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 15/04/2024 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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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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Clive g11:45 PM
Simon27 thanks for that, I use virgin for general viewing so I'm not worried about weaker signals as long it works. I also haven't got a echostar box so that's not a problem. Ive actually found SE by manual tuning the signal strength bar is in the red and the signal quality is 30 and traffic causes break up, hopefully when i make the adjustments it will be ok
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
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lynne leung11:19 PM
why pay tv licence when we get no or little signal to the tv its really gets me down that when i want to relax and watch a bit of tele the signal is rubbish why is this herne bay has been like this for years yet now we are 7 years later and stil having the same problems
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013
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Liam10:25 PM
Very odd behaviour here in Faversham, I can pick up the Crystal Palace transmitter no trouble at all with perfect signal but no matter what I try I can't get bluebell hill to work properly at all, constantly getting drop out on channels etc, would be nice to get local channels/news etc
Any ideas?
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Thursday, 11 July 2013
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Roger12:54 PM
Rochester
Please could someone help me. I have lost all reception to freeview and when trying to retune no channels pick up. I have rang freeview and they advised that nothing is wrong. I live in a block of flats where two other neighbours who use freeview have also lost reception. Please could someone help. I live in Rochester, post code ME1 1HX
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Roger's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Roger: If this is a communal aerial system you and your neighbours are using then it is down to the party responsible to sort it out, and therefore it is that party you need to speak to.
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Thursday, 18 July 2013
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Glenn7:03 PM
Rochester
Transmitter: Bluebell Hill
Loft mounted Aerial - 3.5 years old installed in new build property.
Location: Strood.
We have been experiencing loss of all signal intermittently over the last 3 days - it seems to be ok in the mornings, but afternoon / evening some, later all, channels report 'No Signal' I had a look at the BBC transmitter page, and it said there were problems reported on Monday, but I can't work out why it's ok earlier in the day. Tested 3 different freeview boxes and one tv with freeview built in running in different rooms: got the same result with all of them.
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Glenn's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Glenn: I responded to an identical query here:
My Freeview | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Glenn7:14 PM
Rochester
Thanks, Dave (user error, posting twice)
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Glenn's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
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Neil2:17 PM
Rochester
Hello all,
I am going to be installing an aerial this week and despite some significant googling I am unclear as to what aerial I should get for Blue bell Hill. I live in Wainscott (ME3) and depending on the site I go to am seeing recommendation for group B, E and W aerials. I have an existing aerial but I do not think it is that great and I have no idea what group it is either.
I am also wondering as to whether Crystal Palace may be the better option even though it is further away, the reason being that I have to loft mount and my loft is at the back of my house so to point it to BBH means the signal will have to go through the loft and an adjoining bedroom and outer wall whereas for CP it would just need to point straight through the roof in the other direction.
Thanks
Neil
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Neil's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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