Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter

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4:22 PM

Bert: Excellent. And you didn't require a replacement .

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Simon27
12:51 AM
Dartford

Hi I'm no expert and also have zero funds so no fancy boosters for me, I recently moved into a property in Dartford DA1 2TG. when i moved from my parents in Whistable and first tried the TV bbc southeast worked without a re-tune, however the was very poor. Would turning and fixing the existing leaning from a to a southeasterly direction work? as i prefer the south east local news.

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Michael

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1:24 AM

Simon27: If you haven't retuned the TV it will still be tuned in to UHF 46 from , which as you say is not going to give you a good in Dartford. This confirms the predictions of the UK postcode checker and of the green areas in the map above.

You may get a slightly better SE signal by turning your , but it's never going to be as good as the transmitter to the , which is what you will pick up should you retune.

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12:30 PM

Simon27: Of the Dartford area in general, to the south east, which in the direction of , there is higher ground which prevents, or at least makes difficult, from it. For that reason I assume that most Dartfordians receive programming from .

You don't have line-of-sight to Bluebell Hill and to make matters worse you are at the bottom of a slope:

Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location

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12:42 PM

Simon27: uses Group A exclusively, so your may be a Group A one (red tip):

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uses Group B channels except which is one channel out which is probably neither here nor there.

Bluebell's COM channels are reckoned to be variable to poor, although predictors are somewhat rough owing to so many variables that can't possibly taken into account. Indeed, it takes into account possible from other transmitters and sometimes appears to be over-egging that interference.

You may have to use manual tuning. Have a look on your different boxes and TVs to see which will be most useful to you.

On the manual tune screen, enter/select the UHF channel number, but don't press the button to the channel; instead see if it gives you a reading of scrength and as many receivers do.

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Simon27
10:16 PM

Hi thanks Micheal and Dave for your advice, as for the "red tip" the only thing i can see using the camera zoom is what looks like a grey stopper on each end not sure if that's what you mean, I will have to get up there tomorrow as next-doors worried about it falling on her conservatory, I' ll swing it round to the SE and see what happens. Seems strange planning as SE news frequently mentions Dartford yet is difficult another anomaly is reception at 82km away is better than at only 26km away.

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10:57 PM

Simon27: For lots of information and products (other retailers are available) see A.T.V (Aerials And Television) FM DAB TV Aerial, plus poles and brackets

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Clive g
2:00 PM

Simon27 from Dartford. I have just come across your post and curious to know if your endeavors worked?? I live less than mile from you and have also moved to Dartford from down south. I would love to have my native reinstated I currently have a virgin box and a that is aligned in a westerly direction both are incapable of receiving BBC.SE.

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Simon27
5:10 PM
Dartford

Clive B: sorry only just seen your post. Turning the worked fine the aerial had 15 identical fingers on each side plus a few others and no red tips, The is now good no blocking, dropouts etc, However the is about half of what it was at my parents despite my parents living further away from the CT5 1QS (same box) but this makes no noticeable difference in picture , also the wire tension bolts were corroded I am lucky my company has a small workshop so i refurbished the bracket. I've posted current received signal strengths above 15 from a HD box.DA1 2TG. this helps remember I'm no expert.

uhf 22 signal strength 78 signal quality 80
uhf channel 23 signal strength 78 signal quality 80
uhf channel 25 signal strength 78 signal quality 85
uhf channel 26 signal strength 78 signal quality 75
uhf channel 28 signal strength 78 signal quality 80
uhf channel 30 signal strength 59 signal quality 50
uhf channel 39 signal strength 40 signal quality 70
uhf channel 40 signal strength 41 signal quality 60
uhf channel 43 signal strength 38 signal quality 80
uhf channel 45 signal strength 32 signal quality 60
uhf channel 46 signal strength 36 signal quality 60
uhf channel 54 signal strength 33 signal quality 60

BTW. If I remember correctly my parents box had various maybe your virgin box has SE hidden somewhere (CT5 1QS)

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Clive g
10:53 PM

Simon27: Thanks for that, interestingly I can receive a lot of the numbers you mention, I will investigate that but failing that I will have a go this summer holiday, as for virgin they say "its not technically possible for me to receive SE" despite living in Kent and paying over 75 pounds per month for .