Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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, 24 April 2024
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Dennis Anthony10:12 PM
St. Leonards-on-sea
TN38 0NS
I had a TV man come to inspect my aerial which was aligned horizontal but not pointing at Heathfield.
He aligned it vertical and pointed it at Heathfield which gets better signals.
In the details above on the site the aerial is always aligned H so why is mine V? Thanks.
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Dennis's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve Donaldson11:07 PM
Dennis Anthony: This begs the question: are you sure?
At your location there look to be two potential transmitters: Heathfield and Hastings (Bohemia). Heathfield is horizontally polarised and Hastings is vertically polarised. It sounds like your aerial might have been changed from the former to the latter.
UHF channel numbers for each are as follows:
- Heathfield -
PSB1 - BBC One - C41
PSB2 - ITV1 - C44
PSB3 - BBC One HD - C47
COM4 - QVC - C40
COM5 - Sky Mix - C43
COM6 - Quest - C46
- Hastings -
PSB1 - BBC One - C25
PSB2 - ITV1 - C28
PSB3 - BBC One HD - C22
COM4 - QVC - C23
COM5 - Sky Mix - C26
COM6 - Quest - C30
Check which you are tuned to by viewing the signal information/strength screen on each of the above programme channels.
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Chris.SE11:36 PM
Dennis Anthony:
Which compass direction is your aerial now pointing?
If it's pointing at compass bearing 56 degrees, that's slightly E of NE, then it's pointing at Hastings.
If it's pointing at compass bearing 299 degrees, that's just N of WNW, then that's pointing at Heathfield.
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Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 3 June 2024
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Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 10 June 2024
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Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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