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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Sunday, 3 November 2013
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Andy 6:34 PM
Chatham
Over the fast few days I have lost my signal to the degree that I am unable to retune my TV the signal according tp you chart is said to be strong but my reception is through a communal Aerial
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Richard12:08 PM
bluebell hill ch40 all hd channels not being received. was ok yesterday. post code ss120hr wickford.
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Richard12:14 PM
aerial is on the roof. I have two aerials both pointing to bluebell hill. early yesterday morning was receiving lots of French channels.
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David Martin7:18 PM
Gillingham
I live in Gillingham, Kent ME7 3AH, so use Bluebell Hill. Today, all TVs on different loft aerials have today lost some channels or become intermittent, and retuning brings in more distant Anglia services. Is this likely to be a problem at Bluebell Hill, or could weather and inversion really be this bad?
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
7:53 PM
7:53 PM
The fact that some French services are being received unusually means there is probably some temperature inversion or tropospheric lift causing poor or loss of Freeview reception
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Music monster8:22 PM
Hello, lost all HD channels today. Live in basildon within coverage of blue bell and Dover. Help
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Friday, 13 December 2013
MikeP
8:38 PM
8:38 PM
Music Monster:
See my response above. The conditions can cause such interference that signals appear to be being lost. Do *not* retune.
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MikeP: The thing is that this site, above the box to post a comment, says to carry out the reset procedure!
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
MikeP
8:49 PM
8:49 PM
Dave Lindsay:
Yes and that is why so many have retuned unnecessarily and lost more channels than just the ones initially giving problems. Non-technical people will follow that advice even when they should not.
The advice given above the entry box is very general and does not allow for inversions, etc. My many years experience in the TV industry (going back to 1960) tells me that when viewers think there equipment has a problem, they try to correct it themselves and often cause greater problems. Or they assume the source has a fault and blame the broadcasters for natural phenomena. That is the problem with 'general' approaches rather than specific.
The real key is to have patience first. With a satellite system, you can get a reported signal loss when it is actually a decryption problem - the on-screen message covers a whole host of situations almost all of which have nothing to do with actual loss of signals (note that my brother worked for one of the companies who supply Sky with software for the boxes). With terrestrial, there are all the effects we've seen for years on UHF transmissions but somehow people think digital terrestrial works differently when it is just a UHF carrier modulated differently, so is just as susceptible to interference and is usually reported by the box as being loss of signal when it isn't.
I would suggest that Briantist rewords the advice so that people don't jump to conclusions too fast - as some seem to if you read their submissions (as I know you do).
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Thursday, 9 January 2014
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Bob Green9:21 PM
Tonbridge
Since 1st November I had problems. Live in Paddock Wood. Since 2009 had the new W band aerial pointed to Bluebell hill as T.Wells did not support all the Digital Channels. Since 1st nov the picture on Standard tv (channel 11 really) break up. HDTV channels have gone. This was on only 1 tv. So I thought it was the TV. I have since moved the TV to another room and it has the same problem. None of the other 3 tvs have problems.(not HDTVs though - but problem shows on SD channels). I have since returned to the aerial pre 2009 that is pointing to T.wells and while the signal is stronger, now the kids are reporting picture breakup on their tvs. (there is a 8 way dist in the loft). Aerials are in the loft. either I have a problem with the tv or the signal from bluebell hill has changed. How can I check?
I accept the aerial pointing to twells isnt w band and might not be good enough. This weekend Im going to move the bluehill aerial and point it to twells and see. Any help received - thanks
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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