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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) mast?
Patcham transmitter - Patcham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black 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.
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: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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, plus 16 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 141m | DTG- | 14W |
 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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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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Monday, 22 April 2024
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Bob Reeve3:59 PM
Thanks again. FYI, I've never been able to get any HD channels here on Freeview. To get Freeview at all I need a (Wolsey 4 Way TV Signal) Amplifier. Thanks for the tip on manual tuning. From memory ( I wish I kept better records!) the aerial filter was needed because we lost BBC channels last time. I had a new aerial put in because I thought the old one had been damaged in bad weather before we realised it was a filter we needed. Duh. We do occasionally get broken reception on the Beeb when there's high pressure weather, but not recently.
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Alistair McNair4:35 PM
Dear Freeview
Do you know when the Patcham transmitter upgrade will be complete? Many residents are complaining about the lack of signal.
Yours faithfull
Cllr Alistair McNair
Councillor for Patcham & Hollingbury
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Bob Reeve5:00 PM
Just had a call from Paul at Arquiva. Service has been restored. Just checked and it has. Thanks for everyone's help.
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Chris.SE7:54 PM
Alistair McNair:
It's not an upgrade, it's Planned Engineering (which is usually maintenance). The post before yours is the answer to your question.
PS. This is a free technical helpsite.
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Chris.SE7:56 PM
Alistair McNair:
Apologies, I meant the post after yours!
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Chris.SE7:57 PM
Bob Reeve:
Hi Bob, well done for that. How did you manage to get that level of feedback/response - almost unheard of !!
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Friday, 1 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 1 Nov 12:14 until 1 Nov 14:34. . [BBC]
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Monday, 18 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Patcham transmitter - Patcham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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