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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C33- (569.8MHz)45mDTG-400W
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
C36 (594.0MHz)45mDTG-400W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)45mDTG-400W
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?

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the effected channels

The Bexhill (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

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?

regional news image
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.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
A B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFB E K TK T
C33BBCA
C36D3+4
C40D3+4
C43BBCB
C46-BBCA
C48BBCB

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield 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. Bexhill 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:03 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:00 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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9:03 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:00 today to 05:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:00 today to 05:00 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 5 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:25 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 05:13 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 today to 05:13 today. [BBC]

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Marilyn Dutton
2:45 PM

How long will there be no reception from the Bexhill
Transmitter after midnight in future?

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MikeP
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4:13 PM

Marilyn Dutton:

The engineering work normally only lasts for one day. However, no contributor to this website will know how long any work is planned to last, only Arqiva will know that and they are very reluctant to release details.



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Friday, 6 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
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12:26 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:13 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 yesterday to 05:13 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 7 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:03 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 05 Jul to 05:13 on 05 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:01 on 05 Jul to 05:13 on 05 Jul. [BBC]

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Thursday, 19 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
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6:08 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:30 today to 03:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:31 today to 03:04 today. [BBC]

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9:08 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 03:04 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:30 today to 03:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:31 today to 03:04 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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12:08 PM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 03:04 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:30 today to 03:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:31 today to 03:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 08:42 today. [BBC]

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