Freeview Light on the Chatham Town (Medway, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Chatham Town (Medway, England) transmitter which serves 9,000 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 Chatham Town (Medway, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Chatham Town (Medway, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Chatham Town 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C35 (586.0MHz) | 88m | DTG- | 5W |
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 88m | DTG- | 5W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 88m | DTG- | 5W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Chatham Town (Medway, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Chatham Town 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, 34km south-southwest (213°)
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, 11km south (173°)
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 Chatham Town (Medway, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C35 | BBCA | ||||||||
C39 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C42 | BBCB | ||||||||
C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C68 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 11W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3.4dB) 5W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:56 on 23 Sep to 10:14 on 23 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:35 PM
7:35 PM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 today to 16:38 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 today to 16:38 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 yesterday to 16:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 yesterday to 16:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 on 07 Mar to 16:38 on 07 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:26 on 07 Mar to 16:38 on 07 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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gordon orr9:28 PM
Chatham
cannot get itv or freeview channels since 10/3
aerial is in loft ME4 4BD
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Friday, 16 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 AM
11:33 AM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:21 today to 08:36 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:21 yesterday to 08:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:21 on 16 Jun to 08:36 on 16 Jun. [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 July 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
CHATHAM TOWN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:11 today to 21:16 today. [BBC]
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