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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rye (East Sussex, England) mast?
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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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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), | |||||
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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-south-east-today.jpg)
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.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-meridian.jpg)
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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Monday, 15 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Rye transmitter - Rye transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 April 2024
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
Rye transmitter - Rye transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
RYE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Apr 11:28 until 18 Apr 11:29. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
7:45 AM
7:45 AM
RYE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Aug 06:11. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:22 PM
1:22 PM
RYE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Aug 08:11 until 13 Aug 08:16. Off the air due to a fault from 13 Aug 07:52 until 13 Aug 07:55. Off the air due to a fault from 13 Aug 06:11 until 13 Aug 07:24. . [BBC]
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