Full Freeview on the Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) transmitter which serves 120,000 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 Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Kilvey 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Kilvey Hill transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 50km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 49km east-southeast (113°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
| New Inn C/p | Transposer | 8 km NE Tenby | 1 homes 100 caravans |
How will the Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 17 Jul 2019 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C22 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C34 | _local | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves |
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?
| Analogue 1-5 | 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux B* | (-12.2dB) 600W | |
| Mux A* | (-15.2dB) 300W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Kilvey Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 27 September 2011
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Blyth7:30 AM
Swansea
Is anyone else having problems in the Swansea area - I have lost all signal for my freeview box despite re setting etc???
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Blyth's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Bastion9:37 AM
Hi
Back to my CITV Mini query I'm afraid. I've started seeing CITV Mini adverts on ITV (which I receive from Kilvey Hill) which we haven't had before. Coupled with the rumours of S4C2 closing, does this mean that CITV Mini could be finally heading back to Wales?
Thanks
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
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michael10:42 AM
Blyth, if you are still having trouble receiving Kilvey Hill, the problem must be
in your installation. Reception across the water is near 100%, both signal strenght and quality on an indoor aerial!
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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david evans3:58 PM
we've just bought a Panasonic tx-l32c3b tv with freeview HD built in. We can get all the mentioned channels from the Kilvey transmitter except the four HD channels. How do we get the HD channels?
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
david evans: You don't have to do anything special, I would have a look for Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Monday, 7 May 2012
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Rick1:20 AM
I am on Kilvey Transmitter ..when are we likley to see more HD channels ?
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Mark Fletcher3:01 AM
Halifax
Rick.Not for some time yet !
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012
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Rick12:29 AM
Wales is fully digital, what is the reason for the delay in more HD channels ... freeview puts out Al Jazeer, Russian TV, and porn channels ... I'm sure Joe Public would prefer more HD instead.
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
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david mannings1:44 PM
what is the channelnumber transmiter frequency coloue code for the ae
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Monday, 30 July 2012
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Steven Nancarrow10:40 AM
Having just purchased a new HD television with built in Freeview and living in the Sketty area of Swansea, I have discovered that my transmitter (Kilvey Hill) does not cover Channel 52 (i.e. Chgannel 4 HD). Can you please tell me why and if this is going to be rectified in the near future. Whilst I can receive S4C HD (Channel 53) I am not a welsh speaker.
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