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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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
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Neil8:37 AM
Thanks all. The aerial has never been installed at this house although the house is pre-wired.
This is the aerial that I have from argos. Buy High Performance Outdoor TV Aerial with Integrated Booster at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Limited stock Technology, Televisions and accessories, TV aerials.
I guess the best thing is to give it a try first and see how it goes. Wondering if replacing the built in booster with a better one could help a little?
(ME24LA)
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MikeB10:21 AM
Neil: Since your so close to Blueberry Hill, a booster might actually make your signal quality worse because of the high signal strength.
Try the aerial as it is (without the booster connected), and see how it goes. If its really rubbish, then try with the booster, etc.
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Neil: I suggest that you connect a length of coax to the aerial and point it in the direction of Bluebell Hill. You may find that it works at ground level, certainly for test purposes.
You might find that the booster isn't require at such close proximity to the transmitter. Too high a signal level can overload the tuner, the effect with digital appearing much the same as too little a signal.
Use manual tuning to store the five standard definition multiplexes from Bluebell Hill: 46, 43, 45, 39, 54.
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jb385:45 PM
Neil: As a person who carries one of these aerials around with me on problem solving missions (when wearing my domestic cap!) I can assure you that if this device does not receive a workable signal when tested in a variety of mounting positions then nothing will, as these are superb devices.
The 16dB gain amplifier being close coupled next to the elements giving maximum efficiency, but though remember that the coax from the power unit to the aerial must be a continuous run and not go through any other devices which could block the 12 volts or so from reaching the aerials built in amplifier.
As far as signal strength is concerned, although I doubt that the signal strength would be excessive when taking into consideration where you intend to mount the aerial, but if an excessive signal level was suspected as causing problems then all you require to do is unscrew the amplifiers input lead "from the elements" and connect it onto the downlead using a back to back female "F" coupler, then at the power unit end unscrew the downleads "F" connector from the power unit and connect this into your TV using a female "F" to male coax connector, in other words by-passing the power unit.
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MikeP
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Without wanting to 'muddy the waters' is it possible that some refering to a 'booster' in the loft actually mean a distribution unit? Something like the Labgear MSA2163 (http://www.labgear.co.uk/category/distribution-amplifiers/amplifiers/16-way-distribution-amplifier-with-bypass/1002/1014/31/) might be mistaken for an aerial amplifier wjen it's main job is to distribute the signals with minimla loss.
Just a thought.
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jb3811:35 PM
MikeP / Neil: Good point! depending on how the statement is interpreted, because having read it a few times I can see where you are coming from on this.
Neil, Although you haven't mentioned as such, but should you have another booster installed? then the aerial referred to should NOT be connected in any way to this, because as stated in my reply the coax from the aerials power unit has to run directly to the actual aerial with nothing intercepting it.
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Friday, 26 July 2013
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Neil4:58 PM
Rochester
The good news is I have a reasonable signal, not great but ok.
The bad news is the youview box I have is useless as it has no manual tune option so does not get all of the channels.
Freesat it is then I think...
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Neil's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:17 PM
Neil: Well reception via Freesat is the way to go for anyone who might reside in a poor signal area, although in your case I think that is more one of a "where to locate the aerial" problem, but purely out of interest where did you install the aerial?
The second point being, is the YouView box referred to one of TalkTalk's Huawei branded types? as these Huawei brand boxes cannot record the Drama channel due to a unresolved as yet software bug.
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jb389:40 PM
Neil: Just a small additional point, keep in mind that the dish has be mounted in a position where it can have an unobstructed view of an E/SE Skyline, or face approximately 152 degrees.
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Neil10:53 PM
Rochester
Yes it is the talk talk one, but has no manual tune option.
There is an existing aerial outside that I learned is hooked up, it is small and hidden right beneath the sky dish. I tried with and without the masthead booster, no difference. I then disconnected that and wired in (from the loft) my aerial, I even got some fresh cable and placed it pointing out of the window right at bbh. The best I have got is 28% strength and 80% quality,
I have 30 channels and no HD, with my TV I have far more.
Going to try and take the house wiring out of the equation tomorrow before I go freesat. I'll probably end up sticking with sky damn it!
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Neil's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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