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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Sunday, 12 January 2014
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 today to 04:05 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:44 on 09 Jan to 15:54 on 09 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 January 2014
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 yesterday to 04:05 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:44 on 09 Jan to 15:54 on 09 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan. [BBC]
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WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:44 on 09 Jan to 15:54 on 09 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 yesterday to 04:05 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan. [BBC]
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WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:44 on 09 Jan to 15:54 on 09 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 yesterday to 04:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:44 on 09 Jan to 15:54 on 09 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 yesterday to 04:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 on 12 Jan to 04:05 on 12 Jan. [BBC]
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WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 04:00 on 12 Jan to 04:05 on 12 Jan, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 10 Jan to 09:18 on 10 Jan. [BBC]
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Mils Cook6:12 PM
Crowborough
I do not have a dish and am unable to have an external ariel but have been advised that I have the best internal ariel with a booster. I am able to obtain all of the freeview and ITV channels but the signal on all BBC programmes is so poor that they are unwatchable unless the weather is fine and dry.
Is this something that I have to accept or is there a solution that you can suggest.
Thank you in anticipation of your response.
Mils J. Cook
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Mils's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Mils Cook: Which transmitter are you tuned to? Have you confirmed that you are tuned to the best one (for BBC at least)?
Looking at your location, Heathfield is probably your most likely. Crystal Palace is 27 miles away, which in itself isn't necessarily impossible with an indoor aerial, except for the fact that the ground is blocking any line-of-sight at Botley Hill, just the far side of the M25.
I would therefore check that BBC One is tuned to UHF channel 52 (722MHz) by viewing the signal strength screen. If you're getting BBC One London, and it's tuned to UHF channel 23 (490MHz), then the signal is coming from Crystal Palace.
Check to see whether ITV is coming from Heathfield (C49) or Crystal Palace (C26).
If it's Heathfield that you're using then at 6.3 miles use of an amplifier could potentially result in a signal that is too strong. A signal that is too strong may appear the same as one which isn't strong enough: strength and quality dipping.
Heathfield is on a bearing of 145 degrees (a bit clockwise of south east), so consider how you might best site the aerial to give the clearest view in this direction.
If you have space in the loft then you might find that a loft aerial might be better, if indeed this is not what you are using.
What may be causing difficulty (in addition to the draconian "no external aerials and dishes" rule) are the trees, including those the other side of Beacon Road which are on the line between you and the transmitter.
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Mils Cook: Of course, I should add that the UHF channel or frequency in MHz which is tuned is usually given on the signal strength screen.
You might like to check the rest:
ITV3 | Heathfield=C42 | Crystal Palace=C25
Pick | Heathfield=C44 | Crystal Palace=C22
4Music | Heathfield=C41 | Crystal Palace=C28
There is no need to check the others as they are carried on the above channels (except for HD services).
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