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, 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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Friday, 9 December 2011
Mr R Dean: Can you please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Saturday, 31 December 2011
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Maureen McCann11:34 AM
Eastbourne
My postecode is BN22 9HA and two years ago bought a HD Ready LCD Digital Freeview Television, also DVD Recorder with bouilt in Digital Freeview. I also had a new aerial put up which looks like 62SA 32 5115 Digital A/5 (Comp 2012) CT100 Download. I think I was receiving from Heathfield, but possibly Hastings now? At the moment the only channels I get are BBC1 & 2 ITV1 & 4. What do I need for when the change over comes to continue getting good pictures please. Mo
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Maureen's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Maureen McCann: Based on the Digital UK predictor, it's probably Heathfield you're receiving from. Hastings isn't mentioned by it, so you probably could't get anything useful from it at your location.
Heathfield is at 347 degrees which is a bit anti-clockwise from north. Heathfield's signals are horizontally polarised, so you aerial will be as well (i.e. aerial elements will be horizontal rather than vertical).
I suggest (no one can be 100%) that you have all you need. Come 30th May you will get BBC standard channels in digital and then two weeks later the rest will become available to you.
BTW, HD ready usually means that the TV can show HD pictures, but does not have the means to receive them itself.
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Thursday, 22 March 2012
looking at the coverage of heathfield it seems I may be able to get a signal from that transmitter rather than Eastbourne relay, I have got the £40 service from freeview to have an engineer coming tomorrow to check the aerial in the loft and replace if required and a freeview box, may ask him some advice if he'll say anything.
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Thursday, 29 March 2012
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Anthony4:35 PM
Peter: I currently receive a limited digital service with a aerial pointing to Heathfield. I am in BN22
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Anthony: "BN22" is not an full postcode, it is impossible to give correct advice about Freeview reception without a full postcode.
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Mike Dimmick11:00 AM
Peter: Going by the postcode you supplied back in September, Digital UK predict that you have a very good chance of a full service from Heathfield, after switchover. Right now digital is predicted to be unusable.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Duncan12:57 PM
I live in Eastbourne and in the last 4 weeks reception on freeview via digital tuner on my tv is terrible, mainly for itv and channel 4 programs particularly from 6pm onwards. Can anyone help
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Friday, 18 May 2012
Duncan: I would have a look at Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with that.
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