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 withheldTuesday, 3 May 2016
MikeP
10:20 AM
Trowbridge
10:20 AM
Trowbridge
Vince and Carol:
For anyone to offer meaningful assistance they need a full post code of your location or that of a very nearby shop or post office. That is so that we can determine which transmitter you may be using and whether there are any engineering works or line of sight obstructions.
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MikeP's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 6 May 2016
V
Vince3:31 PM
Heathfield
MikeP:
Hi Mike
My postcode is TN21 8LX - I am about a mile from the Heathfield transmitter. As I said the strange thing with this is that the signal has gone on at least 3 different occasions at 1:07am.
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Saturday, 7 May 2016
MikeP
10:47 AM
Trowbridge
10:47 AM
Trowbridge
Vince:
Your are extremely close to the transmitter! It may be that your signal is just too strong for reliable reception. Could you check what the strength is on several channels, including any that are affected by the problem. The ideal strength is between 50% and 75% normally, any higher than that will cause apparent loss of signal as it's too strong for the tuner. The cooler atmosphere at night can sometimes cause changes in the transmission efficiency of the surrounding air.
The other point to check is whether there is any electrical equipment in the vicinity that come on or goes off at that time. Any warehouse, factory or office with such equipment can cause problems if there is a fault present.
You should also check whether you have any electrical equipment that comes on or goes off at that time, such as central heating controls, timers, etc.
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Monday, 9 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 today to 13:54 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 yesterday to 13:54 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 on 09 May to 13:54 on 09 May. [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:50 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:50 today to 14:07 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 13 May 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:50 yesterday to 14:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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