Full Freeview on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) transmitter
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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._______
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)
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 Freeview channels does the Tunbridge Wells 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)
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?
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.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | |||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | ArqB | ||||||
| C39 | _local | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | ||
| C42 | SDN | +SDN | +SDN | ||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | ||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | _local | _local | _local | |||
| C52tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA |
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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 10 July 2012
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Mark Fletcher9:34 PM
Halifax
Bruce,Tonbridge.If this helps look under the inversion effect underline with this text !
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Thursday, 12 July 2012
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Furnace1:12 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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jb389:52 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
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Furnace5:54 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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jb388:20 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
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jb388:20 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
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MK3:47 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
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Faiz6:59 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
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Neil7:07 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
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DON4:34 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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