Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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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Sunday, 18 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 yesterday to 08:12 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 on 16 Sep to 09:08 on 16 Sep [BBC]
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Monday, 19 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 on 17 Sep to 08:12 on 17 Sep BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 on 16 Sep to 09:08 on 16 Sep [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 on 17 Sep to 08:12 on 17 Sep BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 on 16 Sep to 09:08 on 16 Sep [BBC]
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 on 17 Sep to 08:12 on 17 Sep [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 on 17 Sep to 08:12 on 17 Sep [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 on 17 Sep to 08:12 on 17 Sep [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
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Matthew10:45 PM
I have recently moved into a newly built area opposite to TESCOs, off Millstrood Road, whitstable (CT5 3FF). I have a high gain aerial pointed at BluiBell. The aerial is outside the house and two storey high.
I have 14% strenght and 40% quality. I don't always get BBC1,2,CBBC and BBC news.
What else can I do to get these channels always and to improve the strength of all channels?
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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jb388:26 AM
Matthew: The post code given indicates Rouncefall (@ 23mls) as being by far the best station for reception, Bluebell Hill (@ 22mls) most definitely not! That said though, predictors cannot fully cater for local circumstances that could cause problems with reception, so that might be a factor with your aerial being pointed at Bluebell Hill.
Although Bluebell Hill is at 262 degrees from you whereas Rouncefall is at 316, purely for a test I would scrub what's stored in the memory by carrying out a re-scan without the aerial being connected, then after reconnecting try manually tuning Rouncefall on Mux Ch44(BBC1) - Mux Ch41(ITV1) - Mux Ch47 (HD service) storing anything received after each scan.
The only downside of Rouncefall being that its a Freeview "Light" station, meaning only public services are broadcast.
(Ch47 HD)
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Monday, 26 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:54 today to 10:05 today [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:54 today to 10:05 today [BBC]
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