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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?

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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.

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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)243mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C28 (530.0MHz)243mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
L
Lee
9:49 AM

We have a powered indoor aerial on our work TV in Llansamlet, Swansea; somedays we have perfect signal but, recently, the signal has been awful and unwatchable, including right now.
Is anyone else in the area getting the same issue?

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Friday, 9 November 2012
J
Joshua
9:11 PM

Hello I live in penllergaer and was hoping to use a tv in the bedroom. I want to use a indoor aerial, any suggestions

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:18 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 edwards
7:15 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 White
10:33 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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Michael
sentiment_satisfiedGold

2:54 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 White
8:15 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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Saturday, 20 April 2013
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Alan Thomas
10:29 AM

Why do Relay T.V. Transmitters not have the full programme list of a Main Transmitter?

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

10:42 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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Monday, 6 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:23 PM

KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:49 on 03 Jan to 18:24 on 03 Jan. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 14:49 on 03 Jan to 17:06 on 03 Jan, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 14:49 on 03 Jan to 17:06 on 03 Jan, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 14:49 on 03 Jan to 17:06 on 03 [BBC]

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