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The symbol shows the location of the Upper Killay (Swansea, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,900 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 Upper Killay (Swansea, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Upper Killay 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
C30 (546.0MHz)102mDTG-2W
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
C31+ (554.2MHz)102mDTG-2W
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
C37 (602.0MHz)102mDTG-2W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Upper Killay (Swansea, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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 Upper Killay transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 58km east-southeast (104°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 56km east-southeast (109°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Upper Killay (Swansea, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1319 Jun 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+D3+4
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCB
C30BBCA
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C37BBCB

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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 3W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1.8dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe 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. Upper Killay 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.

Comments
Thursday, 25 August 2011
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Andrew
9:23 PM

I receive my TV Transmissions from Upper Killay, Swansea. As this is a relay station I can only receive a limited number of channels. When am I going to be able to receive the same number of channels as people who receive direct from a main transmitter? In the meantime, surely I am due for a rebate on my TV Licenec Fee because of the my limited reception, which is not my fault.

Sensible answers only to this query please.

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KMJ,Derby
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10:07 PM

Andrew: Have you tried putting your postcode into the Digital UK postcode checker to see if you are predicted to receive the COM muxes from Wenvoe, or possibly Mendip after the power is eventually increased? With regard to the TV license, this has to be paid whenever a TV is capable of receiving even one channel. As it pays for the BBC you are able to receive all the BBC channels on PSB1 and PSB3.

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Mike Dimmick
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10:51 PM

Andrew: Legally, the TV licence is required if you own a TV. The fees collected go to the BBC, whose channels are transmitted from all relay transmitters. The BBC only pay the cost of broadcasting their own services, there is no subsidy for other multiplexes or channels.

The commercial multiplex operators simply decided that it wasn't cost effective - that is, it wouldn't bring in enough revenue - to broadcast from any more transmitters. The regulator, Ofcom, decided that they could not be forced.

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Monday, 24 October 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:42 AM

UPPER KILLAY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:21 yesterday to 21:21 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:21 yesterday to 21:21 yesterday [BBC]

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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Transmitter engineering
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5:05 AM

UPPER KILLAY transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:21 on 23 Oct to 21:21 on 23 Oct HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:21 on 23 Oct to 21:21 on 23 Oct [BBC]

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Sunday, 16 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
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8:30 PM

UPPER KILLAY transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Monday, 24 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
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12:09 AM

UPPER KILLAY transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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