Freeview Light on the Hastings (Old Town) (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hastings (Old Town) (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 2,100 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 (Old Town) (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 Hastings (Old Town) (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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Hastings (Old Town) 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 | V -1.5dB | C36 (594.0MHz) | 123m | DTG- | 14W |
 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 | V -1.5dB | C39 (618.0MHz) | 78m | DTG- | 14W |
 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 | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 78m | DTG- | 20W |
 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 Hastings (Old Town) (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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Hastings (Old Town) transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 38km northwest (321°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 47km north (355°)
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 (Old Town) (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| E T | E T | E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C36 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C45 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C59tv_off | D3+4 |
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?
| BBCB | 20W | |
| BBCA, D3+4 | (-1.5dB) 14W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Hastings (Old Town) Freeview 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 withheldMonday, 25 July 2011
HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Over the next week Hastings Old Town relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 today to 13:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 today to 13:17 today [BBC]
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HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 today to 13:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 today to 13:17 today [BBC] Over the next week Hastings Old Town relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 yesterday to 13:17 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 yesterday to 13:17 yesterday [BBC]
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HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 yesterday to 13:17 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 yesterday to 13:17 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Hastings Old Town relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Thursday, 28 July 2011
HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 on 26 Jul to 13:17 on 26 Jul BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:29 on 26 Jul to 13:17 on 26 Jul [BBC] Over the next week Hastings Old Town relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Hi
I have recently purchased a holiday cottage at TN34 3BE in Hastings Old Town. I am not very familiar with the area. We have an aerial on the roof about 10 years old. Analogue signal is good on 2 channels, ok on BBC2 and terrible on C4. The TV is new with built in Freeview. I have tried a number of times to tune into digital and pick up 0 channels. Would you expect this setup to start receiving digital at the switchover?
Many thanks
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Rob's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:01 PM
Rob Tinkler: As far as Hastings old town is concerned yes! but only BBC on the 30th of May 2012, as ITV and the HD service is shown as being from June 13th 2012.
Indications are though that you should presently be able to receive Freeview from the main Hastings station, this being at 1 mile away, unless that is there is some local obstruction in existence which blocks the signal from your area, the station being located @ 280 degrees and with the aerial being mounted vertically.
Purely for a test you could try manually tuning in BBC on Mux Ch31, ITV being Mux Ch27.
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Monday, 28 May 2012
HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Over the next week Hastings Old Town relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 30 May 2012
HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Over the next week Hastings Old Town relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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