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, 10 October 2019
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Chris.SE6:40 PM
amanda lewis:
Hmm. Putting your postcode into the DigitakUK checker About us | Freeview shows that predicted reception from Kilvey Hill at your location is likely to be variable to poor! (Try it yourself).
Are you able to receive the COMs 4/5 & 6 multiplexes from Kilvey Hill, or could you get them before the retune event?
See Channel listings | Freeview for the channels on those multiplexes if you aren't sure.
The strange thing is that you are 2km from the Pontardawe transmitter which is line-of-sight but there's no predicted coverage from it according to DigitalUK !! But it's not radiating much signal in your direction, and it was off-air briefly this morning.
I'm wondering if when you retuned, you ended up tuned to the wrong UHF channels which won't help.
You need to enter your TV's tuning section and see which UHF channels you are actually tuned to.
For Kilvey Hill it's 21, 24, 27, for the PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD multiplexes and 25, 22, & 28 for the COMs 4,5 & 6 multiplexes.
For Pontardawe its 33, 36, 48 only as it doesn't have the COM muxes.
(Note aerial rods should be vertical for these two transmitters).
Kilvey Hill will give you the best choice for the Welsh region IF you can get the COM muxes. Otherwise predicted reception from Carmel is better (for the Welsh region) for the 3 PSB muxes (although the aerial rods need to be horizontal). You probably wouldn't get the COMs from Carmel because of interference from Pontardawe which uses the same UHF channels !!
It may pay you to get someone who is very familiar with reception in your area to look at you aerial installation to see which transmitter may give you the most stable reception.
Otherwise the other possible option is to consider going Freesat - a lot of modern TVs have built-in Sat tuners so you only need a Dish and LNB.
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Friday, 22 November 2019
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Alun Short4:55 PM
I am using a aerial for signal to my dtv , I have tried to retune my tv but am getting a no signal from my uhf antenna , individual aerials are working on all my others TVs ?
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Saturday, 23 November 2019
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Chris.SE12:01 AM
Alun Short:
Could you please be a bit more precise about your installation? I'm getting the impression that you have several TVs with each TV having its own aerial. On the other hand you may have one aerial with a splitter (maybe combined with a booster) giving a separate output for each TV.
Does another TV work OK plugged in the place of the TV you are having problems with?
Does the TV you are having problems with work in one of the other places where another TV works?
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Tuesday, 4 February 2020
we live in the kilvey hill reception area, we have no signal at all, have tried all of your info to get back on track but to no avail see my info below
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Chris.SE5:55 PM
gareth williams:
There is Planned Engineering at Kilvey Hill this week with "Possible service interruptions".
If you retuned earlier whilst the transmitter was off-air, it will have cleared all your previous tuning.
Repeat a retune, by now the transmitter may be back on air, but there could be further interuptions tomorrow.
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Wednesday, 1 July 2020
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Paul10:19 PM
Since they people responsible for the "freq" change I've found that i either have lost channels or have to mover around my home to watch some stations. I have two digital Ariel's both have booster boxes. If / when I can get more then six stations the all seem to break up around 18:00 hrs. Some days I can't even get one station.
If you have / give me an asnwer, please DON'T use Techno Babble.
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Chris.SE11:39 PM
Paul:
This is an independent help site and we can certainly try to help you with your reception problems, but we do need a full postcode to look at the predicted reception at your location.
It'd be helpful if you could say which way your aerials are pointing (rough compass bearing) and whether the rods on the aerial are horizontal or vertical.
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Thursday, 4 March 2021
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Dave Jones2:32 PM
Reception on the Gower peninsular is appalling - only the main BBC channels are reliable.
This is not a temporary weather issue, it has been true for 6 months.
Transmitter power has been reduced and reduced. Its now a postcode lottery.
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StevensOnln12:59 PM
Dave Jones: The output power has not been reduced at any transmitter, except for short periods of time during planned engineering works or due to a fault, and certainly not lasting for several months. It's far more likely that there is a fault in your aerial system somewhere, perhaps some bad weather over the winter has damaged it. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV, then follow the cable as far as you can safely access back towards the aerial.
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Saturday, 25 September 2021
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Carl Lewis12:12 PM
I live at postcode CF320PJ (Ogmore by sea) and have always received a good signal from the Kilvay Hill transmitter (my arial is obviously pointed at this transmitter) Recently, after getting interferance, I retuned the TVs but now find that I am receiving BBC south west not wales. Any ideas welcome
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