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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast?
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 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)
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?
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.
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 withheldFriday, 20 July 2018
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Mike10:10 AM
My receivers are not seeing COM5 / Arqiva A at 1000 on 20/7/18. Is it transmitting, or have I got a peculiar fault; other MUXs are OK.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2018
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McFadden5:26 PM
I have lost such channels such as: Dave, E4+1, all of CBS and the horror channel. They just dropped out, others also have the same problems. I have reset several times, with no joy. Please, do you have any advice?
I live in Hythe Kent.
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MikeP
10:24 PM
10:24 PM
McFadden:
Firstly, please give your full p[ost code so we can look up the expected reception conditions for your location.
Secondly, check all your aerial cables and the plugs/sockets. Unplug all the coaxial plugs and then refit. That is to ensure there is no corrosion/oxidation on the contacts - which is a common cause of the problem you report.
Thirdly, put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker and select Detailed View. Then scroll down and look at the suggested transmitter(s) you could be using and not lower down the channel numbers for the multiplexes. Then check that you equipment is tuned to those channels.
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Thursday, 27 June 2019
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Linora Bennet10:21 PM
Masses of pixellating followed by intermittent black screen, retuned, now can only get 5 channels: 007, 048, 050, 061 and 207. And now 048 is doing the same. This happens every summer and is infuriating - can you tell me why? Surely nowadays something can be done.
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StevensOnln110:48 PM
Linora Bennet: Retuning is never a good idea if you suddenly loose signal as you've now deleted most of your channels which were previously correctly tuned. If it happens every summer then you are probably experiencing the effects of signal lift, where the hot weather causes signals to travel further than normal which causes signals from distant transmitters to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you are trying to receive. This is an entirely natural phenomenon which has been understood by scientists and broadcast engineers since UHF TV began in the 1960s.
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Friday, 1 May 2020
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Steve6:10 PM
PSB1 has disappeared after today's storms .. trying to get more info, but if anyone else has any do comment!
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Chris.SE10:20 PM
Steve:
The BBC have reported a fault - From 6:22pm to 7:15pm on 1st May 2020 BBC A Off the air due to a fault.
You should find your reception is now restored.
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Thursday, 11 June 2020
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John Lewis9:54 AM
why does the tunbridge weels tranmitter reduce powers at 18.10 hours every day
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Chris.SE3:45 PM
John Lewis:
What makes you think the transmitter is reducing power John? What is happening exactly and is it affecting all channels or just some - which ones? My suspicion is it could be an interference problem if it's happening at exactly 1810 each day. If you provide a full postcode we can see what the Freeview detailed Coverage Checker predicts for reception at your location.
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Monday, 30 September 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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