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 - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 15 Oct 11:00 until 15 Oct 13:53. Poor quality due to a fault from 14 Oct 10:38 until 14 Oct 13:32. . FM: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 15 Oct 11:00 until 15 Oct 13 
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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 withheldSaturday, 3 September 2011
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Matt11:15 AM
Godalming
Julia: Your heathfield reception is expected to be poor esp. mux 1: the BBC channels. It will improve after Switchover in 2012. However, Reigate will probably be slightly better after DSO.
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Matt's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Julia Spencer: You might also want to see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
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sue5:11 PM
Hastings
hi i live in hastings and just had an aerial installed but the installer has set me up for the Heathfield and he said i cant get freeview at the moment but i will when it switchs over i said why dont you set me up on the hastings transmitter and he said it will work now but not when it switchs so theres no point setin me up on hastings my postcode is tn35 5ee any healp wood be healpfull should i ask for my money back and get anuther installer
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sue's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby5:46 PM
sue: The installer is quite correct in that Hastings gives freeview reception at the present time, but the Digital UK postcode checker predicts that you will lose Mux1/BBCA on 30th May and the remaining muxes on 13th June as Hastings will use the same frequencies after switchover as Crystal Palace. Whilst you would still be in range of signals from Hastings reception from there would be dependent on the aerial being positioned in a null for Crystal Palace before any usable reception was obtained. Heathfield , meanwhile is your best option after switchover, albeit with variable reception. You should have Mux BBCA from 30th May 2012, the remaining muxes (except possibly mux SDN) from 13th June 2012. Mux SDN from Heathfield changes frequency and increases power on 27th June 2012.
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012
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daniel badman2:23 PM
Hastings
are you shor Crystal Palace will be a proble because this web site sat its out of sight so i dont see how it wood aftect it i think the checker is wrong because i have had frends get told they cant get freeview but the get a bo and it works and i have had other frends get told that they can and gess what tey cant
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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daniel badman2:25 PM
Hastings
sorry for the spelling my keybords not workin proper lol
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby3:05 PM
daniel badman: The Digital UK postcode checker predicts that the HD mux from Crystal Palace on C30 will give good reception after switchover, but shows poor or zero reception on those frequencies which are shared with Hastings. Hastings, meanwhile shows no predictions after switchover. If Digital UK has over estimated the effect of the signal from Crystal Palace you will no doubt find that Hastings will give good reception in some locations, however it has been found that interfering signals can have an influence some way outside their normal reception areas. Out of interest you could try tuning an analogue receiver to the present Crystal Palace analogue frequencies to see if there is a hint of any reception from CP. The postcode checker predictions take the terrain into account, also including general problems such as a forest or heavily built up area in the signal path, but do not include the influence of local obstructions such as individual trees or tall buildings. The prediction for Heathfield at your location is not that brilliant, but (with careful aerial positioning in some locations) should give reasonably reliable reception.
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daniel badman3:28 PM
Hastings
there is a very very week singnal from cp but if i use my attenuator it gos completly so if i use my anttenuator to weeken the signal it should workd ? gess i wil just have to keep my fingers crosed
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 6 February 2012
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B. Carr3:49 PM
Bexhill-on-sea
I have a Sky freesat dish. That is working OK. However I can only get an analogue signal from Heathfield, my location not being suitable for a signal from Hastings.
I suddenly seem to have lost all my analogue channels. Have they been switched off already?
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B.'s: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb385:36 PM
B. Carr: The satellite dish looks like your best policy for TV reception, as according to the reception predictor you are not forecast as being able to receive Freeview signals from anywhere at a level worth wasting time on until June 13th, then Heathfield comes into the equation as well as Bexhill, Tunbridge Wells is also possible although the ITV mux is permanently on a variable status for reception.
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