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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast?
Whitehawk Hill transmitter - Whitehawk Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/01/2025 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Hi there,
How often should we re-cycle our TV receivers to make sure we have all the correct stations?
Bets regards,
Mike
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StevensOnln111:38 PM
Mike Startup: Do you mean retune? Many TVs will update their channel list automatically without needing to do anything. If yours doesn't, you would only need to retune if any new channels launch or any existing channel moves multiplex, which is down to contractual agreements between channels and multiplex operators, there is no regular day for changes.
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Sunday, 26 May 2024
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Emma10:12 AM
I live close to the sea. When the sea is calm we get multipath interference. A multiplex can disappear for a while. Eventually the tide ebbs and the picture returns. When the sea is rough the interfering path is scattered so does not interfere. I recently lost C4 HD in the middle of the Italian race. I usually try to use Broadband but C4 don't do parallel broadband streaming (the way the BBC do).
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Monday, 9 September 2024
Clare McNeil
6:09 PM
6:09 PM
Hi I wonder if anyone can help. My dad has a TV not
a smart TV. He has lost all BBC Channels.
He re-tuned and now has lost the above channels.
Is it the case of the channels returning themselves
or should he try to re-tune. Many thanks
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Tuesday, 10 September 2024
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Chris.SE2:24 AM
Clare McNeil :
If you recall one of my previous posts to you when you'd lost channels before, I explained about manual tuning.
It sounds like your Dad made the mistake of retuning when he had no signal. If you were correctly tuned to start with then you do not retune when it says No signal or the pictures are badly pixellated, whether it's due to engineering, weather conditions or faults. You have to wait until signals return to normal.
You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded! The usua; resulty is to clear the correct tuning.
You may note from the post previous to yours, there's engineering taking place.
The only sensible way to deal with tuning when this is occurring is manual tuning.
(In the multiplex order) PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ARQA, COM6/ARQB.
Whitehawk Hill's UHF channels are C48, C35, C36, C32, C34, C33.
The LOCAL Multiples L-BTN is on C40.
As it's the BBC channels he's lost you need to tune UHF C48 only. If it's an HD set and those are also missing then they are C36.
You need to tell him that in future if it's just one group of channels with no signal just wait and check for engineering or faults. If all the other channels are ok, leave the set alone and don't retune if you were correctly tuned to start with.
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Clare McNeil
7:44 AM
7:44 AM
Hi Chris.SE
Thank you for your post. I have tried to re tune manually but it
wito won't let me. Shall I wait until engineering work is done
and then re tune. Many thanks.
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Clare McNeil
7:48 AM
7:48 AM
Hi Chris.SE
Thank you for your post. I have tried to manually re-tune
but it won't let me. Shall I wait until engineering work is
done then re-tune? Many thanks
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Clare McNeil
8:44 AM
8:44 AM
Hi Chris.SE
I have tried to manually retune but it only shows number 35
and it won't let tune to C48. I am sorry but very confused
what to do. Many thanks
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Chris.SE2:36 PM
Clare McNeil :
Hi Clare. It's either the engineering work and signals are reduced power and you aren't getting them at the time you tried to retune, or there's a fault on the aerial system - check it's still pointing correctly and the coax plugs are plugged in ok etc.
Whatever you do, don't try and retune the other channels, it may clear the tuning and you'll lose more channels. What is the reception like on the other channels, is it ok or pixellated?
There is another possibility and that is interference from a new/upgraded phone mast. if your father's postcode is the one ending7EP them they should have received a postcard from Restore TV about this possibility. That location is surrounded by phone masts and upgrades are taking place to use the 700MHz spectrum that was sold to mobile operators.
If you put your father's full postcode in here -
https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
then it will most likely say yes.
Try it and tell me the outcome and what reception of the other channels is like.
BTW, a new TV (mentioned in a previous post) will not help the situation. The only benefit is a new one would get HD channels if this one doesn't (subject to getting the signal!) and it'll be "Smart" - connect to the internet, you'd need a reasonable broadband connection.
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Clare McNeil
4:49 PM
4:49 PM
Hi Chris SE
Thank you for your help. What I can gather from my
dad he is still missing all BBC Channels. He says this
problem has been happening often. I will talk to him
about checking out our post code. He is talking about
getting an engineer out. I will try phoning the Restore
TV. At moment we are having engineering work
on going for maybe for a week. As I write this all other
channels are fine. I will keep you updated if I have
any news. Hopefully once the engineering is done
we can get back to full service. Once again thank you for
all your help, most appreciated. Had no idea about
Restore TV
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