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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Heathfield (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 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 withheldSaturday, 24 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Weak Signal; DSO related from 10:18 on 22 Nov to 11:55 on 22 Nov. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:08 on 22 Nov to 12:49 on 22 Nov. [BBC]
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Saturday, 8 December 2018
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H Cloutt12:47 PM
Battle
Currently have no signal on any of the MUXs from the Heathfield [Sussex] transmitter. We have a roof aeriel.
It is unclear how to report faults other than by posting here.
Everything was OK earlier this morning. I am reluctant to attempt to re-tune since there seems to be no signal at all. Sometimes we get one f the MUXs drop out for a short period
Our postcode is TN33 9PY but a search using this postcode suggests we are on a different transmitter - but we know we get our signal from Heathfield
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H's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
12:57 PM
12:57 PM
H Cloutt:
A check on the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Coverage Checker - Detailed View for your location, shows that reception from Heathfield is likely to be variable or poor. It also shows that Dover would be a better option and would give you more channels. Ideally you need a wideband aerial aimed at 282 degrees for Heathfield or at 69 degrees for Dover.
There is no reported fault at the Heathfield transmitter, so I suggest you check all your aerial cables and connections, unplugging all the coaxial plugs/sockets and refitting them to clear any possible corrosion/oxidation from the contact sufaces.
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StevensOnln11:00 PM
H Cloutt: There are no faults showing for the Heathfield transmitter, although it is predicted to be variable at your location anyway. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Do you have an amplifier and is it still powered on? Good idea to avoid retuning as all it would have done was delete all of your channels before searching for them again and would never fix a signal problem.
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Thursday, 27 December 2018
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TONY MAYS2:32 PM
I always get no signal on a Wednesday or a Thursday sometimes all day other times it May be for 2 hours. the aerial was replaced 3 years ago. and 3 months ago had another box fitted in the loft. aerial is on the roof pointing towards heathfield.engineeer been 3 times. he thinks it might be the mobile mast installed by e grinstead station.but the box fitted was to eliminate same.
any ideas?
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MikeP
8:59 PM
8:59 PM
Tony Mays:
Please provide a full post code so we can check the expected receoption conditions at your location.
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Sunday, 30 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:24 today to 05:27 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 31 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:24 yesterday to 05:27 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 05:24 on 30 Dec to 05:27 on 30 Dec. [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 January 2019
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ROBERT LONGDEN10:07 AM
3RD jAN 2018, VERY POOR RECEPTION ON ALL CHANNELS. any REASON?
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