Full Freeview on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 53,000 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 Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter._______
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)
The Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Tunbridge Wells 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)
The Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Tunbridge Wells transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 5km south-southwest (205°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 21km northeast (53°)
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 Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | |||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | ArqB | ||||||
| C39 | _local | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | ||
| C42 | SDN | +SDN | +SDN | ||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | ||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | _local | _local | _local | |||
| C52tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA |
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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tunbridge Wells transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 13 May 2011
I will have a shot at moving it higher 10ft above the house.
As I have been though 3 aerials which would you say is the best one to use?
so far i have tried 2 x E aerials small and med size and now I am using a Log aerial which is wideband.
any suggestions?
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Pieter6:55 PM
Tonbridge
Briantist and KMJ: Thank you both. All seems to be better now, Channel 59 signal strength has gone from zero to 92% and Quality is shifting between zero and 60%.
The channels on Single Frequency Intereference are BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC News and 301. The last three were fine all the time so I don't know what the problem was though hopefully whatever is happening at the transmitter is now resolved. Thank you again for your time.
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Pieter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby9:39 PM
Craig: A log periodic is relatively low gain but is probably the best one for ignoring unwanted signals from different directions/opposite polarisation. Raising the height of the aerial usually results in a stronger (and cleaner) signal being received, but bear in mind that if the problem is a distant transmitter being received alongside the required signals, raising an aerial can also enhance the unwanted signal.Be prepared to experiment with different aerial heights and if possible different locations around the property. Sometimes using the house or chimney stack as a screen against an interfering signal improves matters.
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Friday, 14 October 2011
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John McCann2:02 PM
I live 2 miles north of Marden. I have Freeview although technically I should not have been able to receive it ( 4 yrs ago). The ariel engineer tuned it to Heathfield. As this is in the same direction as Tunbridge Wells, do I just leave it or should I get it re-tuned?
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Saturday, 15 October 2011
John McCann: I can't really say without a full postcode.
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Monday, 17 October 2011
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Martin3:06 PM
Briantist: TN56EB Authorised Digi Aerial proffesionally fitted and pointing towards Pembury.
For sometime now we have been experiencing intermediate signal problems from Pembury. We have had new cables, had the Panasonic tv checked for any faults (negative),the aerial was fitted four years ago, is pointing the right way and still the problem persists. Even the BBC channels are glitching from time to time. It really is driving me mad. I had heard that the signal from Pembury is due to be increased, is this true. Please advise how we can get a solution and why the signal is so bad from Pembury. On Terestial channels ITV, Channel 4 is also poor.
Hopefully a solution is forth coming.
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Martin: please provide a full (not partial) postcode, I can't really say without one.
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
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KMJ,Derby10:21 AM
Martin: You say the aerial is pointing towards Pembury, is it mounted with the rods vertical for the Pembury/Tunbridge Wells relay or is it pointing NNE with the rods horizontal for reception of Bluebell Hill? The reason I ask is because you are not currently predicted to receive signals from Pembury with any chance of reliable reception, whereas Bluebell Hill is shown as giving variable reception on the same frequencies that it shares with Tunbrige W. As you mentioned there is a power increase at Pembury on 22nd February 2012 after which a chance of reception (albeit poor) on muxes 1,2 and D is predicted, but this also muddies the waters for Bluebell Hill by causing a deterioration on shared frequencies. You are also predicted to have good reception from Dover (aerial horizontal and pointing E) but only on muxes 1, A and B, with MuxC variable, MuxD poor and no prediction at all for Mux2. Poor analogue reception does suggest possible reduced power working that has not been announced or either a problem with cables or connectors, an obsruction in the signal path (trees in leaf?) or the TV is tuned to a different transmitter to that which the aerial is pointing to.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
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John McCann2:48 PM
Tonbridge
John McCann: Brian
Sorry to take so long to reply. I had not known how to do so.
My full Post code is TN12 9AY
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 13 November 2011
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kevin6:49 PM
My mum has been experiencing some freeview problems where she lives in Bexhill-on-sea. She has tried to tape something this afternoon but it won't allow her to do it, this has happened before and what will happen is that everything that she has on tape will be lost by tomorrow morning. They will just dissapear from the hard drive menu. Is this a problem with the transmitter or her freeview box. This has been happening for a couple of months, all her programmes keep getting deleted off without warning. The box seems to be fine, a prompt does come up telling her that they are working on the transmitter, but we don't understand how the progs get deleted she must need a new freeview box doesn't she? We would appreciated some help/advice on this! Thank you!
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