Freeview Light on the Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter

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8:50 PM

Jon: The will never transmit the Commercial as their operators do not wish to do so and this is the case in nearly 1,100 similar sites in the UK. See Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

The only possible way to get the channels is if they can be received from a that carries them. Those being Whitehawk, and perhaps (which switches in June).

I had a look on Google Streetview and spotted an on Whitehawk on a house on Ashdown Avenue.

Numbers 34 and 36 Chorley Avenue also have aerials on Whitehawk (photos taken March 2009). The former's aerial is below the top of the of the latter.

Both of these are bungalows which, by their very nature, have their aerials lower down that houses. So if they can get it, then it should raise hopes that others might do.

Peter Barnard
11:34 PM

Bit of a con then. Why was this information not on the heaps of leaflets and information we were given?
Our installation was to give an alternative to the free , but, with such a limited service it was a waste of money. Thankfully we still have the etc

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Wednesday, 25 April 2012

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12:51 AM

Peter Barnard: I sympathise. This is private enterprise doing what it does best; serve its own interests.

Whilst, as far as I know, the literature carries in the small print something along the lines of "subject to coverage", I do not believe that it makes clear that some are only available in most areas, or even better, that certain areas receive only restricted channels.

is a possibility and there is a comparison of channels available on Freesat versus those on the full Freeview service:

Compare Freeview and Freesat-from-Sky TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

ITV3 is available on Freesat.

Friday, 21 September 2012

Andy
11:43 AM

Hi,

Recently, I received a messsage on screen telling me that new were available and advising me to retune.

I retuned (wiped out channels and used first time ). After scanning, I was surprised to find that I was picking up BBC1 as a very weak and poor signal signal on Channel 60, previously I was receiving a very strong signal (and high quality signal) on Channel 55.

I deleted Channel 60 and manually scanned Channel 55 and regained the original strong and high quality signal.

The only explanation I can think of is that my tv scanned the and found the highest channel for BBC1 (60) and then did not further for other BBC1 channels. In other words, it looks like the TV searches for the higher channel number. Am I correct?

Incidently, I could not see any new channels after the rescan!

Thanks.

Best wishes.

A

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1:05 PM

Andy: I've re-read the exchanges that you have had previously with myself and others.

BBC on is from Whitehawk. is from , as you have gathered.

Some changes to logical numbers (LCNs) took place on Wednesday:

Freeview channel numbers change on September 19th 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Others were due to also take place on that day, but due to two disputing the change, these will either be cancelled or postponed:

Updated - changes to Freeview channel numbers this week on September 19th 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

One such channel is Sky News which has gone to court. has said that the reason is because viewers will have to enter three digits instead of two to get to it. This is a bit rich given that all channels on Sky's service are three digits anyway!

If you are receiving from Saltdean, then you will not have available the Commercial (COM) channels which include Sky News. The HD channels were due to move to 10x numbers, but this doesn't seem to have happened. So in actual fact there were probably no changes for the PSB channels and therefore no changes to the broadcast by Saltdean.

As you were receiving BBC on C60 from Whitehawk with the facing the wrong way, then we must wonder whether you could receive a full service from it on a reliable basis. This would give you the COM channels which Saltdean does not transmit.

See this page for the six multiplexes (each is a separate ), three of which are PSB and three, COMs:

DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

The only reason you may not have good from Whitehawk is because of the high ground at Rottingdean on and immediately behind Westmeston Avenue.

It may be worth noting that the effective transmission of Whitehawk is greater on all six channels than it was on the former , so it is expected to reach parts that it didn't before.

If I were you, I would be investigating the possibility of reception from Whitehawk in order to receive all channels.

Andy
3:03 PM

Thanks for responding.

from Whitehawk is of very poor . Moving the is not an option. In any event, no one around me gets reception from Whitehawk.

Hence, I use the .

My reason for posting was to ask why on re-scanning I received the poor quality 60 (Whitehawk), rather than the high quality 55 (Saltdean).

I deleted the 60 (far too blocky), and manually re-scanned for 55 (high quality).

Best wishes.

A

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3:22 PM

Andy: Having scanned, some receivers go with the first signals that were found. As yours has gone with the highest then obviously this isn't the cause.

I'm not an RF professional, but the best logical explanation I can give you is that "if" it has picked up the three COMs from Whitehawk, then "maybe" it has chosen to go with PSB1 (BBC) from Whitehawk because it matches it closer from a strength point of view.

You will know if you have tuned the three COMs because there will be [10]ITV3 (which is carried on COM4), [11]Pick TV (COM5) and/or [12]Dave (COM6) present.

As Whitehawk and its relays switched over in March, then prior to that there was probably no chance of it being received at your location. Thus, only from then onwards would there be any benefit in receiving from it (rather than ), if indeed it is available. So if no one has taken that step to investigate the possibility maybe some aren't aware then everyone will continue to use Saltdean.

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Richard Easy
3:20 PM

Hi, any idea when will be back up and running?

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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Peter Barnard
5:10 PM

Today 30/7/13 I cannot get any BBC radio on either of my portable receivers. Radio 1,2,3,etc all dead, other stations are fine
i.e. talksport, Heart etc.
Engineer pages say nothing wrong!
Any answers?

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Peter Barnard
5:11 PM

Previous post was from the Brighton area