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 withheldTuesday, 12 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:37 today to 13:01 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:20 today to 13:01 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:25 today to 13:01 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 today to 13:01 today, Radio 4 FM [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:37 yesterday to 13:01 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:20 yesterday to 13:01 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:25 yesterday to 13:01 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 yesterda [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:37 on 12 Sep to 13:01 on 12 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:20 on 12 Sep to 13:01 on 12 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:25 on 12 Sep to 13:01 on 12 Sep, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:27 on 12 Se [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 November 2017
H
Hector9:46 PM
there are problems with kilvey hill for a good 2 weeks now, started with COM5 and COM6 Mux but it's now affecting also PSB3 and COM4.
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MikeB10:42 PM
Hector: The transmitter is probably fine (you can check) - they dont go wrong for two weeks. But if you keep losing muxes, thats your aerial system. You need to check it.
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Thursday, 15 February 2018
S
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
M
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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