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 withheldFriday, 13 May 2011
Craig : You are predicted to have excellent reception of all multiplexes - do you have a good line of sight to the transmitter from your rooftop (I presume) aerial?
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Pieter9:02 AM
Tonbridge
In the last 4 or 5 days the BBC1 and BBC2 channels have either been heavily pixelated or state No Signal. BBC 3 and BBC4 and all other channels are perfect.
The aerial is attached to a chimney, brand new fitted last year and since then all channels had been superb. We were pointed towards Crystal Palace, now Bluebell Hill I think. One TV has a Humax freeview, another is a one year old TV with Freeview inside and both have the same problem. I have just tried your reset procedure and I am now missing digital BBC1 and BBC2 completely so I am now worse off (Channel 59 is probably the problem as the signal on this one is very poor). The non digital BBC channels are dreadful. We did have perfect BBC1 digital reception this morning from 07.35 for 5 mins! That ITV Daybreak program is awful and not something one should have to suffer
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Pieter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Pieter11:14 AM
Tonbridge
Should have added that postcode is TN9 2YR.
Info ref Channel 59 off diagnostics
Transmitter: Can not receive NIT (on others it reads Kent. Some of the below were blank or showed as I have written). Beside Channel 59 I now have a triangle with an exclamation mark in it. All other channels are showing 100% on strength and quality
Signal Strength: this does up to 90%
Signal Quality:
ONID: 0x233a
TSID: 0x100c
Network ID: 0x0
Code Rate: 3/4
Interval: 1/32
Constellation: 16QAM
FFT Mode: 2K
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Pieter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
The only thing in the way of a straight line is a transmitter from the fire station.
Could that be the cause of me missing some MUX's and my other channels breaking up?
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Craig : It is possible, it it not unknown for the TETRA systems to interfere with Freeview reception.
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So what's the best cause of action for me as the last thing I want to do is start spending money on virgin or sky.
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Craig : After switchover, you will be able to choose signals from Tunbridge Wells, Crystal Palace, Heathfield AND Bluebell Hill.
However, today your only option is Tunbridge Wells.
You can always use Freesat, that doesn't cost much to install (and nothing to use) and switch back to Freeview from another transmitter next year.
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Pieter: The best place to look first is Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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KMJ,Derby6:17 PM
Pieter: If BBC3 is perfect check in the 800s of the channel list for a BBC1 and/or BBC2 that work. You are in range of several transmitters and have possibly stored the channels for a signal that is too weak to give reliable reception. Problems with C59 could be due to signals from Bluebell Hill receiving interference from Tunbridge Wells MuxD.
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KMJ,Derby6:31 PM
Craig: Regarding poor quality on C39, C42+ and C45+. You might be receiving interference from Bluebell Hill.Note too that C39 is used at Reigate and just over the horizon analogue services from Hannington use all three frequencies.It is possible that careful re-positioning of the aerial could lose the unwanted signals, giving better quality on the required signals.
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