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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) mast?
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 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)
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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Monday, 21 January 2013
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mike giggs10:48 PM
I live in dartford but would like to get TV south east instead of London. Could I get SE with anew aerial pointing towards bluebell hill. Thanks
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
mike giggs: Knowledge of your location, preferably in the form of a postcode or nearby postcode such as a shop, would allow some prediction as to the chances of success to be made.
Judging by the map above, generally speaking, Dartford is shaded from Bluebell Hill. This doesn't mean that it won't be able to be receiver but does generally suggest that it is not the easiest place to receive and whether it can or can't be picked up might vary over the area, perhaps over short distances.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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Mandy Wallace4:55 PM
Ashford
Have just returned freeview, arial on roof and now find Channel5 plus 1 is missing
are you able to advise. I thought I was on the Dover transmitter
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Mandy's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Mandy Wallace: If your receiver has manual tuning then COM4 (ITV3, Channel 5+1 etc) from Bluebell Hill is C45 and from Dover it is on C55.
However, I'm a little puzzled by what you say that you "thought" you were using Dover. On looking at the Streetview photos all the aerials appear to be on Dover, which is due east rather than Bluebell Hill which is west north west.
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Monday, 20 May 2013
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Kate1:41 PM
Maidstone
I have had 'no signal' since yesterday morning.What is the problem?
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Kate's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Kate: As you appear to live in a block of flats then the suspicion must be that you have alluded to the fact that this is a communal aerial system. In which case this must surely be one possibility!
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Kate2:47 PM
Maidstone
Dave: Thanks for the response,but I don't understand you point please.Yes,it's a communal aerial system. So what happened?and what do I do next?that's my question
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Kate's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Kate: I suggest that you ask nearby neighbours and see if they have the same issue. Check that they are using the terrestrial aerial system (Freeview) and not satellite (Sky or Freesat).
The aerial system will have one or more powered boosters (amplifiers) to split the signal so as to feed multiple points. Failure of one of these devices will likely result in loss of signals to the flats which they feed. This could have come about due to it going faulty or loss of electricity supply.
The reason for failure is really irrelevant though. The point is that if the communal aerial system fails, it is down to the party responsible - perhaps your landlord - to see that it is put right. If your neighbours do have the same issue and haven't yet reported it then I suggest that you do so.
Checking with neighbours is a way of ascertaining whether it is likely to be an issue with the aerial system or something to do with your own equipment and wires.
If the aerial feed of your television is connected via another box such as a Sky box or recorder then try connecting directly to the incoming wall socket. If you have one try using a different lead from the wall socket to the TV, just to discount the possibility that it is this which is at fault.
Whatever you do, don't retune as this will simply give a second problem which is that the TV/box isn't tuned.
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Friday, 24 May 2013
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Sarah9:27 AM
Well today I have virtually no signal on ITV - I am bluebell hill transmitter is something wrong
Before this i get a little bit of pixellation every now and then but nothing like this on ITV - Siiiigh
Wish the old system would come back as have had aireal people round and they say all is fine yet - if I wanted to watch little square with squaks i would geta mouse (unfunny joke).
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
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Adrian1:34 PM
Hi
I live in Southend and receive good quality signal on all channels except com6/ CH 54 which I receive very occasionally.
These channels where available before the digital switchover.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks
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