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 withheldWednesday, 7 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Oct 11:03 until 7 Oct 11:28. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:55 AM
10:55 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Feb 10:12. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:51 PM
1:51 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 17 Feb 10:12 until 17 Feb 12:12. . [BBC]
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Monday, 19 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:20 PM
3:20 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Jul 15:57 until 19 Jul 16:05. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Friday, 9 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
9:16 AM
9:16 AM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Dec 15:04 until 8 Dec 16:18. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:19 PM
5:19 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jan 14:02 until 5 Jan 14:19. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 PM
10:09 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 20:10 until 16 Apr 20:12. . [BBC]
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