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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 50km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-cymru-wales.jpg)
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, 23 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 yesterday to 13:46 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 yesterday to 13:46 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 today to 13:00 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 today t [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 25 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 23 Feb to 13:00 on 23 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 23 Feb to 13:00 on 23 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 [BBC]
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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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Saturday, 27 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 23 Feb to 13:00 on 23 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 on 23 Feb to 12:46 on 23 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:13 on 23 Feb to 12:48 on 23 Feb, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:16 on 23 Fe [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 March 2016
A
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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Monday, 4 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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