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The symbol shows the location of the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 96,000 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 Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Whitehawk Hill 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
C48- (689.8MHz)171mDTG-4,000W
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
C35 (586.0MHz)171mDTG-4,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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
C36 (594.0MHz)171mDTG-4,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C33 (570.0MHz)164mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C57 (762.0MHz)171mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C32 (562.0MHz)171mDTG-84,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBN
 V -10dB
C40 (626.0MHz)171mDTG-12400W
Channel icons
from 8th July 2014: 7 Latest TV,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, 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 Whitehawk Hill transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 43km northeast (36°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 80km west (274°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

How will the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1316 Oct 2019
VHFC/D EEEC/D E TW T
C2BBCtvwaves
C34ArqA
C35C5wavesC5wavesD3+4
C36BBCB
C40_local
C48ArqBArqB
C51tv_offBBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C54tv_offLBN
C56tv_offArqA
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesSDNSDN
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-BBCABBCA
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 10kW
Analogue 5(-3dB) 5kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 4kW
Mux B*(-10dB) 1000W
Mux 2*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBN(-14dB) 400W
Mux 1*, Mux A*(-17dB) 200W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill 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. Whitehawk Hill 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.

Comments
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Dave Lindsay
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3:50 PM

Paul Evans: If the two televisions use the same aerial then a single filter should be fitted before the signal splits, this being particularly important if a distribution amplifier (powered booster) is being used to split the feed, because any 4G signal at 800MHz could potentially be causing it to overload and fitting the filter after it won't prevent that.

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3:52 PM

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MikeB
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11:20 PM

Paul Evans: Why do you think your problem has anything to do with 4G?

'I've also had interference and loss of channels over the last few days. Varying between 0 and 30 channels being discovered, and all have interference.'

OK - use Occams razor and check your signal strength! Your getting very few channels, so it immediately sounds like you have low signal strength, perhaps caused by an aerial problem. We've had severe weather over the last week, and so that might have caused a problem with cabling, etc.

It could be a problem with the transmitter, but its doubtful any problem would last that long - of course if you include a postcode, you can click on R + T

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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
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Mils Cook
6:12 PM
Crowborough

I do not have a dish and am unable to have an external ariel but have been advised that I have the best internal ariel with a booster. I am able to obtain all of the freeview and ITV channels but the signal on all BBC programmes is so poor that they are unwatchable unless the weather is fine and dry.
Is this something that I have to accept or is there a solution that you can suggest.
Thank you in anticipation of your response.
Mils J. Cook

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Dave Lindsay
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6:45 PM

Mils Cook: Which transmitter are you tuned to? Have you confirmed that you are tuned to the best one (for BBC at least)?

Looking at your location, Heathfield is probably your most likely. Crystal Palace is 27 miles away, which in itself isn't necessarily impossible with an indoor aerial, except for the fact that the ground is blocking any line-of-sight at Botley Hill, just the far side of the M25.

I would therefore check that BBC One is tuned to UHF channel 52 (722MHz) by viewing the signal strength screen. If you're getting BBC One London, and it's tuned to UHF channel 23 (490MHz), then the signal is coming from Crystal Palace.

Check to see whether ITV is coming from Heathfield (C49) or Crystal Palace (C26).

If it's Heathfield that you're using then at 6.3 miles use of an amplifier could potentially result in a signal that is too strong. A signal that is too strong may appear the same as one which isn't strong enough: strength and quality dipping.

Heathfield is on a bearing of 145 degrees (a bit clockwise of south east), so consider how you might best site the aerial to give the clearest view in this direction.

If you have space in the loft then you might find that a loft aerial might be better, if indeed this is not what you are using.

What may be causing difficulty (in addition to the draconian "no external aerials and dishes" rule) are the trees, including those the other side of Beacon Road which are on the line between you and the transmitter.

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Dave Lindsay
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6:48 PM

Mils Cook: Of course, I should add that the UHF channel or frequency in MHz which is tuned is usually given on the signal strength screen.

You might like to check the rest:

ITV3 | Heathfield=C42 | Crystal Palace=C25
Pick | Heathfield=C44 | Crystal Palace=C22
4Music | Heathfield=C41 | Crystal Palace=C28

There is no need to check the others as they are carried on the above channels (except for HD services).

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Thursday, 16 January 2014
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Mils Cook
7:02 PM
Crowborough

A very sincere "thank you" to Dave Lindsay for your assistance. I am using the Heathfield transmitter and I suspect that the combination of the indoor ariel and in-line trees is the major problem. I will experiment with your suggestions so thanks again.

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Thursday, 30 January 2014
Dave
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8:18 PM
Brighton

Is the new Brighton local tv channel going to be relayed on all Brighton relays or just from Whitehawk Hill ? Anyone know when it launches btw ? Are they testing yet ?

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Friday, 31 January 2014
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Ginger
4:31 PM
Brighton

Hello Dave. According to this site, the frequency was due to go live yesterday, but as yet I am not receiving anything... However, Latest TV is not due to start it's programming until sometime in April. Unfortunately I believe it is only going to be on Whitehawk Hill.

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Thursday, 27 February 2014
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Peter Challis
7:47 PM
Brighton

Just did a channel scan and I am getting a test card with 'Comux-local TV test' at 738 MHz with 100% quality.

No't bad for my new horizontally polarised aerial pointed at Rowridge which I'm hoping to get BBC4 HD from next week.

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