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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Sunday, 9 May 2021
Hi, you fail to mention channel 21 that has 6 channels on it's multiplex,
Kmtv, on 7
Sony channel on 49
Sony movies classic 51
Sony movies classic +1 60
Ideal Extra 94
Tiny pop 207
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Hi, you fail to mention channel 21 Bluebell hill that has 6 channels on it's multiplex,
Kmtv, on 7
Sony channel on 49
Sony movies classic 51
Sony movies classic +1 60
Ideal Extra 94
Tiny pop 207
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Sorry, the computer said there had been a fatal error when sending to the site so that is why it appears 3 times.
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Chris.SE11:00 PM
Peter Martin:
As has been mentioned many times around this site, unfortunately the site owner has not had the time to do all the updates that have resulted from the 700MHz Clearance programme, there are 1200 or so UHF transmitters in the UK. If you read my post prior to yours (bottom of p113) you'll see all the correct UHF channels for Bluebell Hill are listed.
In addition, unfortunately broadcasters do periodically change the channels and services they provide, that's primarily COMs4-7 and the Local Multiplex. See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for what is usually an up-to-date list of the channels and which multiplexes carry them. It was last updated on the 29th April, see Channel changes and launches, Now 70's, 80's and GB News | Freeview for the changes.
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:08 PM
4:08 PM
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Friday, 18 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:46 AM
11:46 AM
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/06/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:46 AM
5:46 AM
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/06/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 2 July 2021
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Paula mcmaster5:45 PM
Rochester
I live in the me1 2he area of Rochester have had a terrible signal on my tv , hardly any channels, is there any information you could give me of work etc being done.
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StevensOnln17:10 PM
Paula mcmaster: According to the post above yours, there has been engineering work taking place at the Bluebell Hill transmitter this week, unfortunately it doesn't say when the work is due to be completed. Do not attempt to retune as this will just delete your correctly tuned channels and search for them again, the missing channels will start working again once the signal returns. If you have already retuned, you will need to wait for the engineering work to be completed before retuning again to restore the missing channels.
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