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The symbol shows the location of the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Newhaven 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)131mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)131mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)131mDTG-400W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Newhaven transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (21°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 66km north-northeast (31°)
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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1970-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
VHFB E K TB E K TB E K TB E TA K T
C6ITVwaves
C8BBCtvwaves
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C40BBCB
C41C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C50tv_offBBCA

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 2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Thursday, 27 January 2011
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Mari
6:47 PM

I live at the Eastbourne end of Seaford and receive digital services via BT with an external antenna. When the last 'twiddle' took place we lost several freeview cartoon channels, which the children liked, and BBC Look South, we can only get BBC SouthEast...fine if we need to hear about Dorset, Portsmouth and the IOW...we don't! Any reason why this disappeared, and can we /will we ever get it back?

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Friday, 28 January 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011
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ALAN JEFFREY
5:35 PM

can you explain why all ITV related stations break up on freeview. Every other station is fine. I am at the newhaven end of Peacehaven, my mother in telscombe cliffs.

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anne
6:37 PM
Lancing

hello Briantist, can you tell me what a attenuator is and how can I get one? Can I install/set up myself or do I need an expert
my ariel is on the roof BN15 9NX

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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:55 AM

anne: It is one of these
Aerial Attenuators : Aerial Adaptors : Maplin
- they are fitted on the cable in the home, not on the roof.

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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
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Michael Murphy
4:50 PM

From the above, unless I am mistaken, it seems that on switchover Newhaven will only have a limited range of programmes. In fact many less than I have been able to receive from whitehawk hill digital for the last few years. Is this so, and if so why?

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Mike Dimmick
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5:54 PM

Michael Murphy: See Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

If you can get a service from Whitehawk Hill now, it's pretty likely that you will continue to be able to after switchover. It should even be more reliable. Whitehawk Hill will get, relatively speaking, an increase in coverage over analogue - at most other main sites, digital power levels will be one-fifth of analogue to provide equivalent coverage, Whitehawk Hill's power level will be TWO-fifths.

There are occasionally some spots where a relay has been allocated the same channels as a main transmitter's commercial multiplexes. Bexhill and Rye will clash with some of Whitehawk Hill's commercial muxes, although Bexhill will be horizontally-polarized where Whitehawk is vertical.

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jb38
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5:55 PM

Michael Murphy: Yes, you are quite correct, as the service is classed as a Freeview "light" one, and as such will only transmit public service broadcasts, this because of the commercial interests not being willing to pay for the cost of running extra multiplexes.

This is not that uncommon in lesser coverage area's, and is a source of complaint from many people.

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Friday, 9 December 2011
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Philip J Thomas
2:44 PM
Seaford

I am 85 years old.What help will I get at Changeover? Free set-top? Free on site support?
I have line of sight to Newhaven aerial, single group aerial in loft, but will fit allgroup aerial in May.
I have a 4 - way booster amplifier. Will this work for digital?
I have a Trinitron bedroom TV with no Scart or HDMI. Can you adapt this for digital?

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