Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter which serves 200,000 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 Bluebell Hill (Medway, 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)
Which Freeview channels does the Bluebell Hill 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)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bluebell Hill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 28km southwest (219°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 5km south-southeast (156°)
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 Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| E | E | E | W T | W T | |||||
| C21 | _local | ||||||||
| C28 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C39 | +ArqA | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | SDN | ||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | ArqA | ||||
| C45 | SDN | BBCB | |||||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | ArqB | ||||
| C54tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 30kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1.8dB) 20kW | |
| com8 | (-7.8dB) 5kW | |
| com7 | (-8.1dB) 4.7kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 3kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A* | (-11.8dB) 2kW |
Local transmitter maps
Bluebell Hill Freeview Bluebell Hill DAB Bluebell Hill TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bluebell Hill transmitter area
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Sunday, 9 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 9 Feb 10:05 until 9 Feb 11:04. Off the air due to a fault from 9 Feb 08:40 until 9 Feb 10:05. . [BBC]
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Monday, 17 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Feb 07:40 until 17 Feb 09:51. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Feb 07:40. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 March 2020
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Martin Lewis2:37 PM
Problems with hd channels in ME10 area. Since yesterday.
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TONY FLETCHER3:36 PM
No bbcb ch45 signal at all in sittingbourne (me10) since yersterday afternoon, any particular reason for this. everything has been checked and double checked at various addresses in sittingbourne but all are the same no signal.
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Chris.SE3:38 PM
Martin Lewis:
It depends exactly where you are in the ME10 area. Some parts have predicted Variable reception. However the BBC aren't reporting any transmitter problems for any of the HD multiplexes.
Are your neighbours have the same problems, is it the BBCB/PSB3 HD multiplex that is the problem?
If your neighbours have the same issue, try (all of you) reporting it to Freeview on 0808-100-0288 try option 3.
But also try BBC Engineering on 03709 016 789 or 0370-010-0123 (office hours otherwise you get a general helpline).
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Chris.SE8:04 PM
TONY FLETCHER:
As per post to Martin Lewis.
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Sunday, 8 March 2020
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Ken Newman6:11 PM
Sittingbourne
Martin Lewis: missing channels 101-105 on Freeview through Bluebell Hill Transmitter since Friday have done all the usual retune , reset etc, nothing changes, I also know of three other people same area same problem, strange transmitter reports no problems. Postcode ME10 3BH. Thks
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Chris.SE6:50 PM
Ken Newman:
If all of you are not reporting it to the BBC on 03700-100-123 thne I can't say I'm surprised that there's no reported transmitter problem! Report it to the BBC first, you can try Freeview after as well, but I've often found they haven't much of a clue.
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Monday, 9 March 2020
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TONY FLETCHER12:02 PM
phoned BBC and they are now fully aware of transmitter issue which seems to be mainly to the east of bluebell hill.
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