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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)174mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)174mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)174mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)174mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C31 (554.0MHz)174mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)174mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
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.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-1719 Jul 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E TB E TK T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C37C5wavesC5wavesArqB
C39_local
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesArqBArqBArqBBBCA
C42SDN+SDN+SDN
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesArqAArqAArqAD3+4
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C49tv_offD3+4D3+4D3+4
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves_local_local_local
C52tv_offBBCABBCABBCA

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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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tunbridge Wells was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
M
Martin Tolhurst
8:12 PM

Martin Tolhurst
Same symptons as Gill & Trevor

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Trevor Sidley
10:13 PM

Hi Gill,

MUX 42 is the Multiplex that hosts Freeview 20 (Drama) and 10 (ITV3) and the rest you (and I and Martin) are having problems with.
Like you no issues previously.
Maybe its the Perseid meteor shower!
Maybe someone from Freeview reads this forum and can lets us know.

At least I am not the only one.......

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Wednesday, 14 August 2013
T
Trevor Sidley
5:41 PM

Mux 42 on Tunbridge Wells seems much better this evening.
Anyone still having problems?

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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
D
David
8:41 AM

Hi folks, I live in Crowborough and over the last couple of days have suffered a very week signal, as there are no technical reasons at the transmitter could it be atmospherics?

thanks

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Friday, 27 September 2013
D
David
9:13 AM

Great board this... no answers in three days!!!

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Russ Dring
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:27 AM
Spalding

David : There have been severe problems in many areas during the early part of this week due to high pressure dominating our weather.
In the day's of analogue transmissions it was rare to completely lose signals the interference manifested it's self as wavy lines, ghosting and distortion of sound. Now, with digital signals, a competing signal many miles away, causes blank screens.
I had to watch London programmes from Sunday until Wednesday when the high moved away to Scandinavia.
Signals can travel hundreds of miles during high pressure and tend to travel along the lines of equal pressure. My signal, usually trouble free, is from Sandy Heath but the transmitter on the I.O.W. Rowridge uses the same frequencies for the P.S.B. channels. When those signals travel beyond the designed coverage area they compete with the Sandy Heath and smother my local service.
By now I would hope your signals are fine?



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Tuesday, 1 October 2013
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Tricia
11:03 PM
Crowborough

1-10-13 Like David we live in Crowborough and have lost our freeview signal completely over recent days. The DAB signal is bubbly and we have lost many of the stations we listened to. Any ideas why this has happened and what we can do to get the signal back?

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Sunday, 6 October 2013
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joe
2:00 PM

hi post code tn23ly tunbridge wells dish on chimney lost some channells no signal please advice joe.

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MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:46 PM

Joe:
Are you having problems with Freeview from the Tunbridge transmitter and using an aerial, or do you have problems with FreeSat using a dish?

Details of your equipment will help as well.

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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
S
Stewart
9:25 AM
Tunbridge Wells

Morning all,
I have been happily been using my You View box to watch HD TV, but suddenly (well when it started to get cold and wintery) all my HD channels are either breaking up or unwatchable. During the warmer months I have no issues with picture quality.
I live in Tunbridge Wells TN4 8SE.
All SD channels are fine its just the HD.
Thanks

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