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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, 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)
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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Friday, 29 June 2012
Roland Rippingale: HD Ready means that the TV can show HD pictures but does not have the means to receive HD signals. Follow the link by clicking the words "HD Ready".
In order to show HD pictures broadcast after switchover, each TV will require a separate receiver (box).
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Sunday, 15 July 2012
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carl9:13 AM
Hi guys I'm up north in what the granada tv land , bbc northwest , if anyone ever wonderd what happened to gordon burns from the krypton factor he is alive and well doing northwest tonight (bbc) and fred the weather man from this morning he is the main weather man for grandad tonight(itv) lol , however when we had the switch over here many years ago I am in a straight line to the north wests storeton transmitter about 1 mile which has now got an added mux for northwales to relay welsh itv bbc s4c over the dee to cover welsh blackspots , as where I am we are in a granada/wales over lap , here's one for you , I am in a granda add wales overlap and all my bbc and itv keeps on defaulting to yorkshire which is many many miles away that the itv region east of granada and I'm on granadas far west , I am on a hill with a high building and huge ariael but the transmitter 1 mile from me is totaly ignored like its not there , the digital people are totaly bamboozled by this and I here of people in southport and blackpool getting a lot signal coming from northern ireland , iyts crazy lol
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carl: This is a sure annoyance of the design of some receivers that retune as they see fit. See if there is an option to disable this "function". If not, then maybe you can attenuate all signals (which will bring down all their levels) in the hope that Storeton Granada will continue to be the highest and therefore chosen.
If you are receiving Yorkshire, then you must surely be getting it from Emley Moor which is horizontally polarised. Storeton Granada is vertically polarised, so it must be a strong signal if it keeps defaulting to it when it has opposite polarisation.
If the above doesn't resolve the issue, then Storeton Granada uses only Group A channels, so you could fit a Group A band pass filter which will only allow Group A channels.
Emley Moor is all Group B.
See Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012
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Jon Harris11:59 AM
Maidstone
ME17 3JN I have two televisions and last Thursday one of them suddenly stopped working say no signal and the autostore facility says there are no channels. The other television says weak signal and will pick up three channels intermittenly.
The aerial is in the loft.
Is there a problem with the transmitter or is it likely to be a problem with my aerial
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Jon's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Confused from Frating (near Clacton) Essex..... it always used to say my transmitter was Sudbury in the 'old' days, but now inputting postcode it says that BLUEBELL HILL is my ideal transmitter, is that right ? (it also goves Dover as an alternate too)
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb387:33 AM
Steve Williams: I suspect thats an error, as Bluebell Hill most certainly does not indicate anything like that in DUK's trade predictor, you can see this for yourself by clicking on "Digital UK tradeview" in the four line selection seen on the right hand side of your posting, or in the undermentioned link.
Postcode Checker - Detailed View
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Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Jon Harris: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
I would suspect one of your aerial leads has been accidentally damaged.
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jb38: It show Bluebell Hill when I click on My Freeview | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice .
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jb384:52 PM
Colchester
Briantist: Yes, I do realise that clicking on what you have mentioned gives a somewhat different indication, but I feel that what Steve Williams is possibly referring to is when his p/code is entered into the site settings box the result of this action has Bluebell Hill at the top of the three stations mentioned, rather than it being second from the top, the natural assumption being that the one listed at the top is the prime station.
As far as DUK's forecast is concerned, there is a horizontally running band of extremely poor reception that runs right through Colchester from just under Braiswick on its top side to just under Castle Park on the bottom, and I assume that's what DUK's predictions are based on when made with reference to the code given.
This strip can be seen on the map at the top of this page if Colchester is zoomed in on.
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jb38's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb384:56 PM
Briantist: And of course I forgot to clear the site settings box, hence I am in Colchester!
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