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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


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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
Friday, 24 November 2017
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MikeB
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9:50 PM

Ian: Since I assume you've checked signal strength, have you checked to see if the firmware is OK.

I am familiar with the VT30 & VT50, but not the VT4 (import?) , but it must be at least 4-5 years old. It should be fine, but its worth checking it out on AVForum, etc, just to see if its not just you.

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Tuesday, 19 December 2017
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Babs
11:54 AM

Can anyone please explain why we lose all tv and radio Freeview channels from approx after midnight to 1.am until around 6-7am when all stations are back. We have checked the tv settings and all are ok and all channels are available during the day without any problem. This has a profound affect on a disabled person to whom this tv belongs and I am at a loss to how to rectify the position. All tv updates have been done. Have been on to freeview who have been unable to help saying it might be updates but the problem is happening every night, their next suggestion was the internet!!!

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StevensOnln1
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12:37 PM

Babs: If its happening at the same time every night, the problem is most likely being caused by something operating on a timer switch which is causing interference (most likely something with an electric motor).

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Friday, 29 December 2017
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John Slater
11:45 AM

Good Morning: I have noticed on my router log that I am getting intruder notices ever 10 minutes through the day and night. The DST is always the same and appears to be a Carphonewarehouse mast located in the Crookham Hill area. The SRC vary located in China, Russia, Vietnam, Japan, US and UK.

Is this usual? Can I ignore them? Is it possible I am being spoofed by someone more closer to home.

Is there any thing can do? Should the DST owner be doing something?

Extracts from the log are below, Thank you in advance.

07:51:17 29/12/2017 Security Warning Intrusion -> SRC=77.72.82.97 DST=92.21.98.128 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=249 ID=58605 PROTO=TCP SPT=41096 DPT=184 WINDOW=102

07:41:35 29/12/2017 Security Warning Intrusion -> SRC=185.3.149.91 DST=92.21.98.128 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=56 ID=3815 PROTO=TCP SPT=54169 DPT=23 WINDOW=33731

07:32:09 29/12/2017 Security Warning Intrusion -> SRC=116.193.159.66 DST=92.21.98.128 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=244 ID=54321 PROTO=TCP SPT=57239 DPT=53 WINDOW=6



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Saturday, 30 December 2017
MikeP
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12:04 AM

John Slater:

This website is not intended to assist with internet problems, rather it is intended to assist viewers having problem with reception of Freeview and Freesat.



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John Slater
2:50 PM

OK Mike understood. Can you delete my post please.

thank you

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MikeP
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7:22 PM

John Slater:

I do not manage this website, I am one of the many volunteer contributors, so I cannot delete anything.



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Monday, 26 March 2018
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Ted Chuck
10:04 AM

Hi This morning ITV channel 3 has disappeared from my TV, I have rescanned the system but ITV will not come back any help would be appreciated Regds Ted Chuck

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Ted Chuck
10:05 AM

Hi Ted Chuck TN56DX

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StevensOnln1
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11:28 AM

Ted Chuck: There are no faults or recent engineering work showing for the Heathfield transmitter. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Are any other channels missing?

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