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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-south-east-today.jpg)
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 37km northwest (323°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
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 withheldThursday, 25 August 2011
HASTINGS transmitter - Over the next week Hastings main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HASTINGS transmitter - Over the next week Hastings main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 19 September 2011
HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 today to 03:00 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 today to 03:01 today [BBC]
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HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 today to 03:00 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 today to 03:01 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 yesterday to 03:00 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 yesterday to 03:01 yesterday [BBC]
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HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 yesterday to 03:00 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 yesterday to 03:01 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 on 19 Sep to 03:00 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 on 19 Sep to 03:01 on 19 Sep [BBC]
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HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 on 19 Sep to 03:00 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 on 19 Sep to 03:01 on 19 Sep [BBC]
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HASTINGS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air from 02:57 on 19 Sep to 03:00 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air from 02:57 on 19 Sep to 03:01 on 19 Sep [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 October 2011
R
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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