Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C41 (634.0MHz)	298m	DTG-	20,000W
	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)	298m	DTG-	20,000W
	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)	298m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C40 (626.0MHz)	298m	DTG-8	20,000W
	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)	300m	DTG-8	20,000W
	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)	300m	DTG-8	20,000W
	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?

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
C49_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C52_{tv_off}	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
C64	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves
C67	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

HEATHFIELD Freeview HEATHFIELD DAB HEATHFIELD AM/FM Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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

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ROBERT LONGDEN
10:07 AM

3RD jAN 2018, VERY POOR ON ALL . any REASON?

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StevensOnln1

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10:48 AM

ROBERT LONGDEN: Most likely due to a fault (e.g. loose connection etc) somewhere in your system. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV. Do not attempt to retune.

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MikeP

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3:50 PM

ROBERT LONGDEN:

Please don't shout! Please provide a full post code so we can look at the expected conditions at your location.

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SteveK
5:31 PM

Has Film4+1 been taken off ? Suddenly disappeared from 45.

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StevensOnln1

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5:44 PM

SteveK: Film4 +1 moved from PSB3 to the PSB2 this morning. A retune should restore it (and bring you up to date with various other recent changes if your TV hasn't already updated itself).

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SteveK
9:41 AM

StevensOnln1. Thanks. The came back of its own accord by the Friday. Haven't checked which it is on though.

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M McDOugall
11:01 AM

I have lost ( 01 Feb 2019) channel 44 from the : strength is 100% but there but no data: ie PSB2 and D3+4 (658.0MHz) and these programmes.

E4, 3 ITV (Meridian (East micro )), 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast), 73 Sewing Quarter,

Any ideas why?

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MikeP

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8:06 PM

M McDonald:

The reason is that your strength is far too high and overloading the tuner in your equipment. The ideal signal strength is between 60% and 85%, so please search thios website for 'Too much of a good thing' and then take note of the information and act upon it.

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Philip Turner-Adams
2:52 PM

Good afternoon, last night we lost all ITV on BBC ok
Left it till today thinking as in the past there may be an issue at .
Tried today and still no ITV channels.
I have checked my areial and connections and all ok.
Please advise.

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MikeP

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7:31 PM

Phillip Turner-Adams:

We need a full post code please?

It may be due to the high pressure around at the moment. DO NOT RETUNE.

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