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 withheldThursday, 18 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 08:58 on 16 Oct to 10:17 on 16 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 December 2018
M
McFadden5:26 PM
I have lost such channels such as: Dave, E4+1, all of CBS and the horror channel. They just dropped out, others also have the same problems. I have reset several times, with no joy. Please, do you have any advice?
I live in Hythe Kent.
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MikeP
10:24 PM
10:24 PM
McFadden:
Firstly, please give your full p[ost code so we can look up the expected reception conditions for your location.
Secondly, check all your aerial cables and the plugs/sockets. Unplug all the coaxial plugs and then refit. That is to ensure there is no corrosion/oxidation on the contacts - which is a common cause of the problem you report.
Thirdly, put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker and select Detailed View. Then scroll down and look at the suggested transmitter(s) you could be using and not lower down the channel numbers for the multiplexes. Then check that you equipment is tuned to those channels.
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Thursday, 9 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:18 today to 15:09 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:18 yesterday to 15:09 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:18 on 09 May to 15:09 on 09 May. [BBC]
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Monday, 3 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:08 today to 02:37 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:08 yesterday to 02:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:08 on 03 Jun to 02:37 on 03 Jun. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:51 today to 05:01 today. [BBC]
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