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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.

Tunbridge Wells transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	4,000
	1 BBC One South East, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C52 (722.0MHz) from 174m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	4,000
	3 ITV (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast), • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C49 (698.0MHz) from 174m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	vertical	Maximum	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	4,000
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C47 (682.0MHz) from 174m datum.
COM4 SDN	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	4,000
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others  Bluebird 1,  Mail Travel TV,  ADULT Playboy, 16 QVC, 23 Bid TV, 49 The Jewellery Channel, 170 ADULT Section, 171 Television X, 180 XxXpanded TV, 201 Teletext Hols, 202 Rabbit, 203 Gay Rabbit, 204 1-2-1 Dating, 228 Christian, 229 CONNECT 2, 230 VISION2, 234 CONNECT 4, 235 God TV, 236 Sony SAB TV Asia, 724 Capital FM, 727 Absolute Radio, 728 Heart, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C42 (642.0MHz) from 174m datum.
COM5 ArqA	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	4,000
	TV News,  TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others 36 Create and Craft, 37 Price Drop TV, 43 Gems TV 1, 173 ADULT smileTV3, 175 ADULT PARTY, 176 ADULT Blue, 177 Babestation Xtra, 206 SkyText, 723 talkSPORT, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C44 (658.0MHz) from 174m datum.
COM6 ArqB	vertical	Maximum	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	4,000
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others  Kerrang!, 22 Ideal World, 35 QVC Beauty, 40 Rocks and Co 1, 55 Argos TV, 172 ADULT smileTV2, 174 Babestation, 199 ADULT Section, 225 VISION, 226 CCTV, 227 Sports, 231 Racing TV , 306 Channel Zero, 711 The Hits radio, 712 Smash Hits!, 713 Kiss, 714 heat, 715 Magic, 716 Q, 718 Smooth radio, 725 Premier Radio, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C41 (634.0MHz) from 174m datum.

Regional news from the Tunbridge Wells transmitter

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years		1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2013-18	2013-18
	aerial group		B E	B E	E	B E	B E	B E
600	C37			C5	C5
	C39				C
	C41		ITV	ITV	ITV	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C42				+A	SDN	SDN	SDN
	C44		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C45				+B
	C47		C4	C4	C4	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
700	C49					D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C51		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1			local
	C52					BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C55				1
	C59				D
800	C61				2

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 30th May and 13th June 2012.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 in the Tunbridge Wells transmitter area

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tunbridge Wells 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.