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The symbol shows the location of the Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 4,300 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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Patcham 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
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)141mDTG-14W
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
 H max
C31 (554.0MHz)141mDTG-14W
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
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)141mDTG-14W
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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, 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 Patcham transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 40km northeast (41°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 79km west (270°)
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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E TA K T
C29BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C40BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C46BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4

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 69W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6.9dB) 14W

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. Patcham 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
Sunday, 19 June 2016
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Richard Cooper
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7:47 PM
Norwich

Jerry: Further to my reply timed at 7:13 p.m., the aerial group for Patcham Freeview Lite is the same as the aerial group for Whitehawk (Group E), but the question really is, will you aerial have enough gain to pull in the Whitehawk signal? If you're at the top of a hill, you stand more chance of picking up Whitehawk than if you were down in a dip. Remember that you won't pick up Whitehawk without re-orientating your aerial, changing its polarisation to horizontal AND re-tuning. All three things must be done!!! Richard, Norwich.

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Sunday, 29 September 2019
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Jane Varey
7:12 PM

My reception has been awful recently especially when recording - similar to when there is a high pressure system in the summer - but there hasn't been one.

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Chris.SE
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10:46 PM

Jane Varey:

Didn't you see the Transmitter Engineering posts immediately prior to yours?
Also, there has been "tropospheric propagation" in recent times which is often associated with high pressure systems, but not always.

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Sunday, 21 April 2024
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Bob Reeve
10:35 AM

Hi, We've been without Freeview for 6 days now. We rely entirely n the Hollingbury/Patcham transmitter for Freeview. We only get Freeview Light, so at the best of times we only get a reduced service. Is there any update on when the works on the transmitter are going to end?

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StevensOnln1
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11:15 AM

Bob Reeve: Arqiva (the company who operate the transmitter) don't publish details of what the works are or a completion date, as it can be affected by factors beyond their control such as weather conditions. Patcham is a relay of Whitehawk Hill, which has also had engineering work listed for the last few weeks, which may reduce the signal being received and retransmitted by Patcham.

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Chris.SE
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2:52 PM

Bob Reeve:

This is extremely unusual that you would be without signal for so long due to engineering work, especially as it appears the BBC multiplexes are now Line fed, and the D3&4/PSB2 is off-air from Rowridge.

Did you perchance retune when you had no signal?
If so, I'm afraid that was the worst thing to do, it would most likely have cleared your correct tuning, I assume you were previously correctly tuned.
You cannot tune to signals that are not there or are badly pixellated that can't be decoded.
If this was the case, try retuning again.

Also do other basic checks, such as make sure your aerial looks intact and is still pointing correctly. Also that the coax downlead isn't flapping in the wind, and that you have no corrosion or water in any accessible coax connections.

Another possibility is that your reception may be being wiped out by a new or upgraded mobile phone mast causing interference. Put your postcode here to check -
https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/ and if Yes, get in touch with Restore TV for a Free Filter.
If you provide a full postcode here we may be able to offer further advise.

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Monday, 22 April 2024
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M Wickham
9:54 AM

I too have the same issue as Bob Reeve has posted - first notice (on bedroom TV) that only has freeview, on Wed 17th Apr. Only have BBC related DTV channels and some Radio - missing ITV, C4, C5 etc etc. I did retune as well and only finding about 10 DTV channels as opposed to many others that we usually get...

Glad someone else has posted as pulling my hair out thinking it is a problem in our house... I see engineering work has been updated - hopefully this will fix the issues caused last week.

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Bob Reeve
9:56 AM

StevensOnln1: Thanks Steve and Chris. I'll check for a phone mast issue (not the first time here, we had a new filter 3 years ago) but BBC Channels -TV and Radio - are all on and excellent reception. None of the commercial channels broadcasting at all. I did retune initially and have retuned daily but no joy, and another set I have which wasn't retuned is still not getting ITV etc. I'm not alone. Lots of folk here are the same. A few can get a signal from the next nearest transmitter (Whitehawk, full Freeview) but its likely to be intermittent. Even fewer can pick up the Isle of Wight transmitter, weak signal. Because most people are on the north facing slopes of the South Downs only the Patcham transmitter works for us. Thanks again for your comments

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Steve Donaldson
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11:34 AM

M Wickham, Bob Reeve: It sounds like the issue could be related to the work at Rowridge. The multiplex (PSB2) which carries ITV1, Channel 4 and others is received off-air from Rowridge by Patcham. The two other multiplexes are the responsibility of the BBC and arrive at the transmitter over fibre.

A single digital TV broadcast signal known as a multiplex or 'mux' carries multiple programme channels. This is unlike with analogue where each programme channel was transmitted on a signal of its own. Thus, loss of a single multiplex will result in loss of multiple programme channels. It is a case of working out which multiplex or multiplexes are missing.

Patcham transmits three multiplexes, the three PSBs, or public service broadcasters.

PSB1 - BBC A - BBC standard definition TV and BBC radio
PSB2 - D3&4 - ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 and some ITV1 and Channel 4 sister channels
PSB3 - BBC B - All HD channels, BBC and non-BBC

Freeview has published a list of programme channels and which multiplex they are carried on here:

Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview

Rather than resetting and carrying out automatic tuning, use the manual tuning facility to scan the appropriate UHF channel for the required multiplex from Patcham. Automatic tuning takes time and looks through all the channels. Manual tuning focuses in on only the actual channels that are used and which are required. Channel numbers for Patcham are:

PSB1 - C29
PSB2 - C31
PSB3 - C37

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Chris.SE
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1:40 PM

Bob Reeve:

Hi. Just FYI, the filter you probably had previously would most likely have been for 800MHz. The new one would be for the 700MHz band which would also clobber 800MHz so would be substituted.

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