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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Saturday, 29 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
9:16 AM
9:16 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:35 on 27 Mar to 16:40 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar to 16:39 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar. [BBC] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Possible weak signal, no analogue radio, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Sunday, 30 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
9:28 AM
9:28 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:35 on 27 Mar to 16:40 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar to 16:39 on 27 Mar. [BBC] Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Possible weak signal, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 31 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:35 on 27 Mar to 16:40 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar to 16:39 on 27 Mar. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:22 PM
12:22 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:35 on 27 Mar to 16:40 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar to 16:39 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:22 PM
1:22 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:35 on 27 Mar to 16:40 on 27 Mar, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:34 on 27 Mar to 16:39 on 27 Mar. [BBC]
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Sunday, 13 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:32 AM
12:32 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Over the next week Bluebell Hill main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 19 May 2014
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LMDriscoll4:11 PM
Rochester
I have a bush freeview+ box which I have not used for 15 months when I had virgin able connected. Someone has given us a JVC analogue TV. I have connected freeview+ box and reset it, bought a new remote and my husband fitted a new digital aeriel. However, we only seem to get one programme at a time usually BBc 1 or 2, the channel + - button does not get a new programme nor does the guide button. When I do a check for available channels 100s seem to clock up and they show on the guide list but all I get on screen is the aeriel missing icon. A freeview TV set piks up the channels when connected direct to the aeriel.. Hope you can help it is driving me mad.
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MikeP
9:04 PM
9:04 PM
LMDriscoll
Have you tried retuning the Freeview box? Many changes have happened since you last used it and it may not be set to get all the other programmes that seem to be missing.
Let us know if a retune is, or is not, successful, please?
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014
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C Harris9:37 PM
I have a breaking up of the picture on all my HD channels it also freezes and sometimes I loose the signal. I have tried retuning my tv channels but the problem still continues, this has been happening for the last week, I have a LG3D internet tv, with a digital areal, I haven't had this problem before
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