Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 50.976,0.229 or 50°58'34"N 0°13'45"E | TN21 0UG |
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.
_______
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 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 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.
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?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | W T | W T | W T | K T | |||
C29 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
C40 | SDN | ||||||||
C41 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | |||||
C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
C44 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||
C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C64 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 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 |
Local transmitter maps
HEATHFIELD Freeview HEATHFIELD DAB Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area
|
|
Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 10 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Monday, 17 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 17/06/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Transmitter engineering
11:05 AM
11:05 AM
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 17/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Monday, 24 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 24/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:12 PM
2:12 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jun 06:05 until 25 Jun 06:19. . [BBC]
link to this comment |
Saturday, 29 June 2024
R
Raymond Snashall4:16 PM
Freeview TV in hassocks from heathfield transmitter is switched off at night. Why please? When will the 24 hour service be restored?
link to this comment |
S
StevensOnln14:57 PM
Raymond Snashall: Freeview transmitters are not switched off overnight. It's likely that you're suffering from electrical interference from something in your home or nearby operating on a timer. Likely culprits are anything with an electric motor or cheap LEDs with poor screening.
link to this comment |
C
Chris.SE5:09 PM
Raymond Snashall:
What do you mean exactly - "switched off at night" (which it isn't), what are you seeing and what do you do?
Also, if you provide a full postcode, we can check your predicted reception and whether you may be suffering any potential known sources of interference.
link to this comment |
Monday, 1 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please