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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Monday, 29 October 2018
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Chris.SE11:40 PM
MikeP:
Why couldn't you answer my question - "However one query - what equipment was your younger brother using that had the intermittent sound problem? " I was genuinely interested!
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Tuesday, 30 October 2018
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Chris.SE5:58 AM
Chris:
In a reply to one of your previous posts in August, Mike suggested the possibility of too much signal as you are only 2km from the transmitter with which I agree is a possibility. However, as you have mentioned in various posts that this only started happening with HD channels after the July transmitter changes, I think we'll need a lot more information.
The transmitter changes only moved some of the SD muxes around existing UHF channels, the exception being the move of COM7 and 8 to UHF 55 & 56, both of these are DVB-T2 (HD) muxes. Both of those are lower power (no change) than the other 6 muxes.
So, precisely which HD channels are you having a problem with?
How old is your aerial installation, has it been changed in say the last 12 months and have there been any other changes to the installation?
If the coax is old, it may have degraded and/or become damaged.
Have you checked all your internal coax connections/plugs?
Do you know what aerial you have, how big is it and where is it installed?
Is the aerial still pointing in the correct direction, has it moved at all?
Have there been any nearby structural changes to buildings, any scaffolding etc.?
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
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Keith Mayger4:29 PM
Rochester
Hi. I have lost BBC channels from the Blue Bell Hill transmitter, but ITV channels have a good picture. Is there a problem? My aerial is on the roof and looks fine. My postcode is ME1 1UW.
Many thanks
Keith Mayger
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Keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Bertmay4:43 PM
Sittingbourne
BBC off air, its been off for 30 minutes or so.
ME10 1DB
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Bertmay's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Transmitter engineering
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5:05 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:05 today to 13:53 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:11 today to 16:41 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:05 today to 13:53 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 November 2018
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Chris.SE12:35 AM
Keith Mayger: & Bertmay:
As you can see there is a Transmitter engineering report. Hope you are both receiving the BBC channels OK now.
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Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:11 yesterday to 16:41 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:05 yesterday to 13:53 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 2 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:11 on 31 Oct to 16:41 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:05 on 31 Oct to 13:53 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:11 on 31 Oct to 16:41 on 31 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:57 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:05 on 31 Oct to 13:53 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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