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 25/11/2024 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 withheldFriday, 6 July 2018
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StevensOnln110:01 AM
Sue Pepper: The additional red button channels are on the COM8 multiplex which is not broadcast from Heathfield (there is no space for them to go anywhere else). This website is independent of all broadcasters and transmitter companies and has no control or influence other which channels are broadcast from which transmitters.
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Thursday, 19 July 2018
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Charles French12:42 AM
Hi
The tv has just cut off on Wed 18th at 12.30am any idea why? It says there are no issues on the website
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ME173RD TV says No Signal cannot get freeview on one tv & no programme at all on 2nd Tv Both were ok last night . Aerial is in roof --high , nothing at all in cottage beside us ,can you please help? Thank you so muchjean macey
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MikeP
4:18 PM
4:18 PM
Jean Macey:
There is a need to retune today, 19th July 2018. Some work was done overnight in relation to DSO.
Look at Coverage Checker - Detailed View to see what cheannels are currently bei g used from Heathfield.
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John Jeffery8:19 PM
when will the heathfield transmitter begin working again,I am in Lewes and cannot tune my t.v. in to receive any channels
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PhilS8:22 PM
Since the DSO work today, and retuning all my TVs I cannot receive any channels on COM4, eg Quest or 5 USA. Is there a problem with this transmitter?
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Friday, 20 July 2018
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David Sharpe3:35 PM
I can get the channels on my Television set, but when I try to view through my recorder the message is WEAK SIGNAL, CHECK AERIAL CONNECTION over a blue background. My aerial connections are ok
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Monday, 23 July 2018
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Les10:00 AM
After the changes on 19th July 2018 would it be possible to update your "Which Freeview channels does Heathfield transmitter broadcast". It still shows the old pre retune channels.
Thanks
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PhilS9:53 PM
I agree with Les, there was one day when I returned and received COM4 channels for a day. They have now disappeared, it is really disappointing that the work has effectively removed channels that were previously working. I'm at the outer reach of the reception area in BN443GF, but all other channels seem OK. I think we need an status update telling us why certain channels have been removed, and when they will be returned. At the moment it's difficult to know if this is a deliberate or a temporary fault.
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StevensOnln111:14 PM
PhilS: No channels have been removed from any transmitter. If you have lost channels recently it will be down to either the atmospheric conditions caused by the current hot weather, frequency changes taking place at various transmitters, or a fault in your aerial system somewhere.
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