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 withheldMonday, 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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Steven Nancarrow: It was announced earlier this month that S4C Clirlun is to close at the end of the year.
Transmitters in Wales carry S4C Clirlun in lieu of Channel 4 HD. I don't know whether it is likely to replace S4C Clirlun when it closes.
Failing that, Channel 4 HD is available on Freesat.
Or you may be able to receive it from a transmitter in England such as Mendip. For this you will need a second aerial combined with the Kilvey Hill one.
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Steven Nancarrow: If Wenvoe is receivable at your location, then Mendip may be roughly in line with it, which makes me wonder whether a single aerial may allow you to receive all services from Wenvoe and 4HD from Mendip.
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Friday, 3 August 2012
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wayne11:06 PM
Is there an issue with the Kilvey transmitter as since the olympics have started i have lost all COM6 ArqB C28 530.0MHz channels. These include Film4 ITV4 Viva and Yesterday.
Before the olympics started i received all these channels perfectly but now i can not get them back no matter what i do
I have tried retuning manually as well as automatically.
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Saturday, 4 August 2012
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michael10:43 PM
KILVEY HILL, Arqiva B,ch28, 530Mhz - all is well as received Sat 4 August at 22:30 the other side of the water on an indoor aerial.
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Friday, 7 September 2012
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Pat brown7:53 PM
Swansea
Still no reception.
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Pat's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael 9:32 PM
pat Brown: Reception from Kilvey Hill is fine on the North Devon coast right now. The good weather is due to high atmospheric pressure, which can increase interference from far-away transmitters on the same channels. If this problem persists, depending on your location in Swansea, you might wish to try receiving signals from Preseli, Carmel, Wenvoe - or even Huntshaw Cross.
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Mark Fletcher11:26 PM
Halifax
Louise.Look up inversion effect !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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