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 - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 19:16 until 24 Nov 19:19. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Nov 18:40 until 24 Nov 18:42. . 
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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, 13 November 2011
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jb388:30 PM
kevin: For anyone to be able to assist you really have to provide info on the model of the Freeview box that's being used as well as the recorder in question, plus of course the post code so that the expected signal strength being received at the location can be evaluated.
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anne9:01 PM
Sheffield
freeview tv very poor reception and itv channels keep going off especially tonight new digital ariel early this year and is on roof any advice anyone
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anne's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
anne: What do you have connected to your aerial? A TV maybe? A digital box (recorder/PVR).
What are the makes and models of these devices?
I am thinking that the reason could be that your device is tuned to the wrong transmitter. An explanation of this is here:
Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
If you say what models you have, I might be able to pull up the instructions for them and guide you as to how to check they are tuned correctly.
Also, what transmitter is your aerial pointing at? A quick look of your road on Google Streetview shows most on Emley Moor. (DN31NJ)
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Janice9:27 PM
Anne, I am in sheffield and my TV keeps going off tonight. It started with all the BBC channels during Strictly and spread to most of the other channels, keeps going off and says "No signal" then comes back on later
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Janice: As the comment to anne, it could be that your TV is not tuned to the transmitter to which your aerial is facing. There are a number of transmitters that serve different parts of Sheffield.
Perhaps we can help you check that you have the correct channels tuned in.
Maybe you could answer the same questions I put to anne. Also, your post code might help us assist.
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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John Persijn11:00 PM
I am on the Malvern (Worcestershire)transmitter, which relays the Sutton Coldfield signals. My Freeview BBC channels went of the air tonight (13/11/2011)during Strictly too, like all the other commentators mentioned above.Those people could not have the same problem all at once at the same time!! I have done a few retunes as perscribed, but no positive results. Also the other programs went to "widescreen mode" wiping off the subtitels in the process. I think there is nothing wrong with our aerials or equipment. It is the transmitter that is playing up big time!!!All these problems started after Switchover. I had an analogue TV fed through a digital converter box and it worked fine for years! Until now!! Freeview needs to address the problem better, perhaps with TV announcements prior to engineering work!!
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
John Persijn: You have not provided a postcode, but for general suggestions see the Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Friday, 2 December 2011
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John McCann2:45 PM
Tonbridge
Hi - I asked this Q some time ago but cannot find a reply. My ariel is on the roof and was put there about 3 years ago and tuned to Heathfield. This was because I am in the valley near Marden and cannot get Bluebell Hill. Looking at the map, Tunbridge Wells is almost on a straight line between me and Heathfield and is much nearer. When TW comes on at full power, would I be better changing the ariel? My reception is fairly good but pixellates and freezes sometimes in bad weather.
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John's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Adam B3:43 PM
Dunstable
John McCann:
After switchover, Tunbridge Wells will be your best option, and an exisiting group B aerial will be perfect, howver it will need to be mounted for vertical rather than horizontal polarisation.
Hope this helps,
Adam.
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Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
John McCann: I found your previous postings (click on the "3 posts" to the left of the Union Flag).
In answer to your question, no you will not simply be able to switch to TW post-switchover. The main reason (which is a definite) is because Heathfield's signal is horizontally polarised and TW's is vertical. So your aerial will need to be changed to vertical (assuming that it's the right type for TW; I'll come on to this). For a picture of vertical and horizontal aerials, see here:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
The angle between the two transmitters is 40 degrees.
The other thing is that the aerial *might* be one which is designed to work (optimally) with the frequencies used by Heathfield. Do you know what aerial group your aerial is? Is it wideband? See here:
Aerial groups - new feature | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
I used a website to plot the path of the signal from Heathfield to your location and from TW to your location.
This shows that the terrain acts to block your direct sight of Heathfield:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Whereas TW can apparently be seen:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Personally I would wait until switchover and see how reception from Heathfield fairs. If the current aerial works OK then, then any work to change it will only be of direct benefit for the period up to switchover.
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