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 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 October 2011
Martin: please provide a full (not partial) postcode, I can't really say without one.
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 05:01 on 16 Oct to 05:26 on 16 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:30 yest [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 05:01 on 16 Oct to 05:26 on 16 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:30 yest [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 05:01 on 16 Oct to 05:26 on 16 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:07 yest [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 05:01 on 16 Oct to 05:26 on 16 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:07 yest [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:30 yesterday to 01:35 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:07 yest [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 yesterday to 02:01 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 yesterday to 01:42 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:30 yesterday to 01:35 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:07 yest [BBC]
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KMJ,Derby10:21 AM
Martin: You say the aerial is pointing towards Pembury, is it mounted with the rods vertical for the Pembury/Tunbridge Wells relay or is it pointing NNE with the rods horizontal for reception of Bluebell Hill? The reason I ask is because you are not currently predicted to receive signals from Pembury with any chance of reliable reception, whereas Bluebell Hill is shown as giving variable reception on the same frequencies that it shares with Tunbrige W. As you mentioned there is a power increase at Pembury on 22nd February 2012 after which a chance of reception (albeit poor) on muxes 1,2 and D is predicted, but this also muddies the waters for Bluebell Hill by causing a deterioration on shared frequencies. You are also predicted to have good reception from Dover (aerial horizontal and pointing E) but only on muxes 1, A and B, with MuxC variable, MuxD poor and no prediction at all for Mux2. Poor analogue reception does suggest possible reduced power working that has not been announced or either a problem with cables or connectors, an obsruction in the signal path (trees in leaf?) or the TV is tuned to a different transmitter to that which the aerial is pointing to.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 05:01 on 16 Oct to 05:26 on 16 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 on 17 Oct to 02:01 on 17 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 on 17 Oct to 01:50 on 17 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 on 17 Oct to 01:42 on 17 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 01:30 on 1 [BBC]
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 05:01 on 16 Oct to 05:26 on 16 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 02:00 on 17 Oct to 02:01 on 17 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 on 17 Oct to 01:50 on 17 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 01:38 on 17 Oct to 01:42 on 17 Oct BBC TWO Off Air from 01:30 on 1 [BBC]
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