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 - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Sep 23:42 until 17 Sep 23:44. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to a fault from 19 Sep 21:06 until 19 Sep 21:12. . 
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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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Saturday, 1 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
3:31 PM
3:31 PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 on 29 Sep to 03:48 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 on 29 Sep to 05:58 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 on 29 Sep to 04:09 on 29 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 on 29 Sep to 05:58 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 on 29 Sep to 04:09 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 on 29 Sep to 03:48 on 29 Sep. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:32 PM
8:32 PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 on 29 Sep to 03:48 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 on 29 Sep to 04:09 on 29 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 on 29 Sep to 05:58 on 29 Sep. [BBC]
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Friday, 25 November 2016
A
Andy5:54 PM
Which transmitter is most likely to give me the best full freeview reception in Peacehaven?Thanks
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Saturday, 26 November 2016
MikeP
2:22 PM
2:22 PM
Andy:
The location of Peacehaven is not accurate enough to advise you. We need a full post code to allow appropriate suggestions for your particular position. The reason being that hills and buildings can mean that some use one transmitter but neighbours may have to use a different one!
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Sunday, 27 November 2016
A
Andy2:47 PM
Peacehaven
BN10 8PB
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Andy's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 28 November 2016
MikeP
3:31 PM
3:31 PM
Andy:
Thanks for the post code. Now we can see that White Hawk Hill is definitely *not* the ideal transmitter for you. If you look at the 'digitaluk trade' box at the bottom of your posting, it will show that no one transmitter is fully ideal. Rowridge has some possibilities but a few multiplexes are suspect for reception. If you don't want a full service, then you might consider using the Newhaven Freeview Lite transmitter. Ideally you should use a log-periodic aerial that will cover all the possible signal ranges.
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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
G
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
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