Freeview Light on the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter. 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 Bexhill (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 Bexhill (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 Bexhill 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 | H max | C33- (569.8MHz) | 45m | 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 | H max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 45m | 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 | H max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 45m | 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 Bexhill (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 Bexhill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 35km north-northwest (336°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 49km north (5°)
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 Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C40 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C43 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C46 | -BBCA | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB |
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 | 400W |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 6 December 2013
Richard Brooks: A bit of a long shot... but might it be possible that TV in the bedroom is picking up a signal from France?
That might explain why the clock is out by an hour?
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Tuesday, 6 May 2014
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Mark Gascoigne3:48 PM
Will the transmitter be upgraded for local tv channels, if so when?
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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
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Malcolm house12:15 PM
Hi
I'm in bexhill on sea and during the day time the TVs signal is good but around 10 to 10.30 pm I lose signal and itv goes of as well as other channels, what's going on ?
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StevensOnln15:37 PM
Malcolm house: A loss in signal at the same time every day is usually caused by electrical interference from something operating on a timer switch. Check around your property and ask your immediate neighbours (if possible) to check for anything being turned on around that time.
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Thursday, 5 July 2018
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Marilyn Dutton2:45 PM
How long will there be no reception from the Bexhill
Transmitter after midnight in future?
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MikeP
4:13 PM
4:13 PM
Marilyn Dutton:
The engineering work normally only lasts for one day. However, no contributor to this website will know how long any work is planned to last, only Arqiva will know that and they are very reluctant to release details.
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Saturday, 5 November 2022
Freeview signal very poor, re tuned frequently but even if its good it then goes wrong. I have a communial arial which is OK.
In particular, SKY 233 is the first to go.
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Chris.SE3:45 PM
Mr Jon Stevens:
Firstly, frequent retuning is a very bad idea and is never recommended, especially if you have weak or no signal, or badly pixellated pictures. In most cases it will just clear the correct tuning and possibly tune to to a weak signal from another transmitter that will disappear as weather conditions change.
If you are getting Sky (LCN233) - that is carried on the ArqA/COM5 multiplex.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
You won't be getting the signals from Bexhill as it is a "Light" transmitter and doesn't have any COM (or Local) multiplexes.
As this is a communal aerial, do any other people on the same aerial have similar problems?
If you provide a full postcode we can look at the predicted reception for your locale and the most likely transmitter.
Please have a look at which way (approx. compass bearing) the aerial is pointing and whether its rods (or squashed Xs) are horizontal or vertical. Can you see if its downlead is secure and not flapping in the wind?
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Thursday, 11 January 2024
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Mike Blackmore2:06 PM
Why is the HD signal poor or non existent here? We have previously been able to receive HD channels but following re tuning they have disappeared completely. We should like to get them back. Can the bexhill transmitter be boosted for HD. Mike Blackmore 65 Pine Ave, Hastings.
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