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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C21 (474.0MHz)243mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C24 (498.0MHz)243mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C27 (522.0MHz)243mDTG-2,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)243mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
 E4 (Wales), 20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)243mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)243mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 50km east-southeast (108°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
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/pTransposer8 km NE Tenby1 homes 100 caravans

How will the Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-1317 Jul 2019
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C2BBCtvwaves
C21BBCA
C22ArqAArqA
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C24D3+4
C25SDNSDN
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C27BBCB
C28ArqBArqB
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C30_local
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C34_local
C35C5wavesC5waves

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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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Kilvey Hill was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Thursday, 15 February 2018
K
keron
1:19 PM

does tru tv still transmit from kilvey hill

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StevensOnln1
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2:18 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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Michael
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9:27 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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Rick
9:57 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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StevensOnln1
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10:17 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 B
6:17 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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StevensOnln1
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7:27 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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Jo
11:10 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
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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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StevensOnln1
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2:59 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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