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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V -1.5dB
C36 (594.0MHz)123mDTG-14W
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
 V -1.5dB
C39 (618.0MHz)78mDTG-14W
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
 V max
C48 (690.0MHz)78mDTG-20W
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?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected 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! 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 Hastings (Old Town) transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 38km northwest (321°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
E TE TE TC/D E TB E K T
C36BBCA
C39BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C45BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C48BBCB
C50tv_offBBCA
C55tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C59tv_offD3+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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hastings 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. Hastings (Old Town) 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, 30 May 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 AM

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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Sunday, 10 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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5:29 PM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:57 today to 09:00 today [BBC]

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Monday, 11 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:29 AM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:57 yesterday to 09:00 yesterday [BBC]

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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:26 AM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:57 on 10 Jun to 09:00 on 10 Jun [BBC]

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Friday, 15 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:29 AM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:00 on 13 Jun to 07:21 on 13 Jun BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 02:16 on 13 Jun to 02:26 on 13 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 13 Jun [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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9:30 PM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 02:16 on 13 Jun to 02:26 on 13 Jun BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 07:00 on 13 Jun to 07:21 on 13 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 13 Jun [BBC]

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Monday, 18 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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6:26 AM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 13 Jun [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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12:30 PM

HASTINGS OLD TOWN transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:19 on 13 Jun to 11:28 today [BBC]

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Sunday, 25 August 2013
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jean
12:44 PM

Hello there im having problems with my freeview it keep saying bad no signal.i live near the oldtown,facing near st mary in the castle.

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Friday, 6 September 2013
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