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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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 withheldMonday, 19 October 2015
M
MikeP9:23 AM
Trowbridge
sara jones:
As you will see from the posting above this and below yours that there is further work on the Kilvey Hill transmitter.
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Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:05 on 16 Oct to 11:23 on 16 Oct. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 on 16 Oct to 11:23 on 16 Oct, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 on 16 Oct to 11:23 on 16 Oct, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:05 on 16 Oc [BBC]
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015
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john evans9:37 AM
is there any interuptian in the signal for the ynysmeudw area
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 today to 13:33 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 21:52 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 today to 13:33 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 yesterday to 13:33 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 21:52 yesterday to 00:54 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 21:52 yesterday to 00:54 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 yesterday to 13:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 4 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 on 02 Dec to 13:33 on 02 Dec, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 21:52 on 02 Dec to 00:54 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
KILVEY HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 21:52 on 02 Dec to 00:54 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:14 on 02 Dec to 13:33 on 02 Dec. [BBC]
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