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The symbol shows the location of the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 53,000 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 Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Tunbridge Wells transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)174mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
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
C44 (658.0MHz)174mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
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
C47 (682.0MHz)174mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C29 (538.0MHz)174mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C31 (554.0MHz)174mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)174mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Tunbridge Wells transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 5km south-southwest (205°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 21km northeast (53°)
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 Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-1719 Jul 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E TB E TK T
C29SDN
C31ArqA
C37C5wavesC5wavesArqB
C39_local
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesArqBArqBArqBBBCA
C42SDN+SDN+SDN
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesArqAArqAArqAD3+4
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C49tv_offD3+4D3+4D3+4
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves_local_local_local
C52tv_offBBCABBCABBCA

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?

Analogue 1-4 10kW
Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 4kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 100W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tunbridge Wells transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tunbridge Wells was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
M
Mark Fletcher
sentiment_satisfiedGold

9:34 PM
Halifax

Bruce,Tonbridge.If this helps look under the inversion effect underline with this text !

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Thursday, 12 July 2012
F
Furnace
1:12 PM
Edenbridge

@jb38
Thanks for that. I am using a SLX 8 way booster/splitter and very rarely have any problems on SD. Interestingly, the SD MUX Signal Strength seems to always be around 52%, despite the HD MUX showing 75% (when it works) and Zero (when it doesn't). Could it be that despite the 75% strength on HD, the Quality (which I understand is to do with the box's capacity to correct errors in the data stream) is more susceptible to corruption than the SD streams?
I am thinking of putting a Group B aerial in rather than the current wideband.

Incidentally, yesterday we had torrential rain and the leaves were certainly wet (tree is 15m away) and the HD signal was fine!

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:52 PM

Furnace: Yes HD is more critical by the fact of it being a more complex signal, but though what I suggest you try for a test if you know which of the SLX's output leads goes to where, is to temporarily connect the one that goes to your HD set top box direct into the full output socket on the splitter, as that's gives a considerably higher output than the others and it would be of interest to know the results of the additional boost.

As far as the aerial is concerned, you could if you wish replace your present aerial with a group B type, but a log periodic aerial generally gives superior results in difficult locations where problems such as trees are involved, and something like a DM log would be ideal for your set up used in conjunction with the SLX.

This is a link for the type of aerial I am referring to.

ATV`s Choice Of Aerials for digital TV


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Saturday, 14 July 2012
F
Furnace
5:54 PM
Edenbridge

@jb38

Not quites ure where you are coming from regarding the "FULL" idea. According to the SLX8 manual, the "FULL" outlet provides an unboosted signal, identical to that which comes down the aerial down lead.

"The SLX8 is equipped with a "FULL" output socket which carries a signal of the same strength as your aerial downlead. ..."

Does that make sense to you?

Regards

Mark



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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:20 PM

Furnace: I will agree that on one of the Philex user leaflets it does rather mysteriously state as you have mentioned that the full output is at the same level as the input from the aerial, although just how "full" output can be interpreted by the editor of the leaflet as being the same as the input is beyond me, as this is a statement associated with attenuators and not boosters, however under is a link for the spec sheet I have and stating that the full output is 18db and which is the output straight from its internal amp before being doctored for the output sockets.

I would double check to make sure that your is a model 27824R.


Philex Electronic (UK) Ltd. Homepage


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Sunday, 15 July 2012
J
jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:20 AM

Furnace: Although you will probably do this anyway, but on that link I sent click on the "specifications" tab and you will see all the technical details being mentioned.

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Sunday, 23 September 2012
M
MK
3:47 PM
Edenbridge

I suddenly (just since this weekend) seem not to be receiving any programs on channel 42 (642.0Mhz).

Any ideas?

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Monday, 12 November 2012
F
Faiz
6:59 PM

I live in Pembury, TN2 area and would like to know if my freeview signal will be impaired or unavailable when 4G mobile networks begin full transmissions in 2013

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Saturday, 1 December 2012
N
Neil
7:07 AM

I'm in Pembury Rd, Tunbridge Wells. I had 75% strength, 100% signal for all channels including the ch47 mux HD DVB-T2 channels. Then last week the HD channels disappeared and ch47 shows no signal at all. All other channels are fine. I've done all kinds of resets and retuned manually but still no HD. I've even had my freeview pvr replaced.

Does anyone know of a reception problem only for Ch47 DVB-T2? I think I'm receiving from the St Mark's transmitter.

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Wednesday, 7 August 2013
D
DON
4:34 PM
Tonbridge

HI FOR THE LAST 2/3 DAYS MAINLY DURING THE DAY FREEVIEW CHANNEL NUMBERS 10 & 20 HAVE BEEN BREAKING THIS MORNING THOSE TWO CHANNELS WERE UNWATCHABLE ANY IDEA WHY ???????????

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