Full Freeview on the Kilvey Hill (Swansea, Wales) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.629,-3.920 or 51°37'45"N 3°55'12"W

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C21 (474.0MHz)	243m	DTG-	2,000W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C24 (498.0MHz)	243m	DTG-	2,000W
	5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C27 (522.0MHz)	243m	DTG-	2,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C25 (506.0MHz)	243m	DTG-8	2,000W
	E4 (Wales), 20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 14 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C22 (482.0MHz)	243m	DTG-8	2,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C28 (530.0MHz)	243m	DTG-8	2,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 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	BBCtv_waves
C21						BBCA
C22					ArqA	ArqA
C23		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA
C24						D3+4
C25					SDN	SDN
C26		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	D3+4
C27						BBCB
C28					ArqB	ArqB
C29		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C30					_local
C33		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C34						_local
C35			C5_waves	C5_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Kilvey Hill Freeview Kilvey Hill DAB Kilvey Hill TV region BBC Wales Wales

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Kilvey Hill transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968	Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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

Transmitter engineering

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4:32 PM

- Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 12:02 to 13:46 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 yesterday to 13:46 yesterday. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 today to 13:00 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 today t [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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4:32 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 to 13:00 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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4:32 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 on 23 Feb to 13:00 on 23 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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10:32 AM

- Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:02 on 22 Feb to 13:46 on 22 Feb. : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 on 23 Feb to 13:00 on 23 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 [BBC]

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Al
12:03 AM

MikeP: The red aircraft navigation lights on the were out for several nights last week. The lights are now back on and look much brighter.

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4:32 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:03 on 23 Feb to 13:00 on 23 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:08 on 23 Feb to 12:46 on 23 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:13 on 23 Feb to 12:48 on 23 Feb, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:16 on 23 Fe [BBC]

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Al
10:29 PM

Update: The aircraft navigation lights on the were recently upgraded and that explains why the red lights appear brighter.

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Debbie Bowen
5:34 PM

Could someone advise, if/when will be upgraded to include the full extended (COM7 and COM8) like many other transmitters have been please?

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Transmitter engineering

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10:09 AM

- Possible weak [DUK]

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12:09 AM

- Possible weak [DUK]

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