Full Freeview on the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 96,000 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 Whitehawk Hill (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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Whitehawk Hill 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Whitehawk Hill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 43km northeast (36°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 80km 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 Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | E | E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C54tv_off | LBN | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | SDN | ||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C63 | 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?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-3dB) 5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 4kW | |
| Mux B* | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBN | (-14dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A* | (-17dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 21 December 2013
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simon8:42 PM
Hove
Very frustrating.
Moved in to my property 8 months ago and all channels functioned perfectly. have set receiver to C60 and BBC and only BBC channels disappear. This has only been a problem from June. Annoying to say the least!
I live at BN32RP
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simon's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 28 December 2013
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Ian8:01 AM
Sometime yesterday (Friday 27th Dec 2013) we lost all free view signal at home in Worthing. I believe we're pointed at Whitehawk Hill in Brighton, which allegedly has no issues.
I have tried retuning the digital channels on the TV and it finds nothing.
Our ariel looks OK visually and the cabling has not been touched for months.
I've seen reports that EE were switching on 4G in Brighton & Hove sometime in December - could this be our issue ?
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D Grist9:02 AM
Tonbridge
we are in the Tonbridge area and as from yesterday we cannot get BBC 1, 2 or, ITV on our digital box
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D's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb389:49 AM
Ian: The easiest way (albeit not 100% accurate) to determine if a problem is caused by 4G is to try a test by "manually" tuning in the highest mux channel used by a station and making a note of the signal level received, in your case this indeed being BBC1, then proceed to do likewise with the second highest and so on, if on completion the signal strength of the muxes is seen to reduce as the channels numbers go up then 4G should be suspected.
This form of test only being applicable to stations where all muxes used by same are rated with the same output.
Whitehawk Hill - (60) BBC1 - (57) ITV3 - (53) ITV1 - (48) ITV4
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Paul Evans10:16 AM
I've also had interference and loss of channels over the last few days. Varying between 0 and 30 channels being discovered, and all have interference.
JB38 - thanks for your suggestions, but our TV doesn't have that functionality.
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KMJ,Derby12:39 PM
D Grist: Do you still have BBC1 &2 and ITV in the channel list? Or do they now appear in the 800s as working channels? The Tunbridge Wells transmitter was off the air for a short time yesterday, it is possible that if a re-tune was carried out ( automatically prompted upon losing signal with some receivers) the services were either lost from the channel list or alternative frequencies were stored, which might deliver signals below the threshold for reliable reception. Try selecting the manual tune option, if available and insert C52. If good signal strength and quality are showing this will confirm that the correct signal is available to your receiver, so this should be selected and stored. Repeat for C49 for ITV.
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Paul Evans2:48 PM
I've just tried a 4G filter from Homebase - it's not helped. A retune can result in different channels from one moment to the next, but never the full complement and never without high levels of inference. Would be interested to know of others in the Hove area are experiencing the same problem.
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Michael3:03 PM
Paul Evans: Why the hell would you buy a 4G filter when you can call at800 and get a filter for free - that is, if you are actually affected by 4G.
And instead of asking the question on an internet forum, why not ask your immediate neighbours to see if they are experiencing the same kind of interference lately.
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Paul Evans3:32 PM
Michael: Because I can go round the corner and buy one, rather than wait a week for a filter to be delivered. Plus, we have 2 televisions and they will only give you one for free. As for the neighbors - Sky and Virgin customers, so they can't help!
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