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 04/12/2023 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 withheldWednesday, 21 August 2013
MikeP
9:36 PM
9:36 PM
N Wood:
Have you tried swapping the TVs over? Is the problem still showing on just the one set in the position currently having problems? If yes, then suspect cables or aerial if you have separate aerials for each location, if no then suspect a possible TV fault.
Do you have 2 aerials or just one? If you have just one aerial feeding both sets, then it is quite likely associated with the section feeding the affected TV set - the part of the feed that is not shared by the TV that is working correctly. If they are fed from separate aerials with separate downleads, then it could potentially be either an aerial or cabling problem. In both cases, check the cables feeding the affected TV location and ensure they are undamaged and of good quality with effective screening. If in doubt, replace the cables and connectors feeding that TV with good cables, not cheap ones.
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
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tony fuller8:53 AM
very poor signal on meridian channels 3,4 and 5
11/09/13--bbc channels ok signals have been good up until now -what is the problem ?
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Friday, 15 November 2013
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PHDA8:45 AM
Poor reception in Ashford area over last couple of weeks. Has the power from the transmitter been reduced ? I know there was maintenance work week beginning 04/11/13 but problem of bad reception still exists.
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
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Andy9:44 PM
Getting no picture at all at the moment from the Heathfield transmitter. I have three aerials, two external and one internal. Two different digital TV's on two different roof ariels giving zero picture and yet "There are no problems with the transmitter" YES THERE ARE!!!!
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dave9:59 PM
Andy: We are also experiencing loss of picture and sound in Ore TN35 area of Hastings has been off and on for most of this evening.
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Ray10:04 PM
Andy:
It would appear that MUX COM4 SDN is not transmitting at the moment. All other chanels appear to be OK. What is frustrating is that there is no obvious way of reporting the problem.
Problems can't be fixed if no one report them!
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
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Andy10:23 AM
Eastbourne
Yet they still say there are no problems!
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MJ11:01 AM
Andy:
We've had no Com5 or 6 since last night and Com4 came back at about 8am this morning - We're near Seaford
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