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, 27 August 2021
Saturday, 28 August 2021
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Chris.SE4:57 AM
Aaron:
Glad you are getting what seems to be helpful responses from them.
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Friday, 3 September 2021
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Aaron6:18 PM
This appears to be fixed now (since 31st August) having watched about 3 hours worth of programmes this week.
It's a bit frustrating I was the only one to kick up a fuss about this though :(
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Saturday, 4 September 2021
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Chris.SE2:07 AM
Aaron:
Well, lets hope problems don't arise again, a least the BBC responded.
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Monday, 17 January 2022
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m Flinders11:35 PM
why can i not receive channel 49 on Freeview from Heathfield
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Tuesday, 18 January 2022
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Chris.SE2:32 AM
m Flinders:
LCN 49 - (currently) Great! tv is carried on Local multiplexes where there's a Local station on LCN7 or 8, and these are only broadcast from a limited number of main transmitters and the signal is generally beamed towards the urban areas of population they were setup to serve. A number of Great! channels were moved to Local multiplexes by their previous owner Sony back in July 2019.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplexes.
There's no Local or COM7 muxes at Heathfield.
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Alan Goss9:51 AM
Bexhill-on-sea
I have recently moved to Bexhill (Post code TN39 3TA). The TV (Freeview) picture is not bad but could be sharper. The houses around seem to have aerials pointing in different directions, I am guessing some towards Heathfield and some towards Hastings. Mine looks to be pointing towards Hastings. Which is likely to give the best signal and service?
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Alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE3:47 PM
Alan Goss:
Hi Alan. Depending on where you are within your postocde, there are 3 possible transmitters. First question, which way are your aerial rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal or vertical?
Are you getting the full range of muxes including COMs4-6, or just the PSBs?
Hastings requires vertical and is not the best across the postcode, there's a small UHF Relay at Bexhill (horizontal) which should have the most reliable reception but it's only the 3 PSB muxes, and Heathfield (horizontal as I'm sure you know) is not so good at the low end numbers (down to 26) but better as you go up.
But, remember predictions aren't always 100% accurate, does what you see with the aerials tie in?
The "sharpness" of the pictures should not depend on the transmitter unless that relay is not up to scratch!
Transmitter detail -
Bexhill, bearing 91 degrees, almost due E, horizontal polarisation - PSBs1-3, UHF C33, C36, C48.
Hastings, bearing 74 degrees, slightly E of ENE, vertical polarisation - PSBs1-3, COMs4-6, UHF C25, C28, C22, C23, C26, C30
Heathfield, bearing 313 degrees, almost NE, horizontal, PSBs1-3, COMs 4-6, UHF C41, C44, C47, C40, C43, C46
If you are getting reliable signals from Hastings, you might actually be better off with it being vertical polarisation as there's quite a bit of tropo around at present and it may just suffer less from any interference.
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Thursday, 17 March 2022
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Andy Banks6:27 PM
All channels from Heathfield on PSB2 are failing.
Pixelated picture at best and squeaking audio.
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Chris.SE10:54 PM
Andy Banks:
Well I can't find any reports of faults affecting PSB2 at Heathfield, which doesn't come as much of a surprise, as normally it's only multiplexes with BBC channels where reports are reliable. The transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering either, although it was last week! Maybe the work wasn't completed. It won't be the first time that the lists haven't been 100% accurate!
Are the problems still continuing?
Are any other channels not on PSB2 affected?
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