Freeview Light on the Ham Street (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ham Street (Kent, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Ham Street (Kent, England) mast?
Ham Street transmitter - Ham Street transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Ham Street (Kent, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Ham Street 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 31m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 31m | DTG- | 2W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 31m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Ham Street (Kent, 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, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, 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, 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 Ham Street transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 42km west (279°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 32km northwest (316°)
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 Ham Street (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 30 Sep 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W |
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023
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Tom1:03 PM
Ashford
Signal keeps blinking on/off every 30 secs or so, lost ITV completely. BBC effected, not sure if it could be Railway works, or weather conditions. Some sort of interference, started from 8.00pm yesterday (15th August 2023) Making watching Freeview impossible, please help with any information. According to the BBC Transmitter faults page our local transmitter, which supposedly does '500 people' only? has a pink Fault indicator.
Is this the problem? checked all our wires/connections, we live in Hamstreet, Kent (TN26 2EZ). Are we the only ones affected? Please let me know ASAP.
Thank you.
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Chris.SE1:18 PM
Tom:
The red triangle ! does indicate problem associated with the Ham Street transmissions, so it isn't just you.
The BBC are reporting multiple occasions with reception problems yesterday and today. This is the result of current weather conditions (Tropospheric Ducting) which does result in interference to wanted signals.
There is nothing you can do, do NOT retune, this may clear your correct tuning. It's a case of patience until conditions change. If you have a smart TV and a reasonable internet connection, you could try using iPlayer, ITVX etc.
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Steve Donaldson3:16 PM
Tom: There was recently a report to this website of temporary traffic lights apparently causing an issue elsewhere in the country. Are there temporary traffic lights near you?
"one.network" (which shows roadworks across the country) shows temporary traffic lights on Ashford Road near to Hamstreet Primary Academy, the responsibility for the works being the County Council. Have they moved further south and near to your cul-de-sac?
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Steve Donaldson3:23 PM
Tom: Noting Chris.SE's comment about the BBC reporting a fault with the transmitter, it would seem a likely cause, and then perhaps not likely to be any nearby temporary traffic lights. Although if symptoms appearing coincided with traffic lights being turned on then it might be worth considering as a cause, expecting them to stop when the lights are taken away.
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Monday, 9 October 2023
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Tom11:00 PM
Tom: 'Thank you for the replies', It seemed to improve by itself.
'BUT' in the last two weeks, Freeview has been 'lost completely'. Now it's back, but keeps blinking on/off. Not sure if problem with Aerial in our loft, as we had guttering done recently. More likely some sort of nearby interference, is anyone else having problems in Hamstreet? Signal is weak generaly according to our TV hub (BT). I think most people down our road have Sky TV, so may not be affeceted. Saturday/Sunday was bad, losing picture completely, tried retuning. Just affects Freeview.
Thanks.
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Chris.SE11:12 PM
Tom:
It's current weather conditions affecting you, they have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and now extending into the Midlands and North of the country through Sunday including East Anglia, and now affecting Wales and England. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.
IF you did retune, you be best manually retuning the UHF channels for your transmitter.
The BBC and Freeview have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - from 07 October | Help receiving TV and radio
High pressure could affect reception across parts of the UK this week | Freeview
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Wednesday, 11 October 2023
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Monday, 28 October 2024
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Monday, 4 November 2024
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Ham Street transmitter - Ham Street transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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