Full Freeview on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter
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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._______
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)
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 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.
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](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-south-east-today.jpg)
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](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | |||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
C37 | C5waves | C5waves | ArqB | ||||||
C39 | _local | ||||||||
C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | ||
C42 | SDN | +SDN | +SDN | ||||||
C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | ||
C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | _local | _local | _local | |||
C52tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA |
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 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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 10 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 20:59 on 07 Jul to 00:03 on 08 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:21 today to 12:25 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:21 yesterday to 12:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 14 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:21 on 12 Oct to 12:25 on 12 Oct. [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:31 PM
8:31 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 12:21 on 12 Oct to 12:25 on 12 Oct. [BBC] Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 17 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 today to 13:25 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 today to 14:40 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 today to 13:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 today to 14:45 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 January 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 yesterday to 14:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 yesterday to 13:28 ye [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 yesterday to 13:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 yesterday to 14:45 ye [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:52 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:40 today to 19:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:23 yesterday to 13:28 yesterday [BBC]
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