Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter which serves 200,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) mast?
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Bluebell 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bluebell Hill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 28km southwest (218°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 5km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| E | E | E | W T | W T | |||||
| C21 | _local | ||||||||
| C28 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqA | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | SDN | ||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | ArqA | ||||
| C45 | SDN | BBCB | |||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | ArqB | ||||
| C54tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C65 | 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 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 30kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1.8dB) 20kW | |
| com8 | (-7.8dB) 5kW | |
| com7 | (-8.1dB) 4.7kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 3kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-11.8dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
Bluebell Hill Freeview Bluebell Hill DAB Bluebell Hill TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bluebell Hill transmitter area
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
john owen: Hard to be specific without a postcode, but see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for general advice.
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colin wardley3:02 PM
is bluebell hill transmitting freeview hd and if not what date will it start
thanks
colin
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colin wardley: No, not until July 2012 (approximately).
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sue bosly9:53 PM
Cranbrook
following a new aerial weve had uninterupted digital TV for a couple of years until today 20th April - this evening all itv and digital channels are fragmenting
what has gone wrong?
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brian10:45 PM
Welling
Dear all Blubell Hillers.
ITV and ITV3 etc are on digital frequencies very vulnerable to interference since they share the same channels as transmitters in Bedford and Lille (D24+D27 to you and me).
What this means is any spell of hot or settled weather and you are likely to suffer pixilation or sometimes complete loss of signal.
When this occurs the only time of day that might be ok would be from around 0800 till 1800 .
If it happens try switching to analogue.
Sorry, nothing can be done till next year.
Blame the French !
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Steve8:46 AM
Maidstone
Same problem with ITV channels here, , started 19th then 20th, and again this morning at 0845 no signal.
We have had no problems for 4 years and now this.
Can't believe it's interference, something has changed.
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b cutmore10:49 AM
your maidstone transmitter whent off the air last nightbut,but no comment has been made People did not know if it was there tv or aerial.please try and inform people as soon as possible.
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Mike Dimmick1:38 PM
brian: Sandy Heath started transmitting high-power digital signals on C24 and C27 on 13 April, which will have made the problem worse.
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brian3:06 PM
Mike, yes, the problems posted here are all the same , break up on ITV1 and ITV3 etc. It's Sandy and especially Lille on high power. Nothing can be done. Probably most people are using old group E aerials so pick up might not be fantastic on D24+D27 anyway. Throw in some hot weather and there you have it.
Anyway, I am going on holiday for a fortnight. You can deal with !
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Steve10:01 PM
Maidstone
Would I be better to try to go to Crystal Palace?
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