Freeview Light on the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Newhaven (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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Newhaven 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C26 (514.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 131m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Newhaven transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (21°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 66km 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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1970-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | ||||
| VHF | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | B E T | A K T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C8 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C41 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA |
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 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldThursday, 24 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:33 PM
1:33 PM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:32 on 22 Sep to 10:48 on 22 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 yesterday to 15:50 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 yesterday to 15:50 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:32 on 22 Sep to 10:48 on 22 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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Friday, 25 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 on 23 Sep to 15:50 on 23 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:32 on 22 Sep to 10:48 on 22 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 yesterday, Radio 3 FM W [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:32 on 22 Sep to 10:48 on 22 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 on 23 Sep to 15:50 on 23 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 yesterday, Radio 3 FM W [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 on 23 Sep to 15:50 on 23 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:32 on 22 Sep to 10:48 on 22 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 yesterday to 12:10 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 yesterda [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 on 23 Sep to 15:50 on 23 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:32 on 22 Sep to 10:48 on 22 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 on 24 Sep to 12:10 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 on 2 [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
NEWHAVEN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 14:40 on 23 Sep to 15:50 on 23 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 on 24 Sep to 12:10 on 25 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 on 24 Sep to 12:10 on 25 Sep, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:45 on 24 Sep to [BBC]
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Sunday, 18 October 2015
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Ralph Wood6:45 PM
Dear bbc newhaven,
Reception on my rooftop aerial has dropped out several times during the last two weeks. ITV has remained unchanged and so I suspect transmission problems. I live on the west side of Seaford and a friend has reported similar outages on the east side. It is getting very annoying as we feel we are not getting a good service...certainly not as good as in the distant past. We are still paying the licence fees and with the freeview lite service feel somewhat disadvantaged compared with other nearby locations.
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MikeB8:57 PM
Macclesfield
Ralph Wood:
1) BBC newhaven does not exist - the transmitter is run by Aquiva, and both ITV and BBC muxes are transmitted at the same power anyway.
2) This site has nothing to do with the BBC, or with Aquiva.
3) You havn't given a postcode, so we have no idea where you are relative to the transmitter. Without that information, nobody can tell what sort of signal you should get.
4) However, you problem sounds very much like Ossie Nelson's issue on the Hannington thread Which Freeview channels does the Hannington transmitter broadcast?
The advice myself and MikeP gave probably applies to you as well.
As for the freeview light thing, David Lindsay has an explaination for it (which I suspect is on a copy and paste function), but basically, without the BBC, you'd pretty much get nowt. If geography means you can't get Freeview from a full transmitter, try Freesat.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dave Lindsay
9:32 PM
9:32 PM
Ralph Wood: PSB1 / BBC A (BBC standard definition TV and radio) from Newhaven is on UHF channel 50. This is co-channel (same frequency) with one of East Dean's multiplexes and you might just have (or almost have) line-of-sight at 5 miles. The other two channels (PSB2=commercial standard definition and PSB3=HD) of Newhaven aren't shared with East Dean.
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