Full Freeview on the Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 18,000 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 Hastings (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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Hastings (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 Hastings 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 Hastings (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 Hastings transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 37km northwest (323°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 47km north (357°)
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 Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 17 Jul 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C25 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C28 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C30 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves |
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, Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 1000W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-7dB) 200W | |
| Mux 1* | (-10dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Hastings Freeview Hastings DAB Hastings TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hastings transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 13 October 2011
Reynolds: The digital signal strength will provide robust coverage inside the current analogue service area on all transmitters.
Freeview is also free to air, hence the name...
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Reynolds: Arqiva are the company that owns all the UK television transmitters.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
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Trevor1:58 PM
St. Leonards-on-sea
I currently have sky tv,due to the fact that the reception in the Hastings area is irratic.I would like to switch to freeview, and I was told some years ago that the tramitter was only working at half its power, and when digital switchover came,this would be increased to full power therefore the signal would be much improved.I currently have a digital ariel with a booster installed.
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Trevor's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 2 December 2011
Trevor: I write this as someone who isn't an aerial installer. I don't give any guarantee as to what will or won't work; more that I'm making suggestions as to how chances of success might be improved.
I think that it will be best for you to wait until switchover is completed on 13th June.
The Digital UK predictor doesn't give a sparkling result for your area with any transmitter. It isn't fool-proof as obstructions such as trees and buildings will affect the signal as well. Looking by entire post code gives results for the whole area over which there could be variation in what can and cannot be received. For a more accurate prediction, enter house number as well. My advice is to use it as a guide only, particularly due to the surrounding terrain (I will come on to this).
A look at your road on Google Streetview shows that you're on the side of a hill. Some aerials are on Hastings and some on Heathfield.
I used this site to plot the terrain between you and each transmitter:
Terrain - shows radio profile between two UK sites to optimise you DTT, Freeview, DAB or analogue TV reception
The "base station" is your location. I left the height of your aerial at 10m.
The line from your location to Hastings transmitter is here:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
The line from your location to Heathfield transmitter is here:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
As you can see, both transmitters' line of sight is obstructed. This explains why it's not straightforward to receive from Hastings which is only 2.4 miles away.
If the booster you are using is behind your TV, i.e. at the end of the lead from the aerial, then an improvement will be to have one fitted nearer the aerial (so that there is much less cable between the aerial and the booster). Such a booster/amplifier is often called a "masthead-amp" and requires a power supply, usually fitted behind the television. Don't confuse this with being a booster in itself.
Basically, if you amplify (insert a booster) immediately before your television, then you are not only making bigger the signal (which is what you want) but the noise (rubbish) that is picked up in the length of cable. By amplifying at the aerial, you only make what's picked up by your aerial bigger.
Whether this is needed or whether a change of aerial would be better is another matter. I simply provide this as food for thought; that a booster behind the TV isn't as good as one at the aerial.
Also, if your booster does have a variable control on it, it might be worth trying different levels of amplification to see what works best as the highest isn't always the best!
As I say, I think that you're best advised to wait until switchover and see how your current aerial fairs.
If you're after some more information, then I recommend reading ATV Sheffield's site: www.aerialsandtv.com
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Monday, 5 December 2011
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J Golding6:48 PM
We receive digital tv reception from Hastings transmitter and from Sunday 4.12.2010 we have had no reception from Mux 1 (BBC1&2etc.) We lost transmission during the morning and despite retuning on all 3 sets we still cannot receive these channels. All other stations are being received as normal. We have noticed on the Guide that all BBC channels are now listed in the 800 series but again cannot be viewed.
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J Golding6:53 PM
Correction to last posting; date should read 4.12.2011
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
J Golding: I am wondering, has something happened to your aerial or the cable from it? If you have one aerial and a distribution amplifier to feed the various outlets in your house then I would check it.
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Saturday, 28 January 2012
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daniel badman11:41 PM
Hastings
this might be a dumb question but whats the best coax rg6 or wf100 ?
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 29 January 2012
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Mark Fletcher12:26 AM
Halifax
Daniel Badman,Hastings.Look up the ATV Sheffield website,you will find the best one to choose is satellite grade copper-copper black (preferably) coloured co-ax cable and importantly brass co-ax plugs.
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 23 March 2012
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Daniel9:07 AM
Hastings
if anyone in hastings is have trouble with itv1/itv2 exc on freeview try doing a munuel retune but go for wighthawk hill transmitter and tune in 53 and 57 it might work it might not and if it dose it wont be perfict but at least its watch abel plus only some places will get it from that far the reson why we have got prolems is because of the rowridge transmitter witch completed switchover wednsday and is usein the same uhf band its defo will work for post code tn35 5ef but i dont know if it will work after rigate switches over next month
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Daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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