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 25/11/2024 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 withheldWednesday, 13 June 2012
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argyle_mikey9:47 PM
Heathfield
Richard,
Just a thought - try scanning again with a set top aerial. My picture was breaking up using my roof aerial, the signal was just too strong think - but the set top aerial picked up all the channels no problem and all have been clear this evening. You're maybe 3 miles from here...
Mike
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argyle_mikey's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb3811:06 PM
Richard Kernick: Should you still not be able to receive any HD signals after having tried whats been suggested by argyle_mikey, then come back with the model number of the TV or box you are using and this can be checked out.
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Andy11:19 PM
Hi, after the second round of retuning on 13th June we appear to have lost everything from the Heathfield transmitter on Com 4 - ITV 3 ITV 2 +1 5* 5USA etc. Any idea what's happening (can't miss Justified).
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Andy: Read my posting above to Micky which I made at 3:31PM today!
COM4 remains on low power until 27th of this month.
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Thursday, 14 June 2012
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Andy1:30 PM
Eastbourne
Hi Dave, thanks for that, I did read all of the posts but obviously was a bit too dim to take it all in (not very technically minded I'm afraid), so basically I should just wait and retune on or after the 27th? (and watch Justified on catch up)
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Andy: Retuning on or after 27th should be expected to restore these channels.
If your set has manual tuning, then manually tune to UHF channel 48 which is what these services are currently being broadcast on.
If you have a booster, then it is probably best removed. This may or may not help with your reception of COM5.
Once the booster is removed, if you got nothing tuning to C48, then try again.
Different sets work differently and have different sensitivities, so it might be worth trying each one (if they allow manual tuning).
As far as signal strength goes, it isn't so important; it is quality that matters. So the objective is NOT to get the strength bar as close to 100% as possible; indeed this could indicate too much signal strength.
For this reason I suggest removing the booster. So long as the quality is excellent, then the picture will be the best will ever be.
Different sets use different scales, so don't go comparing expecting like for like readings with the same aerial.
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Ian Foord5:48 PM
Is there (or was)a problem with DSO from Heathfield ? as on the night i watched the analog channels go off and the digi come on .
SDN was on but not BBCB ,but in the morning SDN was gone and still no BBCB ? Still the
same as of now
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Ian Foord: SDN is on low power until 27th.
BBCB should be available. Are you sure that your receiver has a DVB-T2 tuner in and not just a DVB-T one?
A "HD Ready" TV doesn't have the means to receive Freeview HD signals. "Full HD" does not mean that it can necessarily receive Freeview HD signals, it simply means that the resolution of the HD picture that it can display is the maximum resolution of 1080p.
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Dave Gamble7:15 PM
Eastbourne
BN20 9NB Loft Ariel.
Hi.. I now receive the signal from the Heathfield transmitter but cannot receive ESPN which used to be on channel 34 nor Quest which was on channel 38.. I used to point to the Hastings Transmitter.. I tried to scan with out the Ariel in but the EPG and programs all remained
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dave Gamble: COM4 (which carries Quest and ESPN among others) is on low power from Heathfield and will remain so until 27th when a retune will be required.
You may be able to use manual tuning (if available) to restore it. It is currently on UHF channel 48.
For a list of Freeview services, see here (it's those with a bullet in the "E" England column):
DMOL Post-DSO Multiplex Channel Allocations
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