Freeview Light on the Rye (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rye (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Rye (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 Rye (East Sussex, 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 Rye 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 58m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 58m | DTG- | 50W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 58m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Rye (East Sussex, 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 Rye transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 37km west-northwest (302°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 39km north-northwest (342°)
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 Rye (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | E T | E T | E T | E T | B E K T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C46 | D3+4 | BBCB | |||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C54tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 50W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-5.9dB) 13W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Dover transmitter area
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012
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D Green6:00 PM
Rye
I have recently moved house in Rye. In my new house the TV (Yagi) aerial seems to be aligned to the Rye transmitter. I get good reception on those channels (eg BBC1, BBC2, BBC 3, BBC 4) broadcast on Channel 54 and those on Channel 46 (eg ITV 1, ITV 2, Channel 4), but can't get ITV 3. As far as I can see, the reason is the Rye transmitter does not broadcast this - are there plans to transmit ITV 3 in the future?
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Wednesday, 4 July 2012
D Green: Unfortunately not; the Commercial (COM) multiplexes do not have as wide a coverage as the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) ones. The main reason being that the small transmitters like Rye don't carry them because the operators don't regard it as worthwhile to pay for them.
The UK now has a two-tier terrestrial transmitter network. 81 of the largest transmitters (largest by viewer population) carry all six multiplexes (three PSBs plus three COMs) and these serve around 90% of the population. (A multiplex is a single signal that carries multiple "services".)
The other 1,000 or so small "filler-in" relays like Rye carry only PSBs and serve about 8.5% of the population.
The reason for this is because the Commercial broadcasters operate for profit only and have no "Public Service" obligation. They were invited to increase their coverage and declined. For them to transmit from the 1,000 relays would roughly double their cost of transmission. As they are interested in getting as many viewers as possible at lowest possible cost (to show advertising to), then it's not surprising that they've stuck with the biggest transmitters.
Reception from Dover may be possible. I had a look down your road on Streetview and all the aerials I could see were on Dover. So you may be lucky and be able to receive the full complement of channels from Dover.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015
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Fiona3:10 PM
Hi, I bought a new tv in november 2014, after tuning I received 6 HD channels via the freeviewHD, which is integral to my samsung smart tv. Over the past 7-10 days the HD channels are either pixelated or sound only, my signal comes from the Rye transmitter, i have spoken to freeview and there are no planned or emergency engineering works in my area, the signal strength on the HD channels is 100% with no errors, I have retuned using the freeview reset procedure, to no effect. I have two ariels, each with there own socket, one downstairs and one upstairs, the problems exist with both ariels. The upstairs ariel was fitted by an engineer from freeview and the downstairs one was installed when the house was built in 2000. Up until the past 7 to 10 days both ariels supplied excellent HD channel reception. Have you any suggestions of what may be the problem?
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Dave Lindsay
8:07 PM
8:07 PM
Fiona: Confirm whether or not 4G in the 800MHz band is operating in your area and perhaps coincides with the start of your issue.
The mobile operators have set-up a company called "at800" to address the issue of interference with TV reception and its contact details are here: Contact us | Advice or general enquiries | at800
I suggest you give them a ring and see what they say. If it could be 4G interference then they will send out one free filter per address.
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MikeB10:08 PM
Fiona: You havn't given a postcode, so we dont know how close you are to the transmitter, but if your signal strength is 100%, then it might be too high. It could be one explaination for your problem. and there is more about it here: Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you
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Thursday, 28 May 2020
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Martin Blincow 7:14 PM
We own The Mermaid Inn in Rye. We are suffering intermittent problems with reception. At times no signal. Can you help?
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Friday, 29 May 2020
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Chris.SE1:36 AM
Martin Blincow :
It could depend on which transmitter you are receiving as there are several you could get. Which way is your aerial pointing and are the rods vertical or horizontal?
Whilst there's no listed Planned Engineering for any of the likely transmitters, there has been some Tropospheric Ducting Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | Help receiving TV and radio affecting parts of the SE and it may continue for a day or two. It can affect some channels more than others.
Retuning in these circumstances is not a good idea, as you may well lose correct tuning, or get the wrong transmitters or regions, and have to retune again when conditions change.
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Thursday, 12 August 2021
Absolutely shocking reception in NORTHIAM TN31 always around 7.25pm and then until. 9pm most of the best channels are pixelated and it's phenomenonally frustrating just as you get half way through a program...it breaks up... Terrible service terrible signal... Frustrating and upsetting.
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StevensOnln110:10 PM
Craig Nelson: If you are loosing signal at the same time each day then it is most likely being caused by electrical interference from something either in your home or nearby (such as a neighbour's property) which is being switched on and off at the same time each day, probably on a timer. Equipment or appliances with an electric motor (e.g. heating pump or power tools) are common causes, as well as some types of LED light bulbs (particularly cheaper ones) which may not have adequate shielding against the emission of electromagnetic noise. It is very unlikely to be a problem at the transmitter.
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Chris.SE10:23 PM
Craig Nelson:
Both Freeview and previously the BBC have posted warnings about the curent high pressure weather system causing some disruption to reception in various parts of the country but especially the south. These conditions sometimes cause Tropospheric Ducting which causes TV signals to travel (a lot) further resulting in interference from other transmitters in the UK or Europe (it was called continental interference in the old days).
This situation may continue for several days, at any instant in can last for seconds, sometimes minutes, even hours, it's not exactly predictable. It's also frequency dependent so may not affect all multiplexes at the same time.
The conditions may persist for several days I'm afraid, there is nothing that can be done about the weather, do NOT retune whilst the problem exists as invariably it often clears the correct tuning and may leave you with signal from the wrong transmitter which results in no signal as conditions change.
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