Freeview Light on the Kilve (Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kilve (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Kilve (Somerset, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kilve (Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kilve 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 118m | DTG- | 3W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 118m | DTG- | 3W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 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 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 118m | DTG- | 3W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Kilve (Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kilve transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 54km northeast (54°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 55km east-northeast (58°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Kilve (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||
| E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
| C62 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C66 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.3dB) 3W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Sunday, 18 December 2011
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hugh james1:15 PM
My digital arial is pointed towards Kilve I have subscribed to BT vision and originally took the package of having sky sport 1 and 2 however bt have informed me that the Kilve transmitter is unable to transmit sky sports 1 and 2 on the sky vision service. Can you please confirm if this is the case and what the reason is.
many thanks Hugh tames
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hugh james: That is correct. Kilve is a "Freeview Light" transmitter and therefore only carries the "Public Service Broadcaster" multiplexes (groups of channels) which are the BBC, ITV1, ITV2, C4, E4, C5 and a few others.
BT Vision uses the Freeview service and Sky Sports 1 and 2 are carried on one of the commercial multiplexes which does not broadcast from Kilve.
The reason for this is due to the fact that the commercial operators operate on a commercial basis and not one which is to serve as much of the population as possible. For a fuller explanation, see here:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
The only possibility you *might* have is if you can receive signals from another transmitter that does carry these services. As you face Wales, you might be able to receive them from one of the transmitters there, and use your aerial on Kilve for regional programming.
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Saturday, 9 June 2018
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BobMudd3:52 PM
I receive all freeview and ITV, channel 4 and 5 etc but not any BBC including digital radio. This problem started about 10 days ago. Strangely a pixilated signal appears at about 19.00 but then disappears by 20.30. Aerial is on roof. My postcode us TA51ED. I have tried retuning the TV many times and I have disconnected, cut about 2cm of aerial cable off and reconnected to a new front plate.
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MikeP
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
BobMudd:
Please put your full Post Code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker will show yopu th4e expected reception for your location. It will also allow you to check that you are tuning to the correct channels as many have changed recently. It will also suggst whether you need to change your aerial as some aerial do not receive all the available channels.
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Monday, 11 June 2018
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Bob Mudd9:44 PM
BobMudd: thanks but the transmitter us a local one for our village. Further investigation suggests that it is one Mux that I am not receiving. But again why can I receive it at 19.00 but by 20.30 it disappears totally? So I receive the Mux at 706 and 746 KHz but not the Mux at 778MHz. And why can I receive it for about an hour or so and then it goes off?
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018
MikeP
3:29 PM
3:29 PM
Bob Mudd:
Without knowledge of which transmitter you are near to nor the expected reception conditions, it is impossible to advise. Please provide a full posy code to this website so we can check those conditions.
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Bob Mudd10:57 PM
MikeP: TA51EQ and it is called the Kilve Transmitter. It is in Somerset by the way. The details to the site are part of ukfree.tv website. The site tells me there is nothing wrong with the transmitter. Oh, for no reason, no BBC suite of programmes all evening until 22.30. Watching it now in fact and all seems normal. What is going on? Thanks for your replies and interest.
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Bob Mudd10:58 PM
Link enclosed Which Freeview channels does the Kilve transmitter broadcast?
Bob.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2018
MikeP
6:53 PM
6:53 PM
Bob Mudd:
According to Digital UK, you are almost on top of the transmitter - see Coverage Checker - Detailed View That is set to show reception expectations at your location. You should be getting excellent results for all three multiplexes.
Can you check what the signal strengths are for all three, please? The ideal levels are between 60% and 85%. Any less or any more is a problem (the output from the transmitter does not vary). If it is more, which is entirely poissible as you are so close, then you need to use an attentuator to reduce it to a level given above.
The other possibility is local interference.
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Bob Mudd7:21 PM
Hi Mike.
No idea of how I would check signal strength so could you explain a little more what I need to do please?
Again thanks for your interest and help.
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