Freeview Light on the Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 4,300 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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, 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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Patcham 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 | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 14W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 14W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 14W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Patcham transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 40km northeast (41°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 79km west (270°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 69W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 14W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 27 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 AM
8:08 AM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 05:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 05:43 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 05:43 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 05:43 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 on 27 Sep to 05:43 on 27 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 on 27 Sep to 05:43 on 27 Sep. [BBC]
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Jane Varey7:12 PM
My reception has been awful recently especially when recording - similar to when there is a high pressure system in the summer - but there hasn't been one.
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Chris.SE10:46 PM
Jane Varey:
Didn't you see the Transmitter Engineering posts immediately prior to yours?
Also, there has been "tropospheric propagation" in recent times which is often associated with high pressure systems, but not always.
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Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
5:01 AM
5:01 AM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jan 00:00 until 15 Jan 00:54. . [BBC]
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Friday, 21 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Feb 08:16 until 21 Feb 08:22. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 May 00:49 until 23 May 00:56. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 6 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 5 Jun 10:57 until 5 Jun 11:03. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jun 10:20 until 5 Jun 10:32. . [BBC]
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