Freeview Light on the Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 1,500 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 Saltdean (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 Saltdean (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 Saltdean 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 -1.9dB | C41 (634.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 26W |
 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 40W |
 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 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 40W |
 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 Saltdean (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 Saltdean transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (28°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 86km west (274°)
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 Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||||
| E | E | E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C54tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C66 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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?
| D3+4, BBCB | 40W | |
| BBCA | (-1.9dB) 26W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-4.6dB) 14W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012
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Mike Dimmick12:11 PM
Kent Smith: typically mast-head amplifiers actually run on a much lower DC voltage, typically 12V. The power supply for the amplifier converts from 240V AC to the DC voltage.
It's still not a great idea to work with it with the power on, though!
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Kent Smith12:16 PM
Brighton
I think the booster must be under the black plastic dipole cover. Can't see it elsewhere.
Any change in the advice
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Kent Smith12:27 PM
Brighton
Sorry, wrong information.
I have just followed the aerial cable, the amplifier is in the house.
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Kent Smith4:30 AM
Brighton
Are you saying turn the amplifier off before working on the aerial, or leave it on if you like, it does not really matter.
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Saturday, 7 April 2012
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Howard J. Bates2:36 AM
Brighton
Regarding aerials
There is a balck plastic vertical cover close to the back of the aerial on the main shaft. Is the dipole within this cover?
How do the directors propogate the signal?
Why are they (directors) sometimes called parasitic?
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jb387:47 AM
Kent Smith: My latter comment was really being said purely from the ultimate "safety to the person" point of view if working at heights, as the actual booster cannot be damaged if you leave it switched on whilst working on an aerial as there is no voltage on the aerial side of the booster to short circuit.
When you had asked the original question you didn't actually define as to whether or not you were enquiring from a danger of damaging the booster point of view or your question was one of personal safety.
When I referred to a slight tingle, this is what many people have experienced if they are holding a metal coax plug in their hand and touch the socket on the equipment they intend to insert the plug into, its not dangerous but could be if holding onto something metallic on a roof at the time, although the power supplies used for boosters is technically safer to the non- transformer types as have been used in domestic entertainment equipment from about 25 years ago to the present.
In other words, a person will NOT get the tingle referred to if dealing with an older fashioned and "heavy" VCR recorder, these being heavy because of using transformers.
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Sunday, 8 April 2012
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A12:16 PM
Can someone tell me where the dipole is on this aerial?
RX - Yagi UHF TV Aerials | Antiference
Thanks (BN28AG)
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Monday, 9 April 2012
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A12:28 PM
Brighton
That is, the RX12
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Mike Dimmick2:34 PM
A: On any Yagi-type aerial, the dipole is immediately in front of the reflector. On this one it must be contained within the plastic box. The cable always connects to the dipole (perhaps via some other electronics first).
There is a rod on the other side of the boom from that plastic box, but I assume that's an oddly-positioned director - a plain dipole is always split in half, electrically.
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