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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 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), | |||||
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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?

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 |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 31 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
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BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:56 today to 15:05 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
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BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:56 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 2 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
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BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 13:56 on 31 Oct to 15:05 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
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BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:15 today to 01:50 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
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BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:15 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
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BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:15 on 27 Nov to 01:50 on 27 Nov. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
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BEXHILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Transmitter engineering
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BEXHILL transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
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Malcolm house12:15 PM
Hi
I'm in bexhill on sea and during the day time the TVs signal is good but around 10 to 10.30 pm I lose signal and itv goes of as well as other channels, what's going on ?
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StevensOnln15:37 PM
Malcolm house: A loss in signal at the same time every day is usually caused by electrical interference from something operating on a timer switch. Check around your property and ask your immediate neighbours (if possible) to check for anything being turned on around that time.
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