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 04/11/2024 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 withheldSunday, 5 August 2018
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
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Les1:40 PM
Problems last night here in Reigate (Mon 6th Aug) with BBCA mux ch40 at around 22:00.
Ranged from pixelation to complete loss of signals, presumably due to atmospherics / co channel interference. Other mux's were unaffected including BBCB ch43.
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tony mays5:12 PM
since retuning on the 19th July 2018 as directed, unable to get several channels mostly ITV C3
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StevensOnln17:25 PM
tony mays: You most likely have an older grouped aerial which is not designed to receive the frequencies now in use at the Heathfield transmitter. If you don't have satellite or cable you should be eligible to have a replacement wideband aerial fitted free of charge, which can be arranged by contacting the Freeview Advice Line (see link below).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Saturday, 25 August 2018
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Wiles11:51 AM
Lewes
BN8 4HU
Our aerial is on the roof
Since you changed the frequency and I retuned my tv we have had nothing but bad reception and now have had to have an engineer in to add a booster box as the reception from Heathfield was so weak that it was breaking up on most of the channels , before you changed we had very little problem.
This cost us 144.
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Wiles's: mapW's Freeview map terrainW's terrain plot wavesW's frequency data W's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln14:00 PM
Wiles: No one from this website is involved in deciding or implementing any transmitter changes. Did you contact the Freeview Advice Line after finding you had problems with reception? They would have arranged a replacement wideband aerial free of charge if required (before you ask, no they won't reimburse your 144).
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Tuesday, 28 August 2018
We have three TVs that are not receiving a signal since yesterday. Have tried re tuning on all 3 but no channels installed.
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MikeP
10:56 AM
10:56 AM
Tracey Mitchell-Cobb:
Retuning was the wrong thing to do, it will never restore lost channels. As you have not given a full post code we have no idea where you are nor which of the over 1100 transmitters you are receiving from.
It is highly likely that you have a fault in your aerial system. Please check all the connections carefully and ensure that any active splitter is working properly.
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Wednesday, 26 September 2018
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MAYD5:37 PM
since the change with update tuning have had nothing but problems with channels 3 4 5 6 15 and more.
Tv engineer attended 4 times fitted another box in loft to cut out mobile frequency .
Also a further filter at the back of tv aerial. Today all day could not get the channels except BBC 1 2.
Screen just says no signal or no service ??
The TV Engineer is ??
Have you any suggestions do you think the aerial needs moving??
Thank you
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Thursday, 27 September 2018
MikeP
10:26 AM
10:26 AM
MayD:
please follow the advice given in the text above the entry box and provide a full post code. Without that we cannot see what the poredicted reception is like at your location.
Please also check all your aerial cables and connections. If there are coaxial plugs/sockets please unplug those and then refit. That will clear any corrosion/oxidation from the contacts which as a well known cause of problems such as you report.
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