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 04/11/2024 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 withheldThursday, 13 March 2014
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KMJ,Derby11:41 AM
Michael: There is high pressure affecting reception over parts of the UK at present. Signals from distant transmitters could be blocking reception of your normal channels. Sudbury is a possible source of interference on the frequencies you mention. A viewer in North Wales has posted that they were receiving siignals from Sandy Heath during the night.
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daniel badman12:32 PM
Hastings
Michael: it must be the high pressure
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 15 March 2014
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Ralph Beeken12:40 PM
Hythe
Hythe Kent(hillside.
We have been plagued by frequent signal lost for a week to ten days some times for hours and others for a short time.Please Help.
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Ralph's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
8:02 PM
8:02 PM
Ralph
Almost certainly due to the weather, high pressure causes such problems frequently. Nothing you can to to prevent it and please do not try a retune - you may well lose the programmes you currently have.
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Betamax_man10:24 PM
York
MikeP: Definitely due to the weather. I have received MKFM & BBC 3 Counties etc. on DAB 10C in East Riding of Yorkshire.
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Betamax_man's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 11 May 2014
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Dave12:59 PM
Having signal problems on 698000kHz and 682000kHz. Not constant but quite frequent drops in signal, causing the typical glitching.
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Dave: Have you looked at Freeview intermittent interference | Freeview Interference | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice ?
The problem can be caused by too much signal, see Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | Digital switchover | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Monday, 2 June 2014
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kath vickers8:18 AM
I live in Heathfield and over the last few weeks my mobile phone has been driving me mad in that the signal is very intermittent. is this the phone, the supplier (Vodafone) or transmitter. Help would be appreciated
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Friday, 11 July 2014
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John Mitchell10:34 PM
In December 2013 Tony Hall announced that the planned extra HD channels including BBC 4 had been brought forward in time for Christmas. However, freeview coverage was very limited at the time although we were promised that it would be extended to 70% of the populating by June 2014. It is now July 2014 and there is no sign that the Heathfield transmitter, which is only 60 miles from London, will be converted to com7 to enable viewers in East Sussex to see these HD channels any time soon, or indeed if at all! We still have to pay the same licence fee however ! Your web site states that to receive these in freeview, we should point our aerials to one of the 30 full freeview transmitters. As I live in Eastbourne only 80 feet above sea level, how high must I place my aerial to get a signal from the nearest one, presumably Crystal Palace. Perhaps I should be thankful that I can get CBeebies in glorious. HD .Why can't BBC 4 be transmitted on this channel as it closes down at 7pm, when BBC 4 starts?
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Michael11:06 PM
John Mitchell: The 30 transmitters were chosen to provide coverage to the largest amount of household across all four nations and also reused old equipment, to keep costs down.
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