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 withheldThursday, 1 December 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:35 today to 03:51 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 01:34 today to 03:47 today [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:35 today to 03:51 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 01:34 today to 03:47 today [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 5 December 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:35 today to 03:51 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 01:34 today to 03:47 today [BBC]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 01:35 today to 03:51 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 01:34 today to 03:47 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:47 yesterday to 11:56 yesterday [BBC]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:47 yesterday to 11:56 yesterday [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:47 on 05 Dec to 11:56 on 05 Dec [BBC]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 11:47 on 05 Dec to 11:56 on 05 Dec [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
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sue5:11 PM
Hastings
hi i live in hastings and just had an aerial installed but the installer has set me up for the Heathfield and he said i cant get freeview at the moment but i will when it switchs over i said why dont you set me up on the hastings transmitter and he said it will work now but not when it switchs so theres no point setin me up on hastings my postcode is tn35 5ee any healp wood be healpfull should i ask for my money back and get anuther installer
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sue's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby5:46 PM
sue: The installer is quite correct in that Hastings gives freeview reception at the present time, but the Digital UK postcode checker predicts that you will lose Mux1/BBCA on 30th May and the remaining muxes on 13th June as Hastings will use the same frequencies after switchover as Crystal Palace. Whilst you would still be in range of signals from Hastings reception from there would be dependent on the aerial being positioned in a null for Crystal Palace before any usable reception was obtained. Heathfield , meanwhile is your best option after switchover, albeit with variable reception. You should have Mux BBCA from 30th May 2012, the remaining muxes (except possibly mux SDN) from 13th June 2012. Mux SDN from Heathfield changes frequency and increases power on 27th June 2012.
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