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The symbol shows the location of the Neath Abbey (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,100 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 Neath Abbey (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Neath Abbey 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
 V max
C39 (618.0MHz)
95mDTG-10W
10W
Channel icons
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, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)
95mDTG-10W
10W
Channel icons
5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)
95mDTG-10W
10W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Neath Abbey (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Neath Abbey transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 46km east-southeast (115°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 45km east-southeast (121°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Neath Abbey (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1319 Jun 2019
EEEC/D E TB E K T
C39BBCA
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C45BBCB
C48BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C52tv_offBBCA
C56tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C66BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

PSB1≡, PSB1||, PSB2≡, PSB2||, PSB3≡, PSB3|| 10W
Analogue 1-4(-1.5dB) 7W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Kilvey Hill transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Neath Abbey was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 28 January 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:02 AM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:16 yesterday to 10:22 yesterday [BBC]

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Sunday, 13 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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11:36 AM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:24 today to 08:25 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:34 today to 08:40 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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1:36 PM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:24 today to 08:25 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:34 today to 08:40 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:03 today to 08:09 today [BBC]

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Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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12:17 PM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:44 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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3:18 PM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:45 today to 10:49 today [BBC]

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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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7:16 AM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:45 yesterday to 10:49 yesterday [BBC]

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Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:46 PM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview - No problems - - No problems - - No problems - [BBC]

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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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G Davies
12:27 PM
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we have built in freeview digital tv , but are having problems with picture freezing ? have just ordered a better aerial which is considered best for our area , do you think this will make a diffrence. We have indoor aerial and in loft. also we the tv is positoned away from other items such as fridge , freezer etc.

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Mike Dimmick
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1:48 PM

G Davies: You should be able to see the Neath Abbey relay out of the window - the centre of the grid square for the centre of your postcode is only 200 metres away from the centre of the grid square containing the transmitter. It's the phone tower behind the school.

Neath Abbey transmits on both horizontal and vertical polarization. The transmitter is due east of you, and transmits more signal on horizontal polarization in that direction. Make sure the aerial elements go left-to-right rather than up-and-down.

As you're so close, you could end up with excessive signal levels even though you're using a set-top aerial in the loft. These typically have little useful gain, but the theoretical received power level is about 10 times the recommended limit, roughly the gain you get from a good aerial. If you have any amplification in the system, such as a booster, try removing that first.

Your TV may have decided to store the signals from the main transmitter at Kilvey Hill, as they are on lower frequencies, or if it selects them based on quality and the Neath Abbey transmissions are distorted due to being too loud. Kilvey Hill is 6km south-west of you, just to the east of Swansea.

See Digital Region Overlap for thoughts on how to ensure you're getting the signals you want.

Digital UK's prediction for this transmitter is for a good chance of reliable service on the PSB multiplexes, but a variable service on the commercial multiplexes. The problem here is that the commercial muxes at Kilvey Hill use the same frequencies as the public service multiplexes from Caradon Hill in Cornwall. All multiplexes clash with services from Stockland Hill in south-east Devon. It looks like line-of-sight to Kilvey Hill is clear.

The raw field strengths could still be quite high from Kilvey Hill - theoretically still a few times the recommended upper limit.

With the expected relative signal strengths, I would recommend a grouped aerial to reduce the level from the unwanted transmitter. A Group A aerial, for Kilvey Hill, has a lot more gain and better directional properties than a wideband in the appropriate group, you can then add attenuation to reduce the overall levels. Neath Abbey uses Group C/D.

To reduce signal pick-up from Caradon Hill and Stockland Hill, you could try rotating the aerial clockwise so it points a bit to the north of Kilvey Hill. Aerials do have 'side lobes' in their response patterns, places where they have more gain than at others. Careful positioning can reduce unwanted signals to a minimum, though it's hard to quantify this without professional equipment. Higher-gain aerials have tighter directional response - you would need to add attenuation to keep levels down to what your TV can handle.

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Friday, 3 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:25 AM

NEATH ABBEY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:01 on 24 Dec to 23:44 on 24 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:01 on 24 Dec to 23:44 on 24 Dec. [BBC]

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