Freeview Light on the Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 3,600 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 Eastbourne (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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Eastbourne (East 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 Eastbourne 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 83m | DTG- | 200W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South East, 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 | C30- (545.8MHz) | 83m | DTG- | 200W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 83m | DTG- | 200W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 Eastbourne (East 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 Eastbourne transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 42km north (358°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 61km north-northeast (16°)
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 Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | SDN | ||||||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C27 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C30 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | -D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 200W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3.2dB) 95W |
Local transmitter maps
Eastbourne Freeview 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 withheldThursday, 24 February 2011
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John Booth8:40 PM
How do I check my tv set to find compatibility to digital changeover.
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John Booth: Does it have a screen?
Basically, all sets are compatible.
If it doesn't have Freeview built in, you just buy a Freeview box and connect it to the set.
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
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Nev Baker9:30 AM
Hi
Living over at South Harbour, Eastbourne, the only channels we can definitely get are BBC1,2,ITV1 + CH4 on analogue.
We can't get Virgin here and are not allowed to erect a satellite dish.... so we were extremely happy when we bought a new digital TV 3 months ago and found it could pick up a lot of decent digital channels through the aerial (all the BBCs, ITVs, Channel 5 family etc as well as the unwanted sales/auction channels). Occasionally the picture would warp but very rarely...
But the last couple of days we can't get any digital channel at all - we've even retried retuning, but absolutely nothing gets picked up - just a message regarding our aerial - which hasn't been moved at all.
I guess we've been spoilt, as we were aware that (officially) the service would not be introduced before June 2012, but is there any reason for this recent change, and are we likely to get this basic digital facility back at all soon (i.e. before June 2012)?
Thank you
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Peter4:13 PM
Eastbourne
Hi I live in BN21 4JA area and I know that South Cliff Tower relay is my best option, wish to get the most out of freeview and would prefer Heathfield, would this be possible as I would think that Heathfield is supplying the relay anyway
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Peter: You can't get Freeview at all until 13th June 2012, when Heathfield will provide the best service. The relay transmitters have no digital services until switchover.
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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Peter11:52 AM
Eastbourne
Hi Briantist,
I realise I cannot get a digital serice until 13th June 2012, but would prefer to get the digital signal from Heathfield rather than South Cliff Tower as channel choice would be far greater, I'm assuming as Heathfield will provide the relay digital signal I'd be able to use Heathfield.
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick1:42 PM
Peter: Digital UK's predictor shows a very good chance of reliable reception from Heathfield at your location, once switchover starts. It gives no prediction now.
Being right next to a relay is no guarantee that you'll be able to get services from the main transmitter. They often use aerial diversity - arrays of aerials, sometimes at radically different heights or on different legs of a tower - to get better rejection of unwanted signals, and usually have more sensitive equipment than your typical domestic receiver. Also, they can frequently put the receive aerials higher up than a normal domestic installation, though this isn't always the case.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Peter: Someone had to be last, the areas chosen were those with the most international overlap.
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Thursday, 8 December 2011
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Mr R Dean6:06 PM
I receive Freeview from Hastings, I live in Eastbourne, just recently we experence around 4.30 pm to 6.00pm interference,on digital and analogue, it simular to CB radio interferance, sound lines appear across the bottom of the analogue picture and pixal loss on digital. This has been happening for a couple of weeks
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