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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Wednesday, 12 December 2018
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Geoff9:49 PM
Thanks for all the input - amazingly the last two days has seen no issues with the channels.
However I, and some others, will be trying to persuade management that the system must be looked at. Everything said here makes absolute sense, so will see how it goes.
Thanks again
Geoff
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Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 21:59 yesterday to 22:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 21:59 on 18 Dec to 22:25 on 18 Dec. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 today to 04:24 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 today to 04:28 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 7 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 yesterday to 04:24 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 yesterday to 04:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 on 06 Feb to 04:24 on 06 Feb, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 04:02 on 06 Feb to 04:28 on 06 Feb. [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 February 2019
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Chris11:10 AM
Chatham
Currently have "no signal" on HD ch. 45, 55 and 56. Signal strength good but signal quality zero. Is anyone else having issues? I have had problems with the picture dropping out regularly on CH45 since last July and now need to get this sorted as it's driving me nuts. Is it my system or is it a transmission problem? Other people have reported similar problems on this forum previously. Postcode ME5 8UN. Any advice welcome and will respond asap. Thanks
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MikeP
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
Chris:
Full post code please?
Also check the reported signal strengths for all the multiplexes.
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Chris9:49 PM
Chatham
MikeP:
Full postcode ME5 8UN.
The channels must have came back on early afternoon (successful recording at 2pm). I have been out all afternoon until 8pm and the picture was fine then. However, as I am writing this at 9.30pm the channels are coming and going. Signal strength 70-90% Signal quality 0-10% on CH45, 46, 55 & 56 multiplexes. There is no problem with the strength which is stable, but the quality is fluctuating resulting in pixelation and "no signal" messages. Had enough of it now but will check again in the morning.
Thanks
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