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 withheldWednesday, 13 September 2017
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
2:33 PM
2:33 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:59 today to 12:11 today, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:49 today to 12:11 today. 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 - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:59 today to 12:11 today, BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:33 today to 14:35 today, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:49 today to 12:11 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:59 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:33 yesterday to 14:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:49 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio [BBC]
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Amanda Persaud9:17 AM
we have a communal area and are currently getting a "no signal" message on the TV's. is there a problem with the transmitter, i wanted to check before i call out the engineers.
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Transmitter engineering
11:31 AM
11:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:33 yesterday to 14:35 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:59 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday, HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 11:49 yesterday to 12:11 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:31 PM
5:31 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:33 yesterday to 14:35 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 yesterday to 14:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Jennifer Hamad8:51 PM
We are in South Chailey and currently experiencing intermittent and interrupted signal on chs 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 24, 28, 68 so assume it is at your end rather than ours. Freeview reset procedure has no positive effect and all electrical equipment is as before and in unchanged positions.
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MikeB10:32 PM
Jennifer Hamad: We have no idea where you are so cannot say what signal you should be getting. But although there was seemingly work yesterday, there doesn't seem to be any today. You can put your postcode into the site to bring up information on the transmitters in your area, but its unlikely the fault is at the transmitter - its much more likely to be at your end.
Check you leads - the most likely problem is a dodgy lead or connection, and signal strength - if its low, then either the transmitter does have a problem, or you do.
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Friday, 15 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 14:33 on 13 Sep to 14:35 on 13 Sep. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:09 on 13 Sep to 14:12 on 13 Sep. [BBC]
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