Caerhendy transmitting station

Caerhendy
Caerhendy
Height of mast 10 metres (33 ft)
Grid reference SS772912
Built 1980s
Demolished 2010
Relay of Wenvoe
BBC region BBC Wales
ITV region ITV Wales

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.

Frequency UHF kW Service
471.25 MHz 21 0.0005 BBC One Wales
495.25 MHz 24 0.0005 ITV1 Wales
519.25 MHz 27 0.0005 BBC Two Wales
551.25 MHz 31 0.0005 S4C

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    Coordinates: 51°36′23″N 3°46′23″W / 51.606292°N 3.773067°W