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 withheldThursday, 15 February 2018
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StevensOnln12:18 PM
keron: Tru TV has moved to the local multiplex, so if you can receive a local TV station on channel 8 then retune and Tru TV should reappear in your channel list.
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Friday, 16 February 2018
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Michael9:27 AM
Hector:
KH is fine here on the south side of the water. Check your aerial and coax and connectors for damage. Our recent high winds and rain might have moved or damaged your installation. My chimney log came down last week, but I was able to re-fix it temporarily with a ratchet strap - and will do a proper job when the weather is friendlier!
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Sunday, 25 February 2018
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Rick9:57 AM
Kilvey does not transmit many HD channels.
Your notes suggest it needs Com7 and Com8
Are there any plans to provide these.?
As HD TV is now a mature service, would have expected more HD channels by now, especially as most people have moved to HD capable TVs
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StevensOnln110:17 AM
Rick: COM7 and COM8 are temporary services which are broadcast from 30 main transmitters which cover around 70% of UK households and are expected to close some time between Summer 2020 and 2022. There have never been any plans for coverage to be expanded to any further transmitters.
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Monday, 26 February 2018
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John B6:17 PM
Like Rick, I too have been disappointed about the lack of HD channels broadcasting from Kilvey Hill and have attempted for years to learn what organisation is responsible for deciding whether Kilvey will broadcast COM7 and COM8 to write to them to enquire, however, I have never been able to find out. Does anyone know? Having just read your reply StevensOnln1 if all COM7 and 8 are closing in a few years what will happen to HD channels?
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StevensOnln17:27 PM
John B: COM7 & COM8 are commercial multiplexes operated by Arqiva, using spare transmitter equipment that was taken out of service at the time of the digital switchover. This allows it to operate at a low cost (very little new equipment needed) and allowed additional Freeview capacity to be made available to broadcasters at a significantly lower cost than capacity on the existing (and nearly full) COM4/5/6 multiplexes. Adding additional transmitters such as Kilvey Hill would require additional equipment (therefore more cost) and would only add a small percentage of households to the coverage area - COM7/8 would have to be added to more than double the number of transmitters to reach the same level of coverage as COM4/5/6 (80 transmitter to reach 90% of UK households) which would push the cost up significantly and probably wouldn't have attracted some of the smaller channels such as FreeSports, PBS America, Forces TV etc to join Freeview. None of the broadcasters have announced what will happen to their channels on COM7/8 when these temporary multiplexes close.
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Friday, 26 October 2018
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Jo11:10 AM
Why can't I get freeview channel 61, I've been in touch with freeview and they say I shouldn't have a problem
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MikeP
11:29 AM
11:29 AM
Jo:
Please provide a full post code so that we can check your expected reception conditions at your location. We may then be able to suggest why you are not able to view True Entertainment.
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StevensOnln12:59 PM
Jo: True Entertainment is not broadcast from any transmitters in Wales. Depending on where you are (please provide a full postcode) you may be able to receive it from a transmitter in England.
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