Full Freeview on the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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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._______
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
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 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.
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?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 43km northeast (36°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
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-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | E | E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C54tv_off | LBN | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | SDN | ||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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
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Sunday, 27 March 2016
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Kent Smith6:01 AM
I have just looked at the Rowridge transmitter details, and Channel 24 seem to have been assigned to ITV.What am I picking up (Channel 24: BBC ONE SOUTH)?I'd still like to know why the signal is strong?
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Kent Smith6:11 AM
I think that I am getting there. Channel 24 is Rowridge and transmitting BBC ONE SOUTHBut this signal is much stronger that other signals from this transmitter!
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Wednesday, 4 May 2016
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Frank Lacey6:51 AM
One morning, I tapped in 108 and got Al Jazeera in Arabic. When is it likely that English transmissions from Whitehawk will start?
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Thursday, 5 May 2016
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Andrew Murphy11:09 PM
Fareham
Frank Lacey: Hi, The only transmitter that seems to be using Channel No.108 in the Brighton Area is Rowridge (based on the Isle of Wight) on UHF Channel 31 (554.0MHz).
This channel is ONLY broadcast from Com 7 Multiplex (one of the temporary HD Muxes!).
I do not think that this channel will be available from Whitehawk Hill in the foreseeable future!
A Couple of Questions: Have you got a Television that has an In-built HD TV Tuner and/or a HD Set-Top Box by any chance? And what direction is you Television Aerial pointing to?
Hope this helps,
Andrew :)
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Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
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Whitelaw12:20 PM
I live in Bishopstone near Seaford. How to I work out a bearing from my home to the Whitehawk Tx?
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MikeP
3:18 PM
3:18 PM
Whitelaw:
Add your full postcode into this website. That will enable the 6 banners across the bottom of your posts. They all relate to your reception of Freeview and the DigitalUK option gives the compass direction you seek.
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Friday, 25 November 2016
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Andy5:54 PM
Which transmitter is most likely to give me the best full freeview reception in Peacehaven?Thanks
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Saturday, 26 November 2016
MikeP
2:22 PM
2:22 PM
Andy:
The location of Peacehaven is not accurate enough to advise you. We need a full post code to allow appropriate suggestions for your particular position. The reason being that hills and buildings can mean that some use one transmitter but neighbours may have to use a different one!
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Sunday, 27 November 2016
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Andy2:47 PM
Peacehaven
BN10 8PB
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 28 November 2016
MikeP
3:31 PM
3:31 PM
Andy:
Thanks for the post code. Now we can see that White Hawk Hill is definitely *not* the ideal transmitter for you. If you look at the 'digitaluk trade' box at the bottom of your posting, it will show that no one transmitter is fully ideal. Rowridge has some possibilities but a few multiplexes are suspect for reception. If you don't want a full service, then you might consider using the Newhaven Freeview Lite transmitter. Ideally you should use a log-periodic aerial that will cover all the possible signal ranges.
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