Full Freeview on the Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 18,000 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 Hastings (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 Hastings (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 Hastings 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 Hastings (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 Hastings transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 37km northwest (323°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 47km north (357°)
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 Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 17 Jul 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C25 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C28 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C30 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves |
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, Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 1000W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-7dB) 200W | |
| Mux 1* | (-10dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Hastings Freeview Hastings DAB Hastings TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hastings transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 13 May 2011
daniel badman: You should have excellent reception at the moment, can you please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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daniel badman1:02 PM
Hastings
thanks mate i have just had a tv aerial man in and he says my signal quality is very good and theres nuthin wrong with me aerial and it even cut out why he was here so god knows why its doing it and ive tride difrant freeview boxs the one imuseing at the mo is a lg dvd recorder and it says 100sq and 100ss but mux 21 not all the tim but at least 1s a day say no singnal then comes back after like 2secds and i have asked my Neighbours and they get the samething gess it will sort it salf i hope
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve1:22 PM
Wrexham
If neighbours get the same, but TV man says you should have a strong signal, it sounds like some local source of interference. You and they should note when the problem arises.
It could be some factory starting or stopping, a change in the mains power, someone using digital singalling on their power wires, all sorts of things.
IIRC the BBC has some service to check these things.
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Steve1:42 PM
Wrexham
IIRC Hastings is by the seaside, so could be radar causing problems - also signals may be restricted to stop them getting to france, or you could be under cliffs - but aerial man if local should have known such issues.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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daniel badman8:46 PM
Hastings
got it sorted now seems my tv was at fult coz i now got a lg dvd recorder with freeview bilt in and it works grate but is it true that even tho im resving a good signal now that after switchover it ant guner work where i live tn35 5ef or is it just the stuped post code cheker not being right ?
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Lisa Smith9:58 PM
I cant ever get a siganl with my freeview box can anyone help or suggest what I could do to try and solve this problem please
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
Lisa Smith: It is almost impossible to answer that question without your full postcode.
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daniel badman: No, the checker is correct, your service from the Hastings transmitter will degrade from "Good reception" to "Variable reception" over the next couple of years.
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Sunday, 2 October 2011
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Reynolds12:10 PM
I am still only 50 yards from Bexhill Sea Front, & still tuned to Hastings Tx. For most of yesterday I lost all signals on Digital Freeview for ITV, 4 & 5. BBC fine. Still had good analogue signal for ITV etc though. Will the signals be stronger after switchover?
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Reynolds1:20 PM
Bexhill-on-sea
Who on earth are Arquiva? What does this word mean? I do wonder about digital TV. You get pictures that are perhaps marginally better than analogue, but often the sound is worse. The reduction in analogue signal power may con some folk into believing they are getting a better picture, but surely the only reason for killing analogue is that it is free to air!
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