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 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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 withheldSaturday, 16 June 2012
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jb3811:21 PM
Denise Hunter: In addition to whats been said by Dave Lindsay, ITV3 presently operates on Ch48 / 2Kw from Heathfield until the 27th when it moves to Ch42 / 20Kw.
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Sunday, 17 June 2012
Re: Ian Foord
BBC B (PSB3) started at 2:20pm on 13/06/2012
from the Haywards Heath transmitter.
At Heathfield it started some when between 12:05am and 2:20pm
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Sorry,
should be 2:50pm and not 2:20pm as above.
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Dupree7:04 PM
Hi
I bought Technisat Freeview HD receiver recently. I also have LG 32" LCD HDTV. Both before and after switchover, I have a good reception of standard digital channels but when I tried tuning for HD signals using my Freeview HD box, it seems it can't detect it.
I tried manually tuning to 682 MHz but only have a very low signal and low quality as well (one red bar). I live in Crowborough area and I'm currently using 32 element digital tv aerial; quite similar to this SLx 27887K 32 Element Digital TV Aerial + Kit: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics The main cable is shared to 3 TVs around the house. Can anyone help me on this? Sorry for english, not my first language. Thanks in advance. (TN61DL)
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Monday, 18 June 2012
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tina9:20 AM
Crowborough
I live in Crowborough, have a new LG TV and BT Vision. Before switchover I got several channels (though weather did interfere or make me lose some completely at times). However since switchover I can only get the BBC group & occasionally those on Channel 41 through my TV, without the BT Vision plugged in. On BT Vision I can only get the BBC group on Channel 52. I have tried the reset procedure on TV & Vision i.e. turning off, rescanning without aerial plugged in etc to clear all channels, then rescanning but no improvement. I only get maximum 38% strength on Channel 49 and no signal on other channels. Why is this? Do I need another aerial, mine is in the attic?
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tina: If you have a booster, then you should remove it. This could be increasing your signal levels in excess of those that the BT Vision box (and any receiver) can handle.
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Tina1:06 PM
Crowborough
I don't have a booster. any other ideas?
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012
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paul2:42 AM
Eastbourne
hi my Arial is facing heathfeld now. get all the channel signal and quality is 10 .but not c42 . that for itv 3 itv2+1 5* and five 5usa etc please advise.cant you boost the single pls on c42 . bn20 8rn thank you
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jb388:34 AM
paul: Ch42 (ITV3 etc) is operating on very low power (100wats) until the 27th of this month and so reception will be poor when compared to the other muxes operating on 4Kw. Unfortunately there isn't really anything that you can do but wait until that date when the situation will be rectified.
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Ron Parr11:33 AM
Tunbridge Wells
Ron Parr-Frant
There is a communal aerial for both digital and satellite reception.The aerial is located well above the roofline and the dish is a 2 metre one and is wall mounted. After the switchover, I carried out the retuning on two Panasonic and one Sony dvd recorders and an LG HD tv all equipped with freeview.The result was that I got everything apart from BVD channels 41 and 44.Can anyone suggest a solution or should I wait for the next switch later this month.HELP!!!
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