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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter._______
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 withheldSunday, 17 July 2011
Steve: Please can you see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page?
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Monday, 18 July 2011
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toby11:12 AM
Heathfield
Hi it looks from above as if heathfield is transmitting freeview but the comments seem to say that hastings is the only freeview transmitter. Does heathfield transmit freeview currently but only east (i am in hailsham pretty much directly south, its N1deg to me). I cannot seem to work it out?
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toby's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
toby: You will be able to receive Freeview from Heathfield from 13th June 2012. If you want digital TV today, I would suggest you use Freesat. Compare Freeview and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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Jim7:28 PM
Toby, I am currently in Hailsham and am able to get freeview perfectly using a cheap wide band areial, please remember the arial needs to be positioned horizontally for the Heathfield antenna, I also had to replace the cabling with some satalite cable to achive descent results.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
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Jim Flooks5:25 PM
Haywards Heath. Is there any prospect of an early increase in the transmit power on Mux D at Heathfield? All other Muxes deliver signal strength typically better than 50 (typically 95/100 on Mux 2 and generally better than 60 even on the other 1000 watt Muxes) with low or non-existent BER, but Mux D is generally showing strength 10 to 16 with BER sometimes at maximum. I have only one piece of equipment that could interfere - a DVD/HDD recorder - but disabling this has no effect on received strength or quality and the same low strength and quality is shown on the recorder's own signal strength information. We have a new Wideband roof mounted aerial with masthead booster.
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Jim Flooks: No, there will be no increases in signals until the day of switchover.
Multiplex D is so-called because it has the lowest signal level and coverage level.
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Friday, 5 August 2011
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Sarah7:47 AM
Help !
I have been decorating, so unplugged TV/freeview etc.,
Now setting it all back up but TV/Freeview stating 'NO SIGNAL' on all channels ..
Stupid question ..
I have checked / re-checked aerial and seams ok .. is it me, or has something happened ?
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Sunday, 7 August 2011
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Matt10:22 PM
Godalming
@Sarah: have you wired it correctly.
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Matt's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 3 September 2011
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Julia Spencer8:38 AM
Redhill
For the past 2 Fridays I have lost all BBC Transmissions after 7pm. All other times it is mostly good. Although my post code is RH1 4QT my aerial is pointed at Heathfiled as this was recommended by the aerial engineer.
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Julia's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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