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 04/11/2024 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 withheldTuesday, 24 July 2018
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Les4:58 PM
I do understand that no channels have been removed, just moved around to free up 700MHz.
However all I was just asking is, can the stations per MUX, and the MUX UHF frequencies be updated. I have found this a very useful feature in the past.
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StevensOnln16:00 PM
Les: The only person who can update this website is Briantist, no one else has access to do so as far as anyone knows.
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Wednesday, 25 July 2018
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Les9:30 AM
Hi StevensOnln1,
Many thanks for the extra information, I wasn't aware of that.
Regards
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Friday, 27 July 2018
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Lynne Murray4:55 PM
Hi have retuned as prompted on 19th July . Have lost quite a few channels also have message for example no signal. Have manually retuned but status still the same . The Ariel is on the roof and we do not share it with anyone.It was installed last year.
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Lynne Murray4:58 PM
Eastbourne
My postcode is BN23 6LB
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Lynne's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Les5:54 PM
Hi Lynne Murray,
Just to confirm, when you did your manual retune you used the following UHF channel numbers.
Ch40 DVB BBCA.
Ch41 DVB D3+4.
Ch44 DVB SDN.
Ch46 DVB ArqA.
Ch47 DVB ArqB.
Ch43 DVB-2 BBCB (HD Channels).
Was your retune on a TV or PVR?
Regards, Les
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Saturday, 28 July 2018
Mark A
6:31 PM
6:31 PM
David Sharpe, Les, Lynne Murray.
Looking at the chart above you could lose some channels, but if you can get BBC1 then you can get them all.
In 1998 the 4 channels where using C49 to C67.
You could receive them with a type C/D, E or wideband aerial.
Today this transmitter used C40 to C47.
So if you are still using a C/D aerial then you would miss some channels and need to upgrade your aerial.
If you can get the BBC channels on C40 then I expect you can get them all with your current aerial.
The local multiplex seams to have been removed, if it ever existed.
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Friday, 3 August 2018
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Les7:26 PM
Surely a group 'B' aerial will work fine on the new frquency alocations ?
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Saturday, 4 August 2018
MikeP
3:29 PM
3:29 PM
Les:
A Group B aerial will suffice for reception of Heathfield transmissions until at least 2020 under the current plans for frequency allocations. There has been no indication about allocations after that date. We do expect some changes related to the introduction of the 5G services, though the current plans attempt to take that into consideration as far as has been possible as the 5G launch has not been finalised as yet.
It is possibele that the 700MHz clearance for 5G may mean that some transmitters use frequencies in both the Group A and Group B bands, meaning that if an aerial needs to be replaced it would we wisest to fit a wideband type as that will cover all the frequencies available. There may be some new aerial designs in future, but there is no information at this stage about whether they will appear or what range they might cover. Hence the usual advice to go for a wideband when needed.
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Sunday, 5 August 2018
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Les1:32 PM
Hi Mike P,
I would certainly agree with you, a wideband aerial would be best if problems occur. However if the viewer has a
group B antenna, and is happy with reception (after latest retune) then save your money until a new installation is required. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
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