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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast?
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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.
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 withheldSunday, 6 October 2013
MikeP
11:46 PM
11:46 PM
Joe:
Are you having problems with Freeview from the Tunbridge transmitter and using an aerial, or do you have problems with FreeSat using a dish?
Details of your equipment will help as well.
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
S
Stewart9:25 AM
Tunbridge Wells
Morning all,
I have been happily been using my You View box to watch HD TV, but suddenly (well when it started to get cold and wintery) all my HD channels are either breaking up or unwatchable. During the warmer months I have no issues with picture quality.
I live in Tunbridge Wells TN4 8SE.
All SD channels are fine its just the HD.
Thanks
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Stewart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB10:09 AM
Stewart: Your only 6km from your transmitter, which is very close, and You View boxes are made by Humax, which are known for sensitive tuners. HD channels tend to break up first when you've too high a signal strength, which is your problem.
The reason why your fine in the summer is that there are probably some trees between you and the transmitter, and in summer, they have leaves on them, which degrades the signal just enough for everything to be fine, but they fall in winter, and the signal strength just rises a little too much.
Google 'too much of a good thing' on this site', and buy an attenuator - I got a 6db (which will take about 10% off the signal stength) from Amazon for £1.86 the other day.
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Stewart: I too wonder if the issue is too strong a signal. Perhaps the tree foliage reduces the strength just enough so as not to be OTT. There are, after all, a lot of trees that could be in the signal path, and I'm not just talking about those in Rusthall.
See this terrain plot:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
The yellow line is the straight line between you and the transmitter. The pink line indicates the first Fresnel Zone (look it up). Anything within the first Fresnel Zone could, potentially, affect the signal.
In the direction of the transmitter, the ground goes upwards slightly up to the edge of Rusthall. The other thing to note is that at approximately 1.8 to 2.2 miles away the ground rises, although probably not enough to block line-of-sight. However, because the line-of-sight comes closer to the ground objects on the ground may intercept the line-of-sight and will certainly be within the first Fresnel Zone. That patch of higher ground is where Southborough is and on which sits Brokes Wood.
If you have a amplifier (booster) then remove it, or at least turn it right down. You might need to look at fitting some attenuation to bring down the signal level.
Try unplugging the aerial lead and holding it close to the socket and see if that improves matters. Do it whilst viewing the signal strength screen.
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Stewart: Having looked closer at the contour lines at Southborough, I think you might be able to see over Brokes Wood and it is on ground which slopes downwards away from you. The properties and trees along Yew Tree Road could certainly be in the way.
Indeed, if you click the link below the plot to view the area between the two points, the link intersects Yew Tree Road at its junction with The Ridgewaye, which is about where the highest contour line indicating 125m crosses.
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Stewart: The last sentence should say "the line intersects Yew Tree Road at its junction with The Ridgewaye".
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Friday, 2 January 2015
T
Tony Woollett12:05 AM
Tonbridge
I cannot get any HD channels on my HD-enabled T.V. even after re-tuning. I can get all the other non-HD channels ok. My postcode is TN11 9DL and I'm using Tunbridge Wells.
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Tony's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3812:28 PM
Tony Woollett: This could suggest that the TV being referred to is one of the "HD ready" or "Full HD" variety and not necessarily a set fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner, this type of tuner being necessary for HD reception.
If you provide the brand / model number of the TV involved this can be checked out.
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Thursday, 2 April 2015
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L.bushby10:30 AM
Hi since Monday 29th radio 2dab broadcast keeps cutting out for a couple of seconds frequently, the signal level drops to zero during these breaks
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Wednesday, 3 June 2015
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Sean Faulkner 6:18 PM
I am not receiving any bbc channels or itv1, channel 5. My aerial is on the roof and I am getting channels from number 10 up wards.
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