Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter._______
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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 22 March 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:01 today BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 06:03 today to 06:10 today BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 04:58 today to 05:09 today [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:01 today to 09:22 today BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 06:03 today to 06:10 today BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 04:58 today to 05:09 today [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:01 today to 09:22 today BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 06:03 today to 06:10 today BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 04:58 today to 05:09 today [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:01 yesterday to 09:22 yesterday BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 06:03 yesterday to 06:10 yesterday BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 04:58 yesterday to 05:09 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 05:01 yesterday to 09:22 yesterday BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 06:03 yesterday to 06:10 yesterday BBC TWO Sound in Mono from 04:58 yesterday to 05:09 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011
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Pedro dd10:16 AM
Godalming
Heathfield does not radiate to the west.
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Mike Dimmick12:48 PM
Reading
Pedro dd: It may not radiate to the west at present, but it will after switchover. Digital transmissions move to the main aerial at the top of the mast, and should have substantially the same coverage area as analogue signals do now - perhaps a bit wider.
Unfortunately the transmitter company keeps the radiation patterns of the main transmitters a closely-guarded secret. Brian submitted a Freedom of Information request to the BBC in mid-2009 and did get some information back on the relays and smaller sites, but the details for the main sites were redacted.
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Mike Dimmick12:52 PM
Reading
Oh, and you can't pick up Heathfield now because there are hills blocking line-of-sight, it's low power, and it's 60km away. Your best option after switchover is the Guildford transmitter if you want London services, or Hannington if you want BBC South/ITV1 Meridian.
Hannington currently doesn't transmit to the east, to avoid clashing with Guildford analogue services. Your best bet right now is Midhurst for southern region or Crystal Palace, and these should be acceptable after switchover, though the others I mentioned earlier are expected to be better for the commercial multiplexes.
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Pedro dd5:41 PM
Godalming
Crystal Palace is terrible with all the hills. Midhurst is OK with MUX D being a bit intermittent. As for Guildford, even though I can almost see it, I found that lifting my aerial (UNIX 100) by five feet up made the difference between Mux 1 perfect, the rest none to all being perfect.
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Pedro dd5:43 PM
Godalming
I don't really need the UNIX 100, I just got it cheap (£17). I also have a dat 75 on Midhurst, even though a log works fine. The DAT 75 is on a rotor, so I can DX.
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