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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-south-east-today.jpg)
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 28km southwest (218°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
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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Saturday, 24 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 yesterday to 10:14 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:12 on 22 Sep to 08:50 on 22 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:50 on 22 Sep to 11:09 on 22 Sep. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Sunday, 25 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:50 on 22 Sep to 11:09 on 22 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 on 23 Sep to 10:14 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:12 on 22 Sep to 08:50 on 22 Sep. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
11:31 AM
11:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 on 23 Sep to 10:14 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:50 on 22 Sep to 11:09 on 22 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:12 on 22 Sep to 08:50 on 22 Sep. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:12 on 22 Sep to 08:50 on 22 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:50 on 22 Sep to 11:09 on 22 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 on 23 Sep to 10:14 on 23 Sep. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 26 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 on 23 Sep to 10:14 on 23 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:12 on 22 Sep to 08:50 on 22 Sep, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 08:50 on 22 Sep to 11:09 on 22 Sep. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 on 23 Sep to 10:14 on 23 Sep. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Neil1:55 PM
Leigh-on-sea
Hello,
I have just left sky after 7 years and gone back to freeview. My question is, from my postcode SS9 5BJ, Bluebell Hill is the closest mast. but when tuning in to it, I have very poor reception on com 4 ch45. My Ariel usually points at crystal palace, but this has the same issue? All other channels work fine. Com 4 is watchable on my tv, but not through my new freeview box? I have a good ariel and connection is close to the tv.
The notices of works here keep saying work at the weekend gone by, does mean they are still working on it?
thanks, Neil.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
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Mark Fraser2:41 PM
Gillingham
Hello
I live in Medway postcode ME8 9SL,I live not far from the Bluebell Hill transmitter which serves me,For the past couple of weeks the signal has been poor with pictures cracking up especially on ITV Meridian.I appear to be getting a better signal on London instead.I notice the power Blubell Hill pushes out is far weaker than London.Can you please advise if there are any problems at present with the Bluebell Hill Transmitter? As I stated this has been an issue for the last couple of weeks.
Thanks
Mark Fraser
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StevensOnln14:29 PM
Mark Fraser: Just above your post is a warning of possible service interruptions due to engineering works. There have been various other transmitter engineering warnings for Bluebell Hill over the last week or so.
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