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?
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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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Chrispy: I'm not sure why you think that postcode you provided is a poor reception area, it is listed as having "excellent" reception, as long as you are using a rooftop aerial.
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
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Matthew10:45 PM
I have recently moved into a newly built area opposite to TESCOs, off Millstrood Road, whitstable (CT5 3FF). I have a high gain aerial pointed at BluiBell. The aerial is outside the house and two storey high.
I have 14% strenght and 40% quality. I don't always get BBC1,2,CBBC and BBC news.
What else can I do to get these channels always and to improve the strength of all channels?
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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jb388:26 AM
Matthew: The post code given indicates Rouncefall (@ 23mls) as being by far the best station for reception, Bluebell Hill (@ 22mls) most definitely not! That said though, predictors cannot fully cater for local circumstances that could cause problems with reception, so that might be a factor with your aerial being pointed at Bluebell Hill.
Although Bluebell Hill is at 262 degrees from you whereas Rouncefall is at 316, purely for a test I would scrub what's stored in the memory by carrying out a re-scan without the aerial being connected, then after reconnecting try manually tuning Rouncefall on Mux Ch44(BBC1) - Mux Ch41(ITV1) - Mux Ch47 (HD service) storing anything received after each scan.
The only downside of Rouncefall being that its a Freeview "Light" station, meaning only public services are broadcast.
(Ch47 HD)
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Thursday, 6 October 2011
Bluebell Hill, Analogue BBC1 and Digital BBC1 both switched to broadcast the BBC News channel between 1.37pm and 1.45pm BST today October 6. Instead of South East News, some boring press conferecne from the European Central Bank. As soon as the national programmes resuled at 1.45pm the problem was fixed.
Any clues as to what migth have happened?
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 14 October 2011
John Buchanan: The News Channel is the "sustaining feed", which means it will be broadcast if the correct programme cannot be provided because of a technical failing in the regional studio.
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Sunday, 16 October 2011
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James Golding10:17 PM
Transmitter engineering: Good evening my freeview tv's throughout house ,has lost all channel from 1-10 and a few more ,it's has been like this from this morning ,it was fine yesterday.
Could you please tell me if there is a problem in my area .
My aerial is on my roof and its a new digital aerial fitted about 4 years ago or so.
Thanks
Regards
Mr Golding
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Monday, 17 October 2011
James Golding: You have failed to say what "your area" is by providing a postcode... Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for general help.
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Thursday, 10 November 2011
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Bert 4:03 PM
Sittingbourne
ME10 1DB
Today MUX 2 & MUX A have both gone to either Low Signal or No Signal on the TV, even the Analogue reception for channels 3 & 4 are very poor today. Does this point to atmospheric interference rather than a problem at the transmitter.
I called DigitalUK for info & the suggestion was to realign my aerial to Sudbury, Essex, I'll pass on that one. Bluebell is only 14 miles away.
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Bert's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Bert 4:55 PM
Sittingbourne
As per my earlier post, MUX's 2 & A are back up now, 5pm. Off for 4 hours due to atmospherics, very strange!
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Bert's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 11 November 2011
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Yvonne Coe4:02 PM
Tonbridge
post code TN10 4PU
My mother has lost her digital channels. She has an aerial on the roof but I dont know which transmitter it is tuned to as some houses in her street point one way and some another way. She can get terrestrial channels but not digital on her idTV or her PVR. Please could you help as she is 86 and TV is very important to her.
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Yvonne's: mapY's Freeview map terrainY's terrain plot wavesY's frequency data Y's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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