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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) mast?
Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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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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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
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Chrispy9:24 PM
Rochester
Can anyone suggest the best resolution for the following problem from a friend and ex-colleague who lives in a notoriously poor reception area for the Bluebell Hill transmitter ME2 1LU .
The household doesnt watch a great deal of TV but both halves of the semi detached bungalows had their aerials upgraded (same firm, same time, same aerials etc. on opposite corners of the same chimney) about 18 months ago. When installed (during wintertime) there were no problems, but whilst the neighbour is still watching (though with the occasional dropouts) last summer there were problems for my friend as BBC signals by which I assume Mux 1 and the favourite channels in the household - deteriorated to the point of being unwatchable. This summer the complaint has been that the BBC had disappeared and when I went to investigate this afternoon I found that Mux 1 is completely failing to register when the TV (straight off the aerial) does an auto-scan. (The same happened to the Freeview box I took with me, so I assume that it must be aerial problems.)
My little knowledge further assumes t his is mainly to do with the trees and the hill/ridge behind the bungalows which block direct line of sight to Bluebell Hill, though given the closeness of the aerials on the chimney I find it difficult to fathom. Could the very slight difference in the angles of the aerials on their separate poles really make that much difference?
If I read correctly the power of the Mux will not be increased on switchover, so there would seem to be little hope of a resolution there
Some of the other aerials in the street point at Crystal Palace so should my friend turn the aerial around or would Freesat be another possible answer (though that hill/ridge is close and to the East and South so I guess the dish would have to be on a pole too.).
Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated.
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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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Friday, 16 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 today to 09:08 today [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 today to 09:08 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 yesterday to 09:08 yesterday [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 yesterday to 09:08 yesterday [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 today to 08:12 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 yesterday to 09:08 yesterday [BBC]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 today to 08:12 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 yesterday to 09:08 yesterday [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:02 yesterday to 08:12 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 08:54 on 16 Sep to 09:08 on 16 Sep [BBC]
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