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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 Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C41 (634.0MHz)298mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)298mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)298mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C40 (626.0MHz)298mDTG-820,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C43 (650.0MHz)300mDTG-820,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C46 (674.0MHz)300mDTG-820,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-1719 Jul 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EW TW TW TK T
C29_local_local_local_local
C40SDN
C41ArqBArqBArqBBBCA
C42SDNSDNSDN
C43ArqA
C44ArqAArqAArqAD3+4
C46ArqB
C47BBCBBBCBBBCBBBCB
C49tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C52tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCA
C64ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Heathfield was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Saturday, 14 November 2015
S
Steven Szulecki
3:05 PM

@MikeP & jb38: Is there a way to reduce any possible interference from temperature inversion effects?

(My reception is back to normal, now) :)

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Sunday, 15 November 2015
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MikeP
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2:19 PM
Trowbridge

Stephen Szulecki:

No, it is a perfectly natural and normal phenomen associated with the movement and changes of high and low pressure areas and with the differing air temperatures found within the Earth's atmosphere. It has affected all transmissions of radio waves ever since the were first transmitted but existed long before then anyway as they are not man-made. How much the radio signals are affected depends to some extent on the area affected, whether it is small or large, and the frequency of the radio signals.

There is no known way to 'protect' ourselves from the effects either. All you can do is ensure you have good equiupment, well maintained and a properly aligned aerial of the correct type for the signal(s) you want to receive.

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Sunday, 3 January 2016
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Peter Graydon
10:47 PM
Haywards Heath

RH16 1NW, using old band c/d aerial directed at Heathfield transmitter.
Since BBC Local radio went digital I had expected to be able to receive BBC Radio Sussex on the Heathfield transmitter. Unfortunaely I can only get BBC Radio Kent which is not local to us in Haywards Heath. Why no 'local' radio?

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Saturday, 5 March 2016
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Tony
11:55 AM

The link to "30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. " has a double slash in it that stops it working. eg: https://ukfree.tv//maps/f…ewhd

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Thursday, 10 March 2016
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Don McBeth
7:17 PM

Why can't I see "Talking Pictures" on channel 81?

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Sunday, 1 May 2016
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Vince
10:37 AM

Hi
I live not far from the Heathfield transmitter but seem to keep losing the signal at 1:07am - can anyone tell me why?

Last night I lost all stations as I was watching TV and in the past couple of months I have been recording films only for the signal to be lost ast 67 minutes of recording - programmes having started at midnight.

At all other times the signal is fine - I don not having any other problems.

I look forward to receiving any comments / feedback.

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Monday, 2 May 2016
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Carol
11:49 AM

2nd may we too are experiencing loss of signal on most stations. Anyone else?? Eastbourne area.

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Tuesday, 3 May 2016
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:20 AM
Trowbridge

Vince and Carol:

For anyone to offer meaningful assistance they need a full post code of your location or that of a very nearby shop or post office. That is so that we can determine which transmitter you may be using and whether there are any engineering works or line of sight obstructions.


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Friday, 6 May 2016
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Vince
3:31 PM
Heathfield

MikeP:
Hi Mike
My postcode is TN21 8LX - I am about a mile from the Heathfield transmitter. As I said the strange thing with this is that the signal has gone on at least 3 different occasions at 1:07am.

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Saturday, 7 May 2016
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:47 AM
Trowbridge

Vince:

Your are extremely close to the transmitter! It may be that your signal is just too strong for reliable reception. Could you check what the strength is on several channels, including any that are affected by the problem. The ideal strength is between 50% and 75% normally, any higher than that will cause apparent loss of signal as it's too strong for the tuner. The cooler atmosphere at night can sometimes cause changes in the transmission efficiency of the surrounding air.

The other point to check is whether there is any electrical equipment in the vicinity that come on or goes off at that time. Any warehouse, factory or office with such equipment can cause problems if there is a fault present.

You should also check whether you have any electrical equipment that comes on or goes off at that time, such as central heating controls, timers, etc.



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