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, 6 December 2021
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Vinnie Martins1:48 PM
PLEASE !! I need someone to help me to have my english channels working , apparently the cable that comes out of the box is cutted , I mean physically cut and I can't have my channels on in my smart tv , I am not one of those tech guys and I need help.
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StevensOnln12:10 PM
Vinnie Martins: Where is this box and where does the cable go that has been cut? Chances are that it's going to be something that would best be repaired/reconnected by a reputable aerial installer, rather than something that you could easily repair yourself.
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Thursday, 26 May 2022
For the new few weeks I now can't receive latest tv on ch40. Have they moved frequency ?
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StevensOnln14:28 PM
Dave: The last frequency changes for the 700MHz clearance took place a couple of years ago. If you provide a full postcode we can check what you're predicted to get at your location. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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Chris.SE5:26 PM
Dave:
This is the Local Brighton Mux L-BTN. You aren't the only one who is reporting a problem. The transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering, but as this is a commercial multiplex, the chances of finding a fault report are negligible.
I'm not sure but I think the Local channel is run by Latest TV Ltd. Try giving them a ring on 01273-687171.
If you retuned when you had no signal, it'll likely have just cleared the correct tuning, so you'll need to repeat the retune when there is signal.
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Friday, 16 December 2022
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Mike6:37 PM
Signal strength on channel 34 is well down compared to the other multiplexes resulting in the picture breaking up badly on Sky News. Is anybody else having this problem?
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Saturday, 17 December 2022
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Chris.SE5:50 AM
Mike:
I can't find any reported faults, that doesn't mean there isn't one !! But as this is a commercial multiplex carrying Sky News (ArqA/COM5) chances of finding a report are minimal! Check with some neighbours if they have the same problem in which case it might be easier to contact Sky News and tell them as they should know exactly who to contact regarding such a fault.
Otherwise check all you coax connections etc., make sure you don't have any HDMI cables running close to your aerial cables and flyleads as HDMI has been known to cause interference.
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Thursday, 18 May 2023
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Michael Murphy9:21 AM
I live in Seaford. I pick up 23,26,30 from Newhaven. I also pick up 32,33,34 from Whitehawk Hill with an ariel amplifyer. Usually the whitehawk signal is good power and quality. It used to be affected occasionally by atmospherics. More recently I have had more problems, particularly on 33 and 34. When affected, those channels show 95% signal strength but very poor quality, giving an intermittant signal. Most times when that happens, 32 is still showing 95% signal strength and 100% quality and coming through fine. It seems to me, if it was atmospherics, all three would be affected at the same time. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Chris.SE1:05 PM
Michael Murphy:
Sorry you are wrong with your assumption about "atmospherics", all 3 would not necessarily be affected. Tropospheric Ducting can be very frequency dependent and it will also depend on where the interference is coming from. A distant transmitter in Europe or the UK may not be co-channel on the same 3 UHF channels.
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Saturday, 1 July 2023
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Dave4:42 PM
I have lost all HD channels on CH36. I live in worthing
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