Full Freeview on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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, 9 December 2011
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:03 yesterday to 15:10 yesterday [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:03 yesterday to 15:10 yesterday [BBC]
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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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Saturday, 10 December 2011
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:03 on 08 Dec to 15:10 on 08 Dec [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:03 on 08 Dec to 15:10 on 08 Dec [BBC]
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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
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 20:37 today [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 20:37 today [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 20:39 today BBC ONE Off Air from 20:37 today to 20:39 today [BBC]
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