Freeview Light on the East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 1,700 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 East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 East Grinstead 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 153m | DTG- | 23W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 153m | DTG- | 23W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 153m | DTG- | 23W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 East Grinstead transmitter?
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 47km north-northwest (348°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 47km north (351°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the East Grinstead (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
E T | E T | E T | E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C43 | BBCA | ||||||||
C46 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C56tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | 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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 117W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.1dB) 23W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 8 October 2011
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Dorothy Johnston8:32 PM
Will all areas of East Grinstead be able to receive digital reception via an arial (cum April 2012) or will some areas have to seek reception service via satellite (i.e. by freesat or Sky)?
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jb389:27 PM
Dorothy Johnston: Its really dependant on where you reside within the East Grinstead area, although if you do get reception it will be on a three multiplex Freeview "light" basis where only public services are being broadcast, namely BBC / ITV / the HD service.
It may even be possible to pick up Freeview from Crystal Palace once it starts on high power next April, but only a post code would enable your reception possibilities to be checked.
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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MW7:53 PM
I can only receive from the East Grinstead transmitter, are there plans in the future to expand the amount of channels to the same variety as the main transmitters i.e film4, Dave etc.
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Mark Fletcher8:25 PM
Lytham St. Annes
MW.No is the answer to your question !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MW: No. The Commercial broadcasters do not wish to invest over a 1,000 small transmitters like East Grinstead.
They achieve 90% coverage from 81 of the largest transmitters (largest by viewer population). To include the small transmitters would roughly double their cost of transmission whilst only adding 8.5% of the population to their potential viewer base.
They have no "Public Service" obligation and operate purely for profit.
The only thing you can do is investigate the possibility of receiving from another transmitter that carries the Commercial channels. In some cases this may mean going to some lengths.
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Monday, 14 January 2013
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R.Hamilton6:19 PM
How long will the East Grinstead transmitter engineering keep us off air.Some indication would be useful.
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Tuesday, 16 July 2013
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Angie Bacon7:12 PM
East Grinstead
Hi there, I just want to know if you can install Free Italian channels, how much would it cost. I don't have a satellite or anything, thank you.
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Angie's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 16 May 2016
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nicholas1:12 AM
To all concerned,sometimes it has been found that the strongest signals from any transmitter have been
found at ground level espically hilly areas or places below the radio horizon,if you can't get steady reception
on the roof,try searching around,it has worked.Radio waves are so unpredicable,they do the strangest things
at times.
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Thursday, 21 December 2017
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Keith Visser8:51 AM
The East Grinstead transmitter has Freeview Lght.
But your chart showing how transmission frequencies have changed over time for this transmitter, shows there are changes due on 31March 2018.
Can you tell me what these changes are please.
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StevensOnln110:33 AM
Keith Visser: According to Digital UK, East Grinstead will use UHF channels 29, 31 and 37 from 21st March 2018.
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