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.
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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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Tunbridge Wells (Kent, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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 (206°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 21km northeast (54°)
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 withheldMonday, 17 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 PM
10:09 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Apr 21:44 until 17 Apr 22:21. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 20:10 until 16 Apr 20:12. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
7:09 PM
7:09 PM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Apr 16:51 until 20 Apr 16:56. Off the air due to a fault from 17 Apr 21:44 until 17 Apr 22:21. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 20:10 until 16 Apr 20:12. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:08 AM
10:08 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 15 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:08 AM
4:08 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 29 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:09 AM
4:09 AM
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - Tunbridge Wells transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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