Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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)
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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Monday, 8 August 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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CHRIS TIPPETT11:48 PM
Tonbridge
I've just moved into a new flat and there is a communal aerial. While I have no direct control over the aerial, I have very good reception on the Freeview stations I receive, but I cannot understand why I don't get ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 as digital stations. I also cannot receive other important didital stations such as ITV4, Film 4, More4 and Yesteryear. I am not indignant about this, but I would appreciate a rational explanation and some news of when the situation will improve.
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CHRIS's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 11 August 2011
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Matt10:26 PM
You should be on the Tonbridge Wells transmitter, this could be why. Also, if the communal system has channel filters to prevent interference, they could be blocking the signal. Do you get MUX 1 eg the bbc channels.
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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John Cheatle11:42 AM
I have a freeview record box (Humax) and have it set to Blue Bell Hill. I live in Sittingbourne and I get all channels and good reception. However I am unable to pick up the auto signal from the transmitter to use link recording etc. If I tune to Anglia it works fine link recording but the picture quality is obviously appaling.
Checking the signal strength on Anglia is 60% and BB Hill is 100%. Quality on Anglia is down to 10% and on BB Hill 90%.
Can anyone tell me why this is please.
John
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
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colin wardley7:43 AM
Colin Wardley:
When if ever is the Blubell transmitter going to HD
thanks
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 00:03 on 19 Aug to 00:18 on 19 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:55 on 21 Aug to 16:02 on 21 Aug [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 00:03 on 19 Aug to 00:18 on 19 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:55 on 21 Aug to 16:02 on 21 Aug [BBC]
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:55 on 21 Aug to 16:02 on 21 Aug [BBC]
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