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, 1 March 2016
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Mr morgan1:48 AM
Hi I have no tv channel and I am not happy I would like to know why is the TV transmission dow
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Saturday, 11 February 2017
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Andrew Palmer 2:26 PM
11.02.2017 no ITV channels available at BN227GB. Missing the live rugby! What's going on?
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MikeP
9:36 PM
9:36 PM
Andrew Palmer:
Check your system, especially the aerial cables. There is no known problem reported currently with the transmitter and others are not reporting similar problems so it is most likely something in your own system.
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Friday, 17 March 2017
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Mary Lacey10:31 AM
We have been having reception problems since yesterday Is the transmitter down please?
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Dawn11:41 AM
We live in paddock wood and we have no signal at all on any channels. We do not have sky tv. Is there a problem with pembury transmitter.
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StevensOnln112:16 PM
Mary Lacey & Dawn: There are a few notices showing recent outages for Tunbridge Wells transmitter. There were no advanced warnings of planned engineering work so it seems likely that there has been a transmitter fault of some kind which may not yet be completely resolved. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your correctly tuned channels and leave you with no way of knowing when the transmitter is working again.
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Saturday, 17 June 2017
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Mark Chapman11:25 AM
Tunbridge Wells
Hi, visiting my Mother today and found that her Freeview reception has changed. She is in Tunbridge Wells (TN4 9EN number 12) and has no BBC channels. On further investigation it appears that 2 muliplexes are missing...BBCA and SDN (only getting 71 channels on an automatic scan). I have tried the Freeview Reset Procedure and a factory reset of the box (TVOnics DTR HV-250), but to no avail. When I try a manual tune of channel 52 (Tunbridge Wells channel for BBCA), there is a very weak or no signal and no channels are found, the other channels on the other 4 multiplexes are working fine.
I have no TV/aerial experience, but it sounds like an aerial problem to me, hoever this problem only started happening in the last few days. We don't know how old the aerial is, but my Mum reports it last being checked about 14 years ago. All connections at the back of the equipment seem fine and I can see nothing visible with the roof-top aerial or cabling. Could these symtoms be a fault with the digibox, or is it more likely to be a new fault with the aerial...
Any ideas?
Thanks, Mark.
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Sunday, 18 June 2017
MikeP
10:43 AM
10:43 AM
Mark Chapman:
You are right in thinking it is a problem with your mother's aerial system. If you can, check all the connections that are accessible. Make sure that the coaxial cable is fitted correctly and that the inner core and out braiding are entirely separate. Unplug each coaxial plug and re-insert it into the socket - light corrosion of the contact is a known cause of your problems.
If that fails, then you need the services of an aerial installer - but don't let them fob you off with a new 'digital' aerial as there is no such thing. If the aerial has to be changed, then have a log-periodic fitted as that will cover all current and future transmissions as fas a can be foreseen.
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Sunday, 25 June 2017
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Mark Chapman8:51 PM
Thanks for your reply Mike...not used to these forums so apologies if I'm responding inappropriately. I had to leave my mum to it in the end since I was returning to North Wales - but put her in touch with an aerial engineer who apparently has since been round and identified and fixed the problem (something to do with the aerial cabling I believe)...so all sorted, thanks for taking the trouble to rely though. Regards, Mark.
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Monday, 26 June 2017
MikeP
11:04 AM
11:04 AM
Mark Chapman:
Thanks for the feedback and glad your mother's system is now working again.
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