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, 19 April 2012
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 today to 17:02 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 yesterday to 14:49 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 today to 17:02 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 yesterday to 14:49 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Friday, 20 April 2012
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 yesterday to 17:02 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 yesterday to 17:02 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 yesterday to 17:02 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 yesterday to 17:02 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Saturday, 21 April 2012
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 on 19 Apr to 17:02 on 19 Apr [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 on 19 Apr to 17:02 on 19 Apr [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 on 19 Apr to 17:02 on 19 Apr BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:01 on 19 Apr to 17:02 on 19 Apr BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 14:42 on 18 Apr to 14:49 on 18 Apr [BBC] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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