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 |
Local transmitter maps
HEATHFIELD Freeview HEATHFIELD DAB Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)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 withheldSunday, 28 August 2016
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StevensOnln111:15 PM
John: No it won't. COM7 is a temporary multiplex which is available from 30 main transmitters (along with COM8) and will close in 2020. It won't be added to any other transmitter, nor will it be increased in transmission power.
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Monday, 29 August 2016
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L J Noyes4:50 PM
Dear Sirs/
I live in Burgess Hill West Sussex and I find that when I set my recorders to record after midnight the recordings start of fine but from about 1am the transmission ceases and stays of all night.
So I am unable to watch the entire programme only the very beginning minutes.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
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Richard Cooper8:32 AM
L J Noyes: Good Morning, L J Noyes. As has been explained by other contributors to this site, transmitters do not go 'off air' during the early hours of the morning when tv programmes are still being broadcast, which would suggest that you are not setting up your recorder to record the entirety of the programmes you wish to record. Some recorders give you the option to record parts of programmes, such as the first hour, for example. I would check the settings before you next wish to record a programme and ensure that you set up the recorder for recording the whole programme, rather than just the first hour or so. I hope this helps, Richard, Norwich.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2016
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MargaretJ10:04 AM
According to the Freeview website we can no longer receive some channels where I live in East Grinstead - e.g. Really, Yesterday, Moviemix. Why is this? They used to be available here.
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StevensOnln111:11 AM
MargaretJ: Please provide a postcode so we can access the reception prediction for your location, then we can advise further.
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MargaretJ12:54 PM
East Grinstead
MargaretJ:
Yes - postcode RH19 4EU
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MargaretJ's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln15:48 PM
MargaretJ: You're predicted to get better reception from Crystal Palace than Heathfield, although reception is showing as variable on some of the commercial channels. Nothing has changed at the transmitters so if you have lost channels which were working for you previously then your aerial system may have deteriorated or you could have a bad connection somewhere. It's worth checking the connections at the back of the TV first to make sure no cables are loose or damaged, then follow back towards the aerial as far as you can safely access.
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Thursday, 3 November 2016
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Keith Miller5:32 PM
Heathfield
On Sunday evening our television reception reduced to signal quality of 3-4 and we have lost ITV and channel 5 altogether. We have tried retuning the TV several times since. Our postcode is TN21 8TG. Can you help.
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Keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
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Alison8:20 PM
I live in Burgess Hill, should we be able to receive True Christmas, chennel 74?
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