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 25/11/2024 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 withheldWednesday, 5 December 2012
Tracey Jude: I think you might be hard pressed to pick up any local multiplexes in the Heathfield area. There doesn't appear to be one which officially covers that area. You will probably be able to receive the BBC national and commercial national multiplexes as they broadcast from the Heathfield transmitter.
The nearest transmitter that broadcasts Kent local multiplex is Tunbridge Wells, so you will probably need to be on the side of the house facing that direction to have any chance at all.
There is a "Sussex Coast" multiplex, but as the name implies, it serves the coast so it is also probably doubtful that you will be able to receive it.
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Thursday, 6 December 2012
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E Chuck9:43 AM
Wadhurst
Hi i have a roof aerial towards Heathfield why do I have problems with tuning all TVs to all stations in cold and foggy weather any help would be apppreciated regds Ted Chuck
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Sunday, 10 February 2013
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John Chesterfield11:25 AM
I am rarely successful in obtaining page 102 of BBC channels 1 and 2 in order to see text forms of news, business, sports and do on. Why should this be the case - is the signal at fault?
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John Chesterfield: Ceefax closed at digital switchover, 30th May/13th June 2012, so you can't mean that...
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Saturday, 9 March 2013
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Chris12:39 PM
Henfield
Dear Sir.
I have a relative who lives in the BN59NP area, her TV receives from the Heathfield transmitter. She has a modern Sony HD freeview TV and a recently fitted BT Humax HD set-top box, both receivers cannot pick up any of the freeview HD channels.
Can you please advise if the Heathfield transmitter is transmitting freeview HD?
If yes, can you please advise why she cannot pick up any of the HD channels?
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jb3812:59 PM
Chris: If all other channels are being received OK then there is no reason for not being able to receive HD transmissions from Heathfield which are transmitted on multiplex Ch47.
However in the interests of accuracy more detailed instructions can only be given if the model numbers of both the Sony TV and also the Humax box are given to enable the specifications of both devices to be checked out.
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jb387:52 PM
Chris: Just to add to that already said earlier on, if these devices are relatively new then ask your relative to have a look at the user manuals for each of the devices in question, and in particular the section titled "Specifications", then look down the list for "Tuner" and check if DVB-T2 is seen mentioned, because if only DVB-T is seen then the device cannot receive HD transmissions.
If though they are unable to find the manuals then this can easily be checked out if the model numbers are given.
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Sunday, 28 April 2013
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Jackie10:59 AM
East Grinstead
My ariel is pointing towards Heathfield and I have never had any trouble. Since yesterday I have no signal at all on any TV. I have tried re-tuning, been in the loft and checked splitter and wires etc, and it all looks ok. Yesterday the TV said no signal, worked when Doctor Wwo came on and went off again straight after. I think it is the transmission rather than at my end. Any thoughts?
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Friday, 12 July 2013
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Carol Jeffs6:34 PM
Tunbridge Wells
My postcode is tn49st. My hd signal has been pixilated, then broke up now is non existent. My sky sports boost is so pixilated its impossible to watch. This has happened over the last 5 days. Our aerial installers say there is no problem there. Our tv is one month old and we had our freeview box installed with the TV. TV man says he is having lots of complaints about reception from Heathfield transmitter. We live on a hill almost facing the transmitter with no trees in front of us. Aerial on roof, can you help please?
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Friday, 26 July 2013
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carl rees8:35 AM
yesterday 25/7/13 BBC 1 fine
today bbc1 not tuned ?
re-auto tuned and now have BC regional news from Essex!
why?
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