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Freeview reception at TN8 6AP


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 3 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of TN86AP (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 5G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception. For actual mobile device reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 EE VM

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)Tunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
2BBC TwoTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
3ITV 1 (SD)Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
5Channel 5Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
9BBC FourTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
10ITV3Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
11Sky MixTunbridge Wells COM5
12QuestTunbridge Wells COM6
 
13E4Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
14Film4Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
17ReallyTunbridge Wells COM5
18More4Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
 
19DaveTunbridge Wells COM5
20DramaTunbridge Wells COM4
215USATunbridge Wells COM4
23BBC ThreeTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
25WTunbridge Wells COM6
 
26ITV4Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
27YesterdayTunbridge Wells COM6
28ITVBeTunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
29ITV2 +1Tunbridge Wells COM4
30E4 +1Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraTunbridge Wells COM5
325STARTunbridge Wells COM4
335ActionTunbridge Wells COM4
34GREAT! moviesTunbridge Wells COM6
35ITV1 +1Tunbridge Wells Meridian (East)PSB2
 
36Sky ArtsTunbridge Wells COM5
38Channel 5 +1Tunbridge Wells COM4
39DMAXTunbridge Wells COM6
40Quest RedTunbridge Wells COM5
41LegendTunbridge Wells COM4
 
42GREAT! actionTunbridge Wells COM4
43Food NetworkTunbridge Wells COM5
44HGTVTunbridge Wells COM6
465SELECTTunbridge Wells PSB3
47Film4 +1Tunbridge Wells COM5
 
48ChallengeTunbridge Wells COM5
494sevenTunbridge Wells COM5
52GREAT! romanceTunbridge Wells COM6
56That's TV (UK)Tunbridge Wells COM6
57Dave ja vuTunbridge Wells COM4
 
58ITVBe +1Tunbridge Wells COM4
59ITV3 +1Tunbridge Wells COM4
60Drama +1Tunbridge Wells COM5
61GREAT! movies extraTunbridge Wells COM6
63GREAT! romance mixTunbridge Wells COM6
 
64BlazeTunbridge Wells COM4
65That's TV 2Tunbridge Wells COM5
67TRUE CRIMETunbridge Wells COM4
68TRUE CRIME XTRATunbridge Wells COM4
70Quest +1Tunbridge Wells COM5
 
71That’s 60sTunbridge Wells COM6
73HobbyMakerTunbridge Wells COM6
74Yesterday +1Tunbridge Wells COM5
75That's 90sTunbridge Wells COM5
78TCCTunbridge Wells COM4
 
81Blaze +1Tunbridge Wells COM4
82Talking Pictures TVTunbridge Wells COM6
83Together TVTunbridge Wells COM4
84PBS AmericaTunbridge Wells COM6
89ITV4 +1Tunbridge Wells COM4
 
91WildEarthTunbridge Wells COM4
101BBC One HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
102BBC Two HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
103UTV HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
103ITV 1 HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
 
103STV HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
104Channel 4 HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
105Channel 5 HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
106BBC Four HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
107BBC Three HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
 
108BBC Scotland HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Tunbridge Wells PSB3
201CBBCTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
202CBeebiesTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
204CBBC HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
 
205CBeebies HDTunbridge Wells PSB3
209Ketchup TVTunbridge Wells COM4
210Ketchup TooTunbridge Wells COM4
211YAAAS!Tunbridge Wells COM4
231BBC NewsTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
 
232BBC ParliamentTunbridge Wells South EastPSB1
233Sky NewsTunbridge Wells COM5
235Al Jazeera EngTunbridge Wells COM6
267Al Jazeera EnglishTunbridge Wells COM4

 

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Comments
Sunday, 31 May 2015
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MikeB
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1:10 PM

Nigel: You havn't supplied a postcode, which is vital, but in the meantime search for 'too much of a good thing' on this website.

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Nigel
6:35 PM
Barnsley

MikeB: my postcode is s71 3bb also to add i have a second tv running off the same roof mounted aerial but on a separate cable and that one is fine

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MikeB
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8:37 PM

Nigel: Your 13km from the transmitter, so an overload is not a total surprise. Different TV's have different tuners, and they can all act in a slightly different way - Sony tends to be sensitive but robust, whilst Humax and Panasonic tend to be sensitive full stop. So its perfectly possible for your other TV to be OK (just about), whilst the LG breaking up. Add to that a feed to your other TV which might not be as good, etc, and that could explain the mismatch.

As they say in Jaws, your going to need a bigger boat.I'm 46km from my transmitter, and in order to get the strength down enough so that the PVR didn't get confused, I've put a 12db attenuator on that feed. Best suggestion is to get a couple of fixed ones in series (6 + 12 + 8, etc), until you've got a level thats OK. The fixed ones are less than two quid each on Amazon, and they fit into each other, so you can make a 'stick'. Get another aerial lead, so you dont have the attenuators sticking out of anything - because the weight of them will damage the sockets.

Be interesting at what level of attentuation your signal will need to come in at around 75%!

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Nigel
8:56 PM

MikeB: Hello Mike thank you for all your help.
In the end its looking like the Lg is at fault (well i think its tuner/or aerial socket as packed in,tonight it's not tuning to anything now!.
I've swapped the tv's around to make sure and my second one (samsung)works downstairs and up whilst im not getting anything on the lg!
Cheers Nige

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:06 PM

Nigel: Bad luck - 5 years old(?) so pretty much out of warrenty. Either get a Freeview HD tuner cheap (Manhatten for about 44 quid - Buy Manhattan Plaza HD-T2 Smart Freeview HD Digital Receiver | John Lewis ) or if you want to upgrade anyway, most of my customers have gone up from a 32 to a 40-42 or even 47/48.

If your about 8-10 feet away from the screen, by far the best value I can suggest is the ace Samsung H6400 from 2014. They are about to vanish (the new 2015 J6300 is curved), but has a great 400hz 3D screen, fully smart, two remotes, etc. Right in the mid range, and a very popular model.

Still just about available for 399 - Buy Samsung UE40H6400 LED HD 1080p 3D Smart TV, 40" with Freeview HD, Voice Control, Built-In Wi-Fi and 2x 3D Glasses | John Lewis - great price, five year warrenty, and I'd be very happy having one myself!

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Tuesday, 2 June 2015
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GeordieLad
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7:45 PM
Towcester

Forgive me if this sounds like an idiotic question but do either the old MovieStar codes or PDC settings (from analogue days) still work on digital transmissions? I ask this because I'm fed up with broadcasters not sticking to scheduled program times, meaning I often lose either the beginning or the end (usually the latter) on many programs. Some of my STBs have what appear to be PDC facilities but I tend not to rely on them because the problems still seem to occur. Ignoring PDC, I always program the starts at least one minute before schedule and the ends two or three minutes after the scheduled times but even this does not always work - mainly because the broadcasters either change the scheduled programs or simply play fast and loose with the timings.

By the way, my Post Code is NN12 7TN and I'm using the sandy Heath services.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Regards

GeordieLad

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Wednesday, 3 June 2015
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GeordieLad
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:05 AM
Towcester

Further to my post yesterday, just in case it's not obvious, I'm referring to the start/end programs when recorded on analogue VCRs - with apologies for hanging on to out-dated technology!

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

6:17 PM

GeordieLad: Wikipedia confirms (if it's to be believed) my suspicion that PDC worked by information encoded in the teletext data which was on the top few lines of analogue pictures. This means that PDC won't work.

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Dave Lindsay
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6:17 PM

GeordieLad: Programme Delivery Control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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MikeP
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10:24 PM
Trowbridge

Dave Lindsey and GeordieLad:PDC used 'spare' data space in the lines that were not normally displayed and some were used for teletext (Ceefax, Oracle or Teletext). So as the digital transmissions no longer have those spaces available for data there is no PDC in operation.
However, from a technical viewpoint, there is no obvious reason why such control data could not have been included with the digitised programme data. It seems it wasn't thought about at the time, so was not included with the specification. Perhaps Briantist has more information?

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