Freeview Light on the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Newhaven (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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Newhaven 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | V max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Newhaven transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (21°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 66km 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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1970-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | B E T | A K T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C8 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA |
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 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Local transmitter maps
Newhaven Freeview Newhaven 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 withheldSunday, 3 June 2012
H
H. Gravett10:39 PM
Peacehaven
Thanks Dave, I think you may have answered my issue. Although the loft aerial points to Newhaven, one of the TV's is using a higher grade cable. Just done another re-tune, and it's back to 11 TV & 11 Radio on CH50. I think it was then picking up CH 25 & CH 27/8 as well at the time.
However, do I need to upgrade all the coax cable to receive all channels on all TV's, as main TV only seeing 7 TV & 11 radio. I'm only 2 miles from NH transmitter & is visible. Will NH be the best transmitter to use once 13th comes?
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H.'s: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 4 June 2012
H. Gravett: Whilst Newhaven will probably be your best transmitter from a signal strength point of view, it will not provide the full range of Freeview channels as it will only carry Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) multiplexes.
Refer to DMOL Post-DSO Multiplex Channel Allocations for the three PSB multiplexes ("muxes"). The Commercial muxes, known as the COMs, are only broadcast from the bigger transmitters. The COMs are shown below the PSBs on that page.
For this reason, you will probably wish to attempt reception from a transmitter that carries the COMs. You "may" find that the aerial needs to be outside above roof level in order get enough signal from one of these other transmitters. There is probably little to be lost by experimenting in the loft.
I think that Heathfield will probably be the first one to try. As Newhaven is a relay of Heathfield, you will get the same regional programming.
If your neighbour's property adjoins yours in the direction of Heathfield, then this will probably rule out reception in the loft. That is, if the aerial is to be pointed through your neighbour's loft space, then I think that there is little hope of success.
If your Newhaven aerial is a Group B one, Heathfield is Group B as well (or it will be once switchover has completed). For Heathfield you will need to switch the aerial from vertical to horizontal. Heathfield's full-power post-DSO BBC mux is on C52 (this is what Newhaven is rebroadcasting on C50). All other digital channels from Heathfield are still on their pre-DSO low power and so may be unavailable.
There isn't forced to be a need to replace the lower grade cable. With digital, there is signal strength and signal quality. The strength needs to be above the threshold at which the receiver will resolve a picture. Signal strength can vary a little, e.g. with the weather. With analogue, a slight variation would have some direct impact on the picture, maybe slightly more grain. With digital, there will be no impact unless it puts the level below the threshold, at which point the picture will be lost or perhaps intermittent break-up will occur.
From what you've said, the channels for which some receivers pick up and some don't are those from another transmitter (for which the aerial wasn't installed for and for which you aren't likely to watch). So they may be marginal strength anyway plus the fact that different receivers have differing sensitivity to (presumably) such small signals.
As you're using one aerial for more than one set, then there should be a proper method of splitting the signal. A distribution amplifier will ensure that equal levels of signal are given to each feed. An unpowered splitter may be sufficient where there is sufficient signal going in.
The downleads should not be connected under the aerial terminals or connected using a terminal block or twisted and taped together; a proper splitter should be used.
If you are looking at DIYing, or just wish to be briefed before getting in a professional, then have a look at www.aerialsandtv.com which has a page with guidance on selection of aerial for the transmitter: Heathfield Transmitter
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012
D
david8:12 AM
Earlier this morning, about 6:30 there was a very good signal on channel 50 - now at 8:12 nothing. Transmitter fault?
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Bill
8:30 AM
Newhaven
8:30 AM
Newhaven
David,
It's switchover day so that's why. At 6.45 I checked and found the other 3 analogue signals have gone, but no new digital ones.
As this site has pointed out, a full rescan done after 9am should get the full 'Freeview Light' package.
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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david8:35 AM
... and at8:30 channel 50 is back again. What chaos it must have caused for people who returned while 50 was off.
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Bill
9:14 AM
Newhaven
9:14 AM
Newhaven
Just retuned and all digital channels on Newhaven up and running!
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
As engineers have to commute to relays, they can take longer to get back up and running, particularly if there's many of them.
Digital UK published the times at digitaluk.co.uk/heathfieldrelaytimes
Some relays are due to be back on mid-morning and others are due mid-afternoon.
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Bill
11:23 AM
Newhaven
11:23 AM
Newhaven
My aerial points direct to Newhaven transmitter.
But I notice in Newhaven, many house down the hill have roof top aerials that point to Heathfield including a friend of mine. He was getting the analogue signal, but will he get the digital signal?
He has asked me to set up his TV when he gets back from holiday, I just hope he won't end up with a blank screen.
Will he have to get a new 'vertical' aerial pointing at the Newhaven transmitter?
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Bill: The answer to the question can only really be found when the retune is attempted.
It might be worth pointing out that before switchover Heathfield was Group C/D and after it is Group B. In marginal areas such as yours, this "may" be an issue. Only when retuning is attempted will you know whether this is a problem; it is just something to be aware of.
Refer here for an explanation of aerial Groups: Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
You will see that there is a bit of overlap between B (middle third) and C/D (top third). PSB1 and PSB2 are in the overlap region and PSB3 is on the channel immediately below the overlap (47). The COMs are below that.
So if there is going to be difficulty receiving any, it is likely to be the COMs which are those which Newhaven doesn't carry. There is the added fact that the signal type used by the COMs is less robust than the PSBs and this being so that they can get more services in. This comes at the expense of fringe viewers.
This said, aerials don't receive nothing outside of their Group; they drop off gradually. See here for some examples: Gain (curves), Again
I make this point so if you find this to be the case, then this may be the answer.
See here for a list of services by multiplex (those with bullets in the "E" for England column): DMOL Post-DSO Multiplex Channel Allocations
If this does prove to be a problem, replacement with a Group B aerial (on Heathfield) "may" be the solution.
You "may" be able to receive from Heathfield at your location. Of course, up to now there has been no difference in what could be received from either. Digital TV from Heathfield was out of the question and it didn't carry Channel 5. Where only the four analogue channels would have been receiveable so there was no benefit in struggling with Heathfield when Newhaven carried an identical service with much better signal.
Now that we have the two-tier terrestrial television transmitter network people are going to want to receive from full service transmitters where reception is marginal instead of a "lite" transmitter whose signal is good.
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Bill: One other thing about Heathfield; COM4 (SDN) which carries ITV3 etc (see the DMOL link I gave you) does not go to full power until 27th of this month so it is likely to be unavailable until then.
This is because its final frequency is in use by Kent transmitters until they complete their switchover on that date.
A full retune will be required then, or you may be able add it by manually tuning to C42. It will depend on the design of the receiver as to what it will allow you to do.
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