Freeview Light on the Kilve (Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kilve (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Kilve (Somerset, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kilve (Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Freeview channels does the Kilve 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 118m | DTG- | 3W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 118m | DTG- | 3W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 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 (West), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 118m | DTG- | 3W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Kilve (Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Kilve transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 54km northeast (54°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 55km east-northeast (58°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Kilve (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||
| E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
| C62 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C66 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.3dB) 3W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 13 June 2018
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Bob Mudd7:21 PM
Hi Mike.
No idea of how I would check signal strength so could you explain a little more what I need to do please?
Again thanks for your interest and help.
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Thursday, 14 June 2018
MikeP
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Bob Mudd:
The signal strength for each received multiplex is shown on the page used for manual tuning. Check in your User Manual for how to access that page. Once there DO NOT PERFORM A RETUNE, but merely look at the strength for each multiplex. The link I gave before shows the channels used for each multiplex. You need strength to be between 60% and 85% on every multiplex. Note we are talking about the strength and not quality.
Hope that helps?
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Bob Mudd7:21 PM
Hi Mike. Right now the unwatchable BBC channels gave a strength of 15-22, it varies as the pixillating stutters along. Actually the watchable other multiplexes only have a strength of 35. So so guess a new aeria?. It has been up there 20 years....... is that the answer?
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Friday, 15 June 2018
MikeP
4:25 PM
4:25 PM
Bob Mudd:
The signal strengths you report are way too low for any reasonable reception of anything. That's why you are having such problems.
First thing is to check ALL the aerial connections from the back of the TV right up to the aerial itself - but do be very careful if that involves access to the roof area.
A twenty year old aerial is likely to have serious corrosion problems, even though much of it will be aluminium - which is not corrosion proof! So I would suggest getting a good local aerial contractor to fit a new log-periodic or good wideband aerial and to replace all the old cables. Be careful not to fall for the 'hype' of a 'digital aerial' as there is no such thing (the aerial does not care how the RF signals are modulated, which is all that differes between analogue and digital services).
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Bob Mudd4:41 PM
Thanks will do and once again I appreciate your time and expertise. Bob.
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