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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter._______
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 withheldThursday, 13 March 2014
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KMJ,Derby11:41 AM
Michael: There is high pressure affecting reception over parts of the UK at present. Signals from distant transmitters could be blocking reception of your normal channels. Sudbury is a possible source of interference on the frequencies you mention. A viewer in North Wales has posted that they were receiving siignals from Sandy Heath during the night.
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daniel badman12:32 PM
Hastings
Michael: it must be the high pressure
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daniel's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 15 March 2014
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Ralph Beeken12:40 PM
Hythe
Hythe Kent(hillside.
We have been plagued by frequent signal lost for a week to ten days some times for hours and others for a short time.Please Help.
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Ralph's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
8:02 PM
8:02 PM
Ralph
Almost certainly due to the weather, high pressure causes such problems frequently. Nothing you can to to prevent it and please do not try a retune - you may well lose the programmes you currently have.
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Betamax_man10:24 PM
York
MikeP: Definitely due to the weather. I have received MKFM & BBC 3 Counties etc. on DAB 10C in East Riding of Yorkshire.
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Betamax_man's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:47 PM
1:47 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:22 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:38 PM
8:38 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:22 today to 12:44 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:36 AM
1:36 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:22 yesterday to 12:44 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 21 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:34 AM
1:34 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 12:22 on 19 Mar to 12:44 on 19 Mar. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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