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 withheldSaturday, 17 October 2015
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MikeP11:09 AM
Leighton:
The red light you see is an aircraft navigation aid, it is not intended for any other purpose. That it appears dim from ground level is irrelevant as long as the visibility of the beacon is sufficient for pilots to see it relatively easily.
Further, any concerns of this nature about transmitters should be addressed to the transmitter operator, in many instances that is Arqiva, http://www.arqiva.com/con…us/.
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Monday, 19 October 2015
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sara jones8:47 AM
Is Kilvey Hiil still conducting engineering work?
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MikeP9:23 AM
Trowbridge
sara jones:
As you will see from the posting above this and below yours that there is further work on the Kilvey Hill transmitter.
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MikeP's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
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john evans9:37 AM
is there any interuptian in the signal for the ynysmeudw area
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Monday, 7 December 2015
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Paul Needs2:37 AM
Are there plans for BBC4 HD to be broadcast from Kilvey Hill, Swansea?
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Paul Needs: There are no plans, but it is unclear at this stage if BBC4 HD will move onto PSB3 when BBC 3 HD closes shortly.
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Monday, 22 February 2016
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Rick12:55 PM
The Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, and the limited HD channels reduced last week by BBC 3 dropping.
What plans are there for Kilvey becoming an extended Freeview transmitter ?
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Friday, 26 February 2016
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Al12:03 AM
MikeP: The red aircraft navigation lights on the Kilvey Hill Transmitter were out for several nights last week. The lights are now back on and look much brighter.
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Tuesday, 1 March 2016
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Al10:29 PM
Update: The aircraft navigation lights on the Kilvey Hill Transmitter were recently upgraded and that explains why the red lights appear brighter.
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Sunday, 27 March 2016
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Debbie Bowen5:34 PM
Could someone advise, if/when will Kilvey Hill be upgraded to include the full extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) channels like many other transmitters have been please?
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