Full Freeview on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 170,000 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 Heathfield (East Sussex, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Heathfield 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Heathfield transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (5°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 40km north-northeast (31°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | W T | W T | W T | K T | |||
| C29 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C40 | SDN | ||||||||
| C41 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C43 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | D3+4 | |||||
| C46 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C52tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C64 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2* | (-18dB) 1.6kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
HEATHFIELD Freeview HEATHFIELD DAB Heathfield TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Heathfield transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 16 June 2012
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Denise Hunter9:21 PM
Eastbourne
Freeview seems to be broadcast over channels 21-68.
I can't get ITV 3 (channel 10)despite retuning automatically and unsucessfully trying to install the channel manually.
What is Channel 10 (ITV 3) equivalant to in the spectrum between 21-68. I would love to receive ITV 3.
Am on the Heathfield Transmitter postcode BN23 5TG.
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Denise Hunter: ITV3 and others on SDN from Heathfield remain on low power until 27th June when a retune will be required. On that date the signal will go up to full power.
If you have a booster, remove it. It may or may not restore availability of ITV3. If it does not, but the other channels remain OK, then leave it out.
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jb3811:21 PM
Denise Hunter: In addition to whats been said by Dave Lindsay, ITV3 presently operates on Ch48 / 2Kw from Heathfield until the 27th when it moves to Ch42 / 20Kw.
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Sunday, 17 June 2012
Re: Ian Foord
BBC B (PSB3) started at 2:20pm on 13/06/2012
from the Haywards Heath transmitter.
At Heathfield it started some when between 12:05am and 2:20pm
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Dupree7:04 PM
Hi
I bought Technisat Freeview HD receiver recently. I also have LG 32" LCD HDTV. Both before and after switchover, I have a good reception of standard digital channels but when I tried tuning for HD signals using my Freeview HD box, it seems it can't detect it.
I tried manually tuning to 682 MHz but only have a very low signal and low quality as well (one red bar). I live in Crowborough area and I'm currently using 32 element digital tv aerial; quite similar to this SLx 27887K 32 Element Digital TV Aerial + Kit: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics The main cable is shared to 3 TVs around the house. Can anyone help me on this? Sorry for english, not my first language. Thanks in advance. (TN61DL)
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Monday, 18 June 2012
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tina9:20 AM
Crowborough
I live in Crowborough, have a new LG TV and BT Vision. Before switchover I got several channels (though weather did interfere or make me lose some completely at times). However since switchover I can only get the BBC group & occasionally those on Channel 41 through my TV, without the BT Vision plugged in. On BT Vision I can only get the BBC group on Channel 52. I have tried the reset procedure on TV & Vision i.e. turning off, rescanning without aerial plugged in etc to clear all channels, then rescanning but no improvement. I only get maximum 38% strength on Channel 49 and no signal on other channels. Why is this? Do I need another aerial, mine is in the attic?
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: no analogue TV, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: no analogue TV, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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tina: If you have a booster, then you should remove it. This could be increasing your signal levels in excess of those that the BT Vision box (and any receiver) can handle.
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