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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast?
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 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)
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, 2 December 2011
John McCann: Adam B put it more succinctly!
I see that Heathfield and TW will act as a signal frequency network (so will use the same frequencies). The only difference is different polarisations (one is horizontal and one vertical).
I repeat what I said above, I would see how you go post-switchover, particularly if you're going to have to pay someone to do it. If it works fine, then leave it as it is. If you can do it yourself (or get a friend to do it), then re-orientate your aerial to TW.
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Adam B4:20 PM
Dave Lindsay:
Hve you seen this site also?
Mounting A Terrestrial TV Aerial In The UK - 3 Aerial Alignment Calculator (with internet mapping)
I use this as well as the excellent Meaglithia website.
Cheers,
Adam. (LU61RG)
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Friday, 9 December 2011
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John McCann2:56 PM
Tonbridge
Thanks for responses guys. I'm not sure which type of Ariel I have. From the pictures you suggest, it is more like the "Yagi" than any of the others. There are 15 horizontal elements. The bit at the back I think you call the "reflector" is not exactly like any of the photos. It conists of horizontal elements and is not framed. There are 4 elements. Top 2 are about 100mm apart and there are 2 at the bottom about 40mm apart. I am inclined to see how it goes next June and perhaps find out what the TW reception is like before I make a decision.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
John McCann: Based on the fact that it was installed around three years ago, I am inclined to suspect that it will be a suitable aerial for use after switchover. It may benefit from re-alignment onto TW, but whether this is the case, you will have to wait and see.
You might be lucky; the current pixelation you are experiencing from Heathfield might be irradicated by the increase in signal strength at switchover.
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Friday, 16 December 2011
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John McCann2:50 PM
Tonbridge
Thanks again Dave
I will wait a bit and see what occurs.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 22 December 2011
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neil farquharson8:41 PM
Tunbridge Wells
no service on freeview in tunbridge wells for past two days is there a reason for this or is my kit faulty
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neil's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 16 January 2012
neil farquharson: See the above post for details of the temp fault.
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Friday, 3 February 2012
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Hugh Jones5:32 PM
Tunbridge Wells
I live in Post Code TN4 9QU and had trouble in getting freeview in 2006. I was told by by my MP that on swichover all transmitters will rise in power, to ensure that digital reception has the same degree of coverage that analoge now does, I checked on the web which transmitter I shoud use and it recomended the one I currently use, Crystal Palace. However the freeview table suggests that I will get no signal from there.
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Hugh's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Hugh Jones: Switchover has not happened yet for the London region. Assuming that you can receive the four analogue channels from Crystal Palace now, then come April you will get the digital channels from there.
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