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The symbol shows the location of the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 170,000 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast?

Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Heathfield 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
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)298mDTG-20,000W
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
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)298mDTG-20,000W
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
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)298mDTG-20,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C40 (626.0MHz)298mDTG-820,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)300mDTG-820,000W
Channel icons
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, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)300mDTG-820,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Heathfield transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 41km 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 Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-1719 Jul 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EW TW TW TK T
C29_local_local_local_local
C40SDN
C41ArqBArqBArqBBBCA
C42SDNSDNSDN
C43ArqA
C44ArqAArqAArqAD3+4
C46ArqB
C47BBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C49tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C52tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCA
C64ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*(-18dB) 1.6kW
Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 1000W

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. Heathfield 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?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Monday, 19 July 2021
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Michael Morgan
5:38 PM
Bexhill-on-sea

TN39 4PR

HI,
We don't seem to receive channel 55 or 65 (5 Select and TBN UK)
I have retuned the box 4 times, can you help?

Aerial is pointing towards Heathfield and is on the roof.

M Morgan
TN39 4PR

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6:11 PM

Michael Morgan: Do you receive BBC One HD on 101? Both 5Select and TBN are on the PSB3 multiplex which required a HD capable TV or box to receive.

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Tuesday, 10 August 2021
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Aaron
10:58 PM

Hi, is anyone else having issues with subtitles on BBC HD channels? I can't find anything on twitter about it so wondered if it was a local transmitter issue.

What happens is two or three subtitle lines in a row don't show up and this occurs approx. every few minutes (sometimes it can be 20 minutes before it occurs again). I have already excluded this being an equipment issue as subtitles still go missing when I plug the aerial directly to the TV instead of my humax freeview recorder. ITV HD, Channel 4 HD and Channel 5 HD are fine.

The issue has been ongoing for two months now on pre-recorded programmes or movies. I can't comment for programmes such as the News or any other live programmes as subtitling is delayed, so it's hard to tell if some lines are missing (I'm deaf).


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Chris.SE
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11:40 PM

Aaron:

I'm currently watching Bates Motel on BBC One HD and don't seem to be experiencing any issue at the moment. It could be a local transmitter issue, I'd think the best way to get some help if it's only BBC HD channels is to get someone to contact BBC Engineering on your behalf on 03700 100123. They say they aren't answering calls at present but will call back, so a message explaining your problem and being deaf along with a phone number so they can speak to someone. They may be able to provide an email address for you to contact them further.

The thought did occur to me as to whether it may be a signal issue. Have a look in your TV Tuning section for the Signal Strength and Quality for the UHF channel that has your HD channels. The Quality should be 100%.

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Wednesday, 11 August 2021
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Aaron
10:35 PM

Chris.SE: Thanks Chris, was this on the Heathfield transmitter when you watched BBC One HD? I will see if I can get someone to call up BBC Engineering for me, alternatively I have found a BBC form at Tell the BBC | Help receiving TV and radio I can use to report this.

I watched the signal quality screen for a while and it did not dip below 100% at any point for frequency 47. Strength was at 48-50%.

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Thursday, 12 August 2021
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Chris.SE
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12:35 AM

Aaron:

No, it wasn't Heathfield. If it's persisting, does this occur at all times of day, or just during specific periods? Have you changed anything electrical or had any electrical problems when this started two months ago? Anything external that you may have noticed - a faulty street light for example that's coming on and going off when it shouldn't, or come to that anything of yours?

Whilst 48-50% should not be a problem, it might mean any electrical interference could more readily affect you. If you provide a full postcode, we can look at the predicted reception for your locale.

Try that BBC form as well and see what response you get.

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Tuesday, 17 August 2021
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Aaron
9:33 AM

I'm pretty sure it's a transmitter fault now, I went to my parent's property in Hailsham yesterday morning (they're 10 miles away from me and they're situated much closer to the transmitter), I experienced the same subtitle issue when I watched BBC One HD.

I will make a phone video recording of this issue as well as explaining this is occurring in more than 1 property, miles apart, on the BBC form tonight. That should be more than enough information for them to investigate I hope. Thank you for your assistance Chris

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1:46 PM

Aaron:

No problem. IF it ever turns out that you find you aren't being given the right help by the BBC, do post back with detail about the help and answers they've provided.

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1:49 PM

Aaron:

Sorry forgot to say that the post immediately before your last shows the transmitter is having Planned Engineering, so maybe this is an issue that will be dealt with (we hope), but still contact them just in case.

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Friday, 27 August 2021
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Aaron
1:43 PM

Got a response today:

"We apologise for the delay in getting back to you whilst our engineers were trying to investigate what has been happening.

We have heard back from them today and they said:-

"The cause was a failure in a piece of equipment which was fixed on 21st August. We're working with the supplier to see what we can do to stop it happening again."

We hope the issue is now resolved and thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please do let us know if it happens again."

Apparently it was fixed on 21st august, I think I've been on iPlayer mostly in the past week so will need to recheck.

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