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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Thursday, 22 June 2017
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StevensOnln17:03 PM
P A Johnson: There does appear to have been work taking place at Bluebell Hill within the last few days, however I couldn't see anything to suggest that there was any planned work taking place today. Have you checked behind your TV for any loose or damaged cables or connections? Also, posting your phone number online is not advised and is only likely to result in unwanted calls rather than a response from any broadcaster or transmitter company. There was no need to post your full address either, just a postcode would have been sufficient.
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Thursday, 13 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:19 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 today to 21:16 today, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:19 today to 21:11 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 14 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 yesterday to 21:16 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:19 yesterday to 21:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 on 13 Jul to 21:16 on 13 Jul, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:19 on 13 Jul to 21:11 on 13 Jul. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 17:19 on 13 Jul to 21:11 on 13 Jul, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 on 13 Jul to 21:16 on 13 Jul. [BBC]
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Friday, 4 August 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:07 on 01 Aug to 15:00 on 01 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 15:00 on 01 Aug to 15:07 on 01 Aug. [BBC]
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Monday, 11 September 2017
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Moira Veitch4:44 PM
My TV has displayed weak or no signal for the past 2/3 hours. I live in a sheltered housing block where the aerial is in the loft.
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StevensOnln17:29 PM
Moira Veitch: Is the aeriel in the loft a shared/communal aerail? Have you checked with your neighbours in the same block to ask if their suffering with the same problem? If they are, get in touch with whoever manages the block and get them to send someone out. If none of your neighbours are having the same problem check the connections behind your TV to look for anything loose or damaged.
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
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Barry Goodsell7:06 AM
We live in Kingswood nr Maidstone kent has not had any digital signal sinse about 21:00hrs last night.
There is nothing to say why. Can you help
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