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 15/04/2024 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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Friday, 2 March 2018
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MikeB2:07 PM
Mike Weatherley:
'So there!'
I know the snow has shut the schools today, but you dont have to sound like a five year old....
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Tuesday, 6 March 2018
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Brian Penry11:02 AM
Sir in the last 4 or so weeks ITV signal has gone from Bluebell mast 5 miles away but is still very strong from
Crystal palace. I live just outside Maidstone , have a human box and a fairly new digital aerial which was installed professionally on the chimney stack. I checked the aerial , it has not moved. every morning for the last 2 weeks I have done a channel search on my Humax box and itv from Bluebell Hill has been missing but BBC channels have 83% strength. Itv from Crystal Palace has 82% strength.
I have not found any information about signal problems so if you could help I would be very obliged , thank you
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MikeP
11:36 AM
11:36 AM
Brian Penry:
According to the information near the top of this page, ITV is on the same PSB2 multiplex (channel 43, 650.00 MHz) as Channel 4, Ch5, etc. If you are able to get those then you can also get ITV. Check that it has not been moved up into the 800 range and check all your signal cables behind the TV.
BTW, there is no such thing as a 'digital' aerial, *all* UHF aerials designed for TV reception operate irrespective of the method of modulation - digital TV is modulated differently than analogue TV but the signal appears the same to the aerial. Those selling aerials as 'digital' are a con.
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Thursday, 8 March 2018
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Tina6:45 PM
HELP!! Has there been a problem with the Bluebell Hill transmitter from 5th - 8th March 2018?????
I have aerial people due round tomorrow!
But this evening my TV signal has come back?! So I need to know in a hurry if I should cancel this appointment?
Please let me know ASAP
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StevensOnln18:38 PM
Tina: There are no faults or recent engineering work showing for Bluebell Hill. If water had gotten in to your aerial or cabling it may have caused a loss of signal, which then returns when it dries out. If that is the case then the problem will likely repeat itself when it rains again.
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Friday, 9 March 2018
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Mike Weatherley2:41 PM
The only one who sounds like a 5 year-old, Mike B. is you. Perhaps if you answered questions civilly & helpfully in the first place, you wouldn't make anyone angry. There obviously ARE problems with the Bluebell Hill transmitter recently, as others have attested. With my TV, it's always BBC 1&2 reception that gets lost first, with ITV & Channel 4 being the last to go - so try blaming that on the receiving equipment! Also, BBC HD signals last longer than BBC ones before cracking-up. Years ago I had a similar thing, and the movie I was watching on Channel 4 kept cracking-up but the commercial breaks in between were perfect reception (well, we wouldn't want to upset the commercial sponsors, now would we). It turned out that engineering works on the transmitter were being done, but they made sure they stopped every time the adverts came on...
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Tina3:32 PM
Many thanks for your answer StevensOnln1. That makes sense to me. Recently the aerial firm had to install a new power unit in my home to enable to powered out splitter on the chimney stack. This cured the no TV signal at the time ... but I did wonder why it had gone wrong in the first place. They were reluctant to check the aerial etc on the roof at the time. Now what with the snow and ice having defrosted would point to the answer you have mentioned.
I think the cable may still be ok because my TV signal came back fine last night ... but I have a feeling I will have to call them back to sort out the rest of it when we get our next lot of wet weather.
Thanks once again ... you have been most helpful.
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Monday, 30 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:22 today to 19:01 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:22 yesterday to 19:01 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:22 on 30 Apr to 19:01 on 30 Apr. [BBC]
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