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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) mast?
Kilvey Hill transmitter - Kilvey Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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?
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 withheldFriday, 9 November 2012
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jb389:18 PM
Joshua : No one can really give advice on this type of query without knowledge of either your post code or at least one from nearby, e.g: a shop, as only then can the reception predictor be accessed and which gives an idea of the signal levels expected at your location.
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Thursday, 24 January 2013
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paul edwards7:15 AM
lost all signal last night,my aerial is on the roof .
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Thursday, 4 April 2013
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Paul White10:33 AM
Bridgend
Hi, Ive just put up a new antenna 3/4 the way up the house with a pretty good line of sight to Kilvey Hill in Swansea. However I keep getting channel no's 3,8,11 and a few others pixelating and breaking down. My reception is 48% and cant get it any better. Most of my other channels are perfectly watchable but im also not getting the HD channels that are transmitted from here. Ive put the same new antenna on a mates house in exactly the same position and its perfect with a 46%signal including the HD channels. has anyone any idea as to why the big difference between the two antenna locations? Thanks for your help in advance.
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael2:54 PM
Paul White: Looking at the Digital UK tradeview link to the side of your post, it seems like Carmel is predicted to give you a better signal than Kilvey Hill. So presuming you didn't put up a group A aerial, I would try and see what kind of signal Carmel's UHF channels give you by doing a manual retune.
HD channels depend on the equipment rather than the aerial, so if you don't have Freeview HD then you won't pick them up.
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Paul White8:15 PM
Bridgend
To Michael. thank you for your help earlier, I re adjusted the antenna to the Carmel antenna and everything is now fine.
Thanks for your help.
Paul
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 20 April 2013
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Alan Thomas10:29 AM
Why do Relay T.V. Transmitters not have the full programme list of a Main Transmitter?
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KMJ,Derby10:42 AM
Alan Thomas: The simple answer is transmission costs. To equip most of the relay sites with transmitters for the COM muxes would have roughly doubled the cost of providing the service but only served a further 8% of the population. Cosequently the COM mux owners declined to add the service to additional masts when they were invited to do so. A similar situation exists on radio, with Classic FM not being transmitted from smaller relay sites.
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Tuesday, 7 January 2014
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Gwyn Davies9:25 PM
I have a roof top aerial attached to a mast on the chimney, Often over the last few weeks a number of channels begin to pixelate as the night progresses. Also some channels appear to not be received. What can I do to improve and maintain good reception ?
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014
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Jodie1:41 PM
I live in swansea city centre and was in the middle of watching tv and the signal just went. I have retuned the channels several times, unplugged my cables and re tuned but still nothing. Please can you advise if there is a problem in the area? Thanks
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014
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Anthony ruffell9:02 PM
When is kilvey Hill going to show BBC4 in HD
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