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.
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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 |
Local transmitter maps
HEATHFIELD Freeview HEATHFIELD DAB Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)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 withheldWednesday, 3 August 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 yesterday to 17:11 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 today [BBC]
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Jim Flooks5:25 PM
Haywards Heath. Is there any prospect of an early increase in the transmit power on Mux D at Heathfield? All other Muxes deliver signal strength typically better than 50 (typically 95/100 on Mux 2 and generally better than 60 even on the other 1000 watt Muxes) with low or non-existent BER, but Mux D is generally showing strength 10 to 16 with BER sometimes at maximum. I have only one piece of equipment that could interfere - a DVD/HDD recorder - but disabling this has no effect on received strength or quality and the same low strength and quality is shown on the recorder's own signal strength information. We have a new Wideband roof mounted aerial with masthead booster.
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Jim Flooks: No, there will be no increases in signals until the day of switchover.
Multiplex D is so-called because it has the lowest signal level and coverage level.
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 today to 16:18 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 yesterday to 17:11 yesterday [BBC]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 today to 16:18 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 yesterday to 17:11 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 yesterday to 16:18 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 on 02 Aug to 17:11 on 02 Aug [BBC]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 yesterday to 16:18 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 on 02 Aug to 17:11 on 02 Aug [BBC]
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Friday, 5 August 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 on 03 Aug to 16:18 on 03 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 on 02 Aug to 17:11 on 02 Aug [BBC]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 14:36 on 03 Aug to 16:18 on 03 Aug BBC TWO Weak Signal from 15:09 on 02 Aug to 17:11 on 02 Aug [BBC]
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Sarah7:47 AM
Help !
I have been decorating, so unplugged TV/freeview etc.,
Now setting it all back up but TV/Freeview stating 'NO SIGNAL' on all channels ..
Stupid question ..
I have checked / re-checked aerial and seams ok .. is it me, or has something happened ?
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