Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 51.324,0.520 or 51°19'25"N 0°31'13"E |  | ME5 9RD |
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
|
|
Monday, 27 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:54 on 24 Jul to 11:04 on 24 Jul. [BBC]
| link to this comment |
Sunday, 2 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
11:39 AM
11:39 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 today. [BBC]
| link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
2:42 PM
2:42 PM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 today to 11:39 today. [BBC]
| link to this comment |
Monday, 3 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
5:40 AM
5:40 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 yesterday to 11:39 yesterday. [BBC]
| link to this comment |
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 09:19 on 02 Aug to 11:39 on 02 Aug. [BBC]
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 17 September 2015
S
Scott Martin7:40 PM
Thursday 17th September. Freeview HD channel 4 picture breaking up during the Simpsons. 8pm no HD channels being received, even after full retune. Area ME7 Gillingham on Bluebell Hill transmitter. Is anybody else having this problem?
| link to this comment |
Friday, 18 September 2015
P
Peter Robinson8:19 PM
Channel 24 Craigkelly has very poor signal quality, all others from this transmitter very good. Just happened recently as I retuned a couple of weeks a go and 24 had good signal then. No changes this end so it must be the transmitter, strangely see another comment from the 17th about channel 4. I would prefer a website which was up to date and told us when problem was likely to be cured.
| link to this comment |
Monday, 12 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
| link to this comment |
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
BLUEBELL HILL transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
| link to this comment |
Sunday, 1 November 2015
We have lost the BBC channels for two days now- can only receive them on Hi Def TN37 7ND
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please