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 27/11/2023 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 withheldSaturday, 8 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:21 today to 19:35 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 9 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:21 yesterday to 19:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 10 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 18:21 on 08 Nov to 19:35 on 08 Nov. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 3 December 2014
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David Hyland10:50 PM
Wadhurst
We have no free view signal at TN5 7PY
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 9 February 2015
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hade9:40 PM
I am having problems with a couple of channels and the signal strength has gone down from strong to good the last few days and picture flickers to goes and comes back.the aerial is checked and nothings moved. I have had it up above re outside roof for 2 years it's a top of the range large digital aerial. I am thinking there's a fault with the transmitter..I have done reset scan but still the same there's a few channels that have less quality and freeze that didn't before.
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MikeP
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
hade:
You have not given a post code so we cannot determine which is you local transmitter. That means we cannot check whether there are any problems reported or whether there are problems between you and that transmitter. As you have posted on the page relevant to Heathfield transmitter, a post code would allow us to confirm, or otherwise, whether that is the best for you particular location.
There is no such thing as a 'digital' aerial, all UHF aerials can receive both digital and analogue signals perfectly well as long as it is of the correct group and aimed at your recommended transmitter.
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Tuesday, 10 February 2015
H
hade8:13 AM
Eastbourne
Hello from hade my postcode is bn23 7jw
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