The symbol shows the location of theBluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter which serves200,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong,dark green areas are poorer signals. Thoseparts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) mast?

Bluebell Hill transmitter - Bluebell Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 31/03/2025 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex■ List by channel number■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Bluebell Hill transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow thisFreeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	Hmax	C32 (562.0MHz)	242m	DTG-	20,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) South East,2 BBC Two England,9 BBC Four,23 BBC Three,201 CBBC,202 CBeebies,231 BBC News,232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others601 BBC RB 1,700 BBC Radio 1,701 BBC Radio 1Xtra,702 BBC Radio 2,703 BBC Radio 3,704 BBC Radio 4 (FM),705 BBC Radio 5 Live,706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra,707 BBC Radio 6 Music,708 BBC Radio 4 Extra,709 BBC Asian Network,710 BBC World Service,711 BBC Kent(BBC local radio),712 BBC Sussex(BBC local radio),714 BBC Surrey(BBC local radio),716 BBC Essex(BBC local radio),
PSB2 D3+4	Hmax	C34 (578.0MHz)	242m	DTG-	20,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)),4 Channel 4 (SD)South ads,5 Channel 5,6 ITV 2,10 ITV3,13 E4,14 Film4,15 Channel 4 +1South ads,18 More4,26 ITV4,28 ITVBe,30 E4 +1,35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),71 That's TV 3,
PSB3 BBCB	Hmax	C45+ (666.2MHz)	242m	DTG-	20,000W
	46 5SELECT,57 U&Eden,101 BBC One HD South East,102 BBC Two HD England,103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton),104 Channel 4 HDSouth ads,105 Channel 5 HD,106 BBC Four HD,107 BBC Three HD,203 CBBC HD,204 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	Hmax	C40 (626.0MHz)	242m	DTG-8	20,000W
	20 U&Drama,21 5USA,29 ITV2 +1,32 5STAR,33 5Action,38 Channel 5 +1,41 Legend,42 GREAT! action,58 ITV3 +1,59 ITV4 +1,61 GREAT! mystery,64 Blaze,67 TRUE CRIME,68 TRUE CRIME XTRA,74 U&DaveJaVu,81 Blaze +1,83 Together TV,91 WildEarth,93 ITVBe +1,209 Ketchup TV,210 Ketchup Too,211 YAAAS!,251 Al Jazeera English,255 FRANCE 24 (in English),265 ROK, plus 21 others16 QVC,22 TJC,37 QVC2,208 Pop Player,252 AlJazeera Arabic,254 On Demand 365,258 Real Crime,260 Asharq News,261 Al Arabiya,262 Shots!,263 SonLife,264 Alaraby Network,266 Revelation TV,267 God TV,268 3ABN,271 Channelbox,272 NHK WORLD,273 Newsmax,277 UK RADIO PORTAL,279 Purpose Media,280 Talk,
COM5 ArqA	Hmax	C43+ (650.2MHz)	245m	DTG-8	20,000W
	11 Sky Mix,17 Really,19 U&Dave,31 E4 Extra,36 Sky Arts,40 Quest Red,43 Food Network,47 Film4 +1,48 Challenge,49 4seven,60 U&Drama 1,65 That's TV 2,70 Quest +1,76 That's Dance,233 Sky News, plus 11 others45 Gems TV,96 Sonlife TV,670 ADULT Section (start),673 ADULT smileTV3,723 talkSPORT,724 Capital,728 Heart,730 RNIB Connect,731 Classic FM,732 LBC,733 Trans World Radio,
COM6 ArqB	Hmax	C46 (674.0MHz)	245m	DTG-8	20,000W
	12 Quest,25 U&W,27 U&Yesterday,34 GREAT! movies,39 DMAX,44 HGTV,52 GREAT! romance,56 That's TV (UK),63 GREAT! player,73 HobbyMaker,75 That's Melody,82 Talking Pictures TV,84 PBS America,207 POP UP, plus 10 others50 GREAT! tv,51 Ideal World,62 GREAT! romance mix,72 Jewellery Maker,90 Together TV +1,671 ADULT Xpanded TV,674 ADULT Babestn,699 ADULT Section,718 Smooth Radio,725 Premier Radio,

DTG-864QAM 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 homes3.2%
fromTunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 28km southwest (218°)
toBBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes2.7%
fromMaidstone ME14 5NZ, 5km south-southeast (155°)
toITV 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	WT	WT
C21					_local
C28				_local
C32					com7
C34					com8
C39				+ArqA
C40	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+BBCB	SDN
C43	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	ArqA
C45				SDN	BBCB
C46	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	ArqB
C54_{tv_off}				ArqB
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_off}
C65	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 -more
Table shows multiplexes namessee this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes:+ and- denote 166kHz offset;aerial group are shown asABC/DEKWT
_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

Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Thames†
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Bluebell Hill was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Sunday, 16 March 2025

kelvin p
4:42 PM

Hi, reading through some of these comments, I also have a problem with HDchannels from Blue Bell Hilltransmitter. My postcode is ME4 5JB and this has been going on for some time now, sometimes they're OK in the morning but then later in the day nothing. Have tried manual tuningC45 and showingno signal, or if does pick up then it's a very week signal and they drop out. When i spoke withFreeview they suggested it could be due to mobile masts and recommended a filter, would this help?

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Steve Donaldson

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5:59 PM

kelvin p: I would certainly give it a go and see if it cures the issue.

Should you have anysignal/distributionamplifier then any filter must be fitted before it. Where this is on theroof, tell Restore TV (the organisation that supplies filters), and they should send a technician to fit one for you.

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Monday, 17 March 2025

Chris.SE

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12:20 AM

kelvin p:

According to https://restoretv.uk/postcards-not-sure/ you should have had a postcard from them, and you shouldn't have any problems withreception in your location.
So I would get on to Restore TV and as Steve has said, if you happen to have anaerial pre-amp fitted to amast, they should send someone free of charge to fit an external filter before the pre-amp.

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