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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Monday, 28 November 2016
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Andy6:11 PM
'digitaluk trade'
Can't see the link?
I want to put a tv in the bedroom, there is no tv point.
What are my chances of picking up the full freeview service from Rowridge using a portable aerial?
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016
MikeP
1:16 PM
1:16 PM
Andy:
It shows on my system immediately underneath your posting with the post code. I suspect that some browsers are less likely to show such, but I have checked with Opera and Firefox and it shows on both of them. You should be able to see the details at Coverage Checker - Detailed View
If you have an existing aerial that is suitable for Rowridge (Group A or a log-periodic type) that you can use an active (powered) splitter to feed two or more outlets but do not use a non-powered type.
An indoor aerial in the room will not work at all! You are far too far away from all bar the Newhaven Freeview Lite transmitter and even that is doubtful. You need an aerial outside just above the roof, they are usually mounted on a short pole clamped to the chimney stack.
So it is worth investing in a properly fitted aerial above the roof. Use one of the log-periodic pattern as suggested earlier to cover all currently known plans.
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Thursday, 12 January 2017
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GARY3:39 PM
Brighton
My strongest signal in Woodingdean BN2 6UE for BBC stations is channel 60. Why is it that when it rains my TV and digital BBC radio reception breaks up? Normally the reception is excellent!
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GARY's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
4:18 PM
4:18 PM
Gary:
It is possible that your aerial system has a problem that lets water into the cables which would affect some signals more than others. The solution is to ensure that all the cabling from the aerial to the TV is in perfect order and not letting the rain in.
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Monday, 6 February 2017
MikeP
7:05 PM
7:05 PM
Paul:
Please conbtact Arqiva who operate the transmitter. You can contact them at Contact Us
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Sunday, 26 February 2017
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Mark Tennent1:44 PM
I accidentally posted this on Rowridge so reposting here:
Recently we keep having problems with BBC transmissions. Our aerial is pointing to Whitehawk Hill and also receives a signal from Findon. On BBC 1 and 2 the signal strength varies between zero and one hundred percent, and fluctuates wildly between the two. This means we can only watch BBC on HD or iPlayer but not everything is available, especially local news. All other channels receive a steady one hundred percent.
There is an amplifier which has caused no problems and I've also attached a 4G filter to one TV to see if that helps. Any further advice would be welcome.
Thanks
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StevensOnln12:12 PM
Mark Tennent: If you are seeing 100% signal strength then you have too much signal and your TV's tuner is becoming overloaded and is unable to cope. If your amplifier has a variable gain control, turn it down until you can receive all channels without breakup (select BBC1 on your TV then view the signal strength and adjust the amplifier until strength is down to around 75% then check all the other channels are still working - you'll probably find all have a similar strength but may vary by a few %).
If your amplifier doesn't have a variable gain, you'll need an attenuator to reduce the signal strength such as the one linked below which should be connected somewhere between the amplifier and TV (you'll need one per TV if they're fed by separate outputs from your amplifier rather than one amplifier output going into a splitter).
6dB Coax Plug Inline ATTENUATOR: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
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Mark Tennent5:41 PM
Mark Tennent:
Hi StevensOnln1
That is good information, thank you. Why is it that we have had a good signal for 10+ years and only since January this year we have needed the attenuator? As we have a few TV receivers here, I'm wondering whether a different amplifier would be easier. Got any suggestions for one with variable gain? Preferably something from B&Q for example, that I can take back if it doesn't work.
At the moment the signal goes into the amplifier in one room downstairs then via a splitter shared by a couple of TVs. The aerial's signal is also shared by every other TV feed (4 or 5 in total) and the amplified signal used to be good on them all. We usually only use one TV at a time, maybe two if the TV receiver connected to a computer is also working or another TV is recording a channel. Is it worth trying turning off the amplifier?
Thanks
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StevensOnln16:59 PM
Mark Tennent: You could try bypassing the amplifier (just turning it off and leaving it connected will block any signal going through it) and see whether you have enough signal strength on all your TVs without it.
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