Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 170,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast?
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 Heathfield (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 Heathfield 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 Heathfield (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 Heathfield transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 41km north-northeast (31°)
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 Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | W T | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C29 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C64 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2* | (-18dB) 1.6kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 20 January 2011
Roger in Eastbourne BN23: OK, let me know how you get on.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
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sara7:43 PM
Hailsham
Hello,
We live in Herstmonceux. BN27 4TT. Film 4 is really bad and drops out. We are using the Hastings transmitter at the moment should we swap to Heathfield? The ariel is in the roof and is boosted.
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sara: If your aerial is in the loft space, you would get a better signal by moving to the roof.
You are not predicted to get great Freeview reception from anywhere until 2012, and you will get a much worse signal from Heathfield today.
I would suggest you add Freesat to your system.
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Friday, 4 February 2011
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Alan3:19 PM
Biantist
I'm in the Hampden Park area BN22 and have been watching the bowls on the Welsh BBC channel, I'm also getting parliament and a childrens program, as said before, the aerial is a very old (30+ years) high gain used in the past to get BBC2 from Dover, it is now used for analogue reception from Heathfield, I tuned the Freeview channels on a Samsung and got four TV programs and about 17 radio programs. They arn't on all the time especialy at weekends. The question is, are they test transmissions from Heathfield if so the signal is quite good!
Your comments much apreciated.
Alan JC
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
Alan: There have been reports of What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - this will explain the reception of out-of-area BBC regions.
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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
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Andy Le Pla9:41 AM
Etchingham
I have had no analogue or digital signal since sunday morning.
Not complaining: i know works have to happen....just looking for an update as to when works will be over.
thanks.
signal has always been weak here and have two boosters, so even a small drop in signal loses everything.
Etchingham TN19 7AG
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011
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Pedro dd10:16 AM
Godalming
Heathfield does not radiate to the west.
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Mike Dimmick12:48 PM
Reading
Pedro dd: It may not radiate to the west at present, but it will after switchover. Digital transmissions move to the main aerial at the top of the mast, and should have substantially the same coverage area as analogue signals do now - perhaps a bit wider.
Unfortunately the transmitter company keeps the radiation patterns of the main transmitters a closely-guarded secret. Brian submitted a Freedom of Information request to the BBC in mid-2009 and did get some information back on the relays and smaller sites, but the details for the main sites were redacted.
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Mike Dimmick12:52 PM
Reading
Oh, and you can't pick up Heathfield now because there are hills blocking line-of-sight, it's low power, and it's 60km away. Your best option after switchover is the Guildford transmitter if you want London services, or Hannington if you want BBC South/ITV1 Meridian.
Hannington currently doesn't transmit to the east, to avoid clashing with Guildford analogue services. Your best bet right now is Midhurst for southern region or Crystal Palace, and these should be acceptable after switchover, though the others I mentioned earlier are expected to be better for the commercial multiplexes.
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