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The symbol shows the location of the Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 3,600 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 Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Eastbourne 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)83mDTG-200W
Channel icons
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
C30- (545.8MHz)83mDTG-200W
Channel icons
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
C23 (490.0MHz)83mDTG-200W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Eastbourne (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 Eastbourne transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 42km north (358°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 61km north-northeast (16°)
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 Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C5BBCtvwaves
C21SDN
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCB
C24ArqA
C26BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C27ArqB
C30C4wavesC4wavesC4waves-D3+4D3+4
C33BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 200W
Analogue 1-4(-3.2dB) 95W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Eastbourne was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

6:23 PM

Peter: Although I might well have missed this somewhere along the line and I apologise if I have, but on reading all of your back postings I cant say I noticed you having mentioned anything about the result of a "manual" tune having being carried out on Ch52, so the question would be have you actually tried this? or if not, is there a reason for not having done like maybe your box not allowing it?

By the way, what model of device are you using?

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Thursday, 21 June 2012
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Peter
10:42 AM

I have a Humax fox T2 PVR just recently bought also a Samsung full hd tv I tried channel 52 and it finds nothing at all on manual tune, Sony TV is not very current but flat screen but has very little options, everything that has been suggested I've tried but nothing seems to works so it may be an aerial company may be needed but am trying to do that as a very last resort, funny thing is an aerial that is new is in a garden lower than ours in the loft and it's facing Heathfield.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:50 AM

Peter: Could it be the roof-tiles blocking the signal too much? Have you tried pointing the aerial out of the window (even if it's lower than the loft you are fitting it in)?

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Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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Alan Reed
6:04 PM

I can only receive PSB 1,2,& 3 from the South Cliff Tower. Are the other channels being broadcast from this transmitter?

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

6:06 PM

Alan Reed: No, Eastbourne South Tower is a Public Service relay only. This is because the Commercial broadcasters don't wish to pay to transmit from small sites like this because they consider it not worth the expense.

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Friday, 13 July 2012
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tommy rob
12:27 AM

Can someone please please just clear up a question for me.....
I live in Eastbourne and have retuned many a time. however i dont get Dave, watch, itv 3, itv 4 or the new channel 4/7 how come the rest of the uk has all these channels and eastbourne doesnt?
thanks

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Mark Fletcher
sentiment_satisfiedGold

3:22 AM
Halifax

Tommy Rob.I would look up Dave Lindsay's text immediately above yours,dated Wednesday 27 June 2012,6.06pm.That most likely answers your question !

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012
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Andy
4:57 PM
Eastbourne

Hi, everything on COM5 (ArqA) in this part of Eastbourne , has been breaking up badly for days now, any ideas what the problem is??

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:13 PM

Andy: Co-channel interference due to the weather maybe?

Rowridge Transmitter

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Thursday, 2 August 2012
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scott
12:25 PM
Eastbourne

very confused about freeview in eastbourne since switch over.
Live BN22 8TB.
Want to get freeview but dont have a tv aerial yet...so not sure...
1. which type of aerial to buy..eg do i need a high gain? or what category of aerial to use.seems very confusing out there..
2. where to point the aerial to get the best range of channels..heathfield, hastings or the 2 transmitters now in eastbourne. Know down our road aerials seem to point in different directions.
If anybody has any advice that would be great so i can get started.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

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