Freeview Light on the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter. 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 Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bexhill (East Sussex, 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 Freeview channels does the Bexhill 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C33- (569.8MHz) | 45m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 45m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East 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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 45m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Bexhill (East Sussex, 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 Bexhill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 35km north-northwest (336°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 49km north (5°)
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 Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | B E K T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C40 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C43 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C46 | -BBCA | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 400W |
Local transmitter maps
Bexhill Freeview Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)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, 11 January 2024
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Chris.SE2:37 PM
Mike Blackmore:
You are asked to provide a full postcode that's what the reception predictors need, not full personal details - not a good idea, nevertheless I've looked up the postcode.
Firstly, why do you think you are getting your signals from the small relay transmitter at Bexhill which is 11km away and predicted to give you poor reception as well as only the 3 main PSB multiplexes?
The Hastings transmitter is only 3km away and is predicted to give you a good signal on all 6 main multiplexes.
IF your aerial is pointing at Bexhill, it would be compass bearing 246 degrees - that's almost NNW and its rods (or squashed Xs) should be horizontal.
If it's pointing at Hastings, that's compass bearing 231 degrees - slightly W of SW and it's rods should be vertical.
If you are getting signals from Hastings, then this is currently listed for Planned Engineering with Pixellation or flickering on some or all channels as detailed on the Hasting transmitter page.
This brings me to the 2nd point. IF you had been correctly tuned to start with, you should NOT retune if you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures/sound breakup. You cannot tune to a signal that is not there or can't be decoded, it doesn't matter whether it's due to Engineering, a fault on your own system or weather conditions. The usual result is to clear the correct tuning or tune you to another weak signal that disappears as the weather changes. You then have to repeat retune when signals are normal and you won't know when so may have to try several times.
Finally, IF you are receiving from Bexhill, your reception may be disrupted by current weather conditions - some tropospheric ducting caused by the current high pressure weather system causing interference to signals.
See this warning from the BBC (despite the date on the link the item refers to the 11 January).
High pressure impacting TV & Radio services across large parts of the UK - 11 January 2024 | Help receiving TV and radio
(Others may also find reception from other transmitters disrupted).
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Thursday, 7 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 Nov 15:21 until 7 Nov 15:22. . [BBC]
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