Ferndale
- Fernhill
- Gelli-fendigaid
- Gilfach
- Kilvey Hill
- Llanfach
- Llanfoist
- Llangeinor
- Llanharan
- Llanhilleth
- Llyswen
- Machen Upper
- Machen Upper
- Maesteg
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouth
- Mynydd Bach
- Mynydd Machen
- Nant-y-Moel
- Nantyglo
- Neath Abbey (H)
- Neath Abbey (V)
- Ogmore Vale
- Pennar
- Pennorth
- Penrhiwceiber
- Pontardawe
- Pontypool
- Pontypridd
- Porth
- Rhondda A
- Rhondda B
- Rhondda Fach
- Rhymney
- Risca
- Sennybridge
- South Maesteg
- South Tredegar
- Taffs Well
- Ton Pentre
- Tonypandy
- Tonyrefail
- Trebanog
- Trecastle
- Trefechan
- Treharris
- Tynewydd
- Upper Killay
- Usk
- Van Terrace
- Wattsville
- Ynys Owen
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