Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 170,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast?
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 Heathfield (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 Heathfield 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 Heathfield (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 Heathfield transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 41km 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 Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | W T | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C29 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C64 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2* | (-18dB) 1.6kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
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 withheldThursday, 12 December 2013
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Tim5:18 PM
Sorry meant to say in Crowborough - usuall everything is 10s as I have straight line of sight to Heathfield transmitter
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Tim5:26 PM
How to report transmitter problems:
Radio & Television Investigation Service - Diagnostic form
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Steve7:31 PM
In ardingly. Rh17. Every day at 6 to 7.30 the signal goes. Any reason for this and any similar problems ?
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Rory8:07 PM
Hastings
Alternating between good picture, breaking up and no signal at all in Westfield TN35
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Rory's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 13 December 2013
We have been having problems with our freeview reception since Tuesday 10th Dec 2013 . We have re-scanned our tv every day and have lost most of our channels now. They keep showing no signal! It is really annoying now, we have checked our areial and all cables, there does not seem to be any problems. Help!
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Krista's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Krista: There is nothing wrong with your equipment, apart from the fact that it is now not tuned!
The conditions high in the atmosphere have been causing distant transmissions to carry, which interfere with local transmissions:
What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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You'll have to keep retuning until it all comes back, something which you wouldn't have had to do had you not performed a retune in the first place.
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MikeP
8:36 PM
8:36 PM
There is a moral in many of the stories here about loss of Freeview programmes, multiple retunes leading to further loss.
It is that you should only retune as a matter of *last* resort after all other checks fail. That mean you need to make sure your connections are good and that there is not 'temperature inversion' conditions as is being seen currently over much of the south, south east and east of the country as far north as the Yorkshire coast.
Likewise, if you are using Sky and the box states you have lost signal, just wait a few minutes or try selecting a different programme. This is usually caused by a loss of the uplink signal to the satellite.
So in all cases, patience is a real virtue.
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michael derrick10:38 PM
Hi I installed a new ariel and tv Wednesday night, I pointed it in the direction for the heathfeild transmitter. Bythe way I live in newhaven and wanted the extra channels avilable through heathfeild. When I installed it I had an excellent signal forabout an hour then the signal start to drop out. This affects all channels to a varying degree and seems to get worse in the evening. My question is , is because of the conditions everyone is talking about on here or is it because I can't receive heathfeild in newhaven?
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jb3810:47 PM
michael derrick: According to the coverage map its not possible to receive the Heathfield transmitter in Newhaven, although this could have been checked out in greater detail if you had provided your post code or alternatively one from somewhere nearby, e.g: a shop / post office.
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