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, 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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Monday, 21 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:21 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:21 today to 12:52 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:21 yesterday to 12:52 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:21 on 21 Jul to 12:52 on 21 Jul. [BBC]
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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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Anthony ruffell: It is unlikely to be before 2019 with the current plans.
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Friday, 17 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 17:20 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 15 Oct to 12:13 on 15 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 19 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:10 today. [BBC]
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