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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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 05:29 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 today to 05:42 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 today to 05:43 today [BBC] ebell Hill Transmitter works 15 March 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV will be subject to periods of shutdown. Digital services - MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Thursday, 15 March 2012
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 yesterday [BBC] ebell Hill Transmitter works 15 March 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV will be subject to periods of shutdown. Digital services - MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 yesterday [BBC] ebell Hill Transmitter works 15 March 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV will be subject to periods of shutdown. Digital services - MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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John Northover9:15 AM
Wadhurst
At last, I've found your excellent website! For countless months now,my wife and I have been arguing about the cause of poor and nil reception on our Toshiba digital TV set which receives signals from the Bluebell Hill transmitter. She has maintained that the fault lies with our receiver - it's 6-years old - and I have put the problems down to transmitter faults/engineering interventions. We upgraded the aerial when we bought and installed our receiver and had a signal booster installed at the same time. Just recently, the reception problems have become more frequent and prolonged, especially on BBC channels.(but Yesterday and Film 4 channels also often disappear, too) If I'm right to blame engineering works, could you kindly explain why it should be necessary to undertake these so frequently as we approach switchover to full digital? And could you please explain why I should need to re-tune my receiver so frequently, too?
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John Northover: There's three points really.
1) You are not predicted to get a good Freeview service on all multiplexes until the Tunbridge Wells transmitter switches over on 13 June 2012.
2) There is engineering work at Bluebell Hill, it is listed on the post above yours.
3) There are also current reception problems caused by the weather conditions - see High pressure causing channel loss through "Inversion" | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Your best course of action is to wait until June and move your aerial to receieve signals from Tunbridge Wells, as Bluebell Hill will never provide you with a top-rate Freeview service.
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today to 05:31 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday to 05:35 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today to 05:36 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 y [BBC] ebell Hill Transmitter works 15 March 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV will be subject to periods of shutdown. Digital services - MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today to 05:31 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday to 05:35 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today to 05:36 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 y [BBC] ebell Hill Transmitter works 15 March 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV will be subject to periods of shutdown. Digital services - MuxB will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today to 05:31 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday to 05:35 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today to 05:36 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 y [BBC] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today to 05:31 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday to 05:35 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today to 05:36 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 y [BBC] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:29 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 00:36 today to 05:31 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 23:56 yesterday to 05:35 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:52 today to 05:36 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 00:06 yesterday to 05:43 y [BBC] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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