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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter._______
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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-south-east-today.jpg)
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 28km southwest (218°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
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, 2 November 2014
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Mike Johnson7:13 PM
Hello,
I live in Upchurch quite close to Bluebell Hill yet my new television insists on tuning itself to Chrystal Palace. How can I manually tune the thing to Bluebell Hill so as to get the local news?
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Dave Lindsay
7:18 PM
7:18 PM
Mike Johnson: Pull the aerial out for the first 30% of the automatic tuning scan (or until it gets to UHF channel 30. This will miss out Crystal Palace and get Bluebell Hill.
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Mike Johnson7:28 PM
Dave Lindsay:
Thanks Dave.
I will try it in the Morning - Wife engrossed in something at the moment.
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Dave Lindsay
8:59 PM
8:59 PM
Mike Johnson: Or the alternative may be to use manual tuning, if available on the set concerned. UHF channel numbers and frequencies in MHz are near the top of this page.
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KMJ,Derby9:25 PM
Mike Johnson: Have you looked if there are any channels listed in the 800s at the end of the channel list? If you have signals from both Crystal Palace and Bluebell Hill available it would be usual to find alternative versions for BBC1 and ITV stored as well as those occupying the normal channel positions.
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Saturday, 8 November 2014
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will12:16 AM
Hi I live in Gillingham close to bluebell hill and the local bbc channels are jumping,pixelated and blacking out, yet London bbc tv signal is a ok! I have tried a booster but no change and help please. Thanks
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MikeB12:28 AM
will: Its because your so close to the transmitter, and your signal is too powerful - see here: Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you
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Friday, 28 November 2014
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Jane Hopkinson9:16 AM
I have just purchased a Sony Bravia tv and a Humax box, plus new aerials. When I first set it up I had over 300 stations which over the next few days gradually decreased, Yesterday being a good example. I have re-tuned and done the factory default re-set and now only have 170 stations (Yesterday having gone altogether). We have an outside aerial which may be quite old but I find it amazing that one minute things are working well then it all changes when nothing has been touched and the weather is quite settled. Do I need a new aerial? Help!
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Dave Lindsay
12:28 PM
12:28 PM
Jane Hopkinson: There are, according to Digital UK, "only" 151 services available on Freeview in the UK. Accepting that perhaps there are others and that the total may be 170. to get 300 you must be receiving some from one transmitter and some from at least another transmitter.
When you say "aerials", are we talking more than one aerial directed to the same transmitter (Bluebell Hill)? Or is there more than one aerial pointing to different transmitters?
If it's the former then there may be no issue, barring loss of COM6 multiplex (which carries Yesterday). This is because signals from other transmitters can be picked up off-beam of the aerial and by the nature these can be intermittent. If it is a requirement that signals be received from another transmitter then an aerial should be installed for it.
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