Freeview Light on the Findon (West Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Findon (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 2,600 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Findon (West Sussex, England) mast?
FINDON transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 13 Nov 21:25 until 14 Nov 00:46. . 
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Findon (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 Findon 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 157m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 157m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 157m | DTG- | 2,000W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 Findon (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 Findon transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 70km west (275°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 59km west (272°)
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 Findon (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | 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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2kW | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-16dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
Findon Freeview Findon DAB Findon AM/FM Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
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allen Taylor5:13 PM
the signel keeps going on and off on both of my TVds, then after 10 mins it all comes back again.This has happened all day today.The advert channels keep working throughout???this is a very poor service.
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MikeP
10:14 PM
10:14 PM
Allen Taylor:
Apart from the engineering works today at the Findon transmitter, the current high pressure is causing signal problems in many parts of the UK. Be patient and do not retune.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2022
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Harry Hughes3:23 PM
Hello Team
All of a sudden DTV Freeview has vanished. I have run the auto search several times now and no UHF channels are found.
I have checked all my connections and set to Aerial.
Has the Freeview service been cancelled now.
I receive from the Findon transmitter.
Please advise.
Kind regards
Harry
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StevensOnln14:29 PM
Harry Hughes: There are currently no reported faults or engineering work at Findon and there has been no announcement of any transmitters closing. Retuning was the worst thing to do as you have now deleted all of your channels which were previously correctly tuned, making it much more difficult to work out what is causing the loss of signal. You'll have to keep retuning periodically to see if the signal has returned (it's possible there is a recent fault which hasn't shown up yet) or some sort of local electrical interference. If the signal doesn't return this evening or tomorrow then it would be time to start investigating further.
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Wednesday, 10 May 2023
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Wendy McLellan7:20 AM
Chichester
I have had reception problems on all bbc channels for 7 days and broadband problems also affecting my mobile phone and tablet where I access bbc I player. My postcode is PO19 3HR.
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Chris.SE5:44 PM
Wendy McLellan:
Hi there. It sounds like you might have 2 or 3 separate problems there.
The Findon Relay is currently listed for Planned Engineering with possible "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" - as mentioned in the post immediately before your first.
This could well have been compounded by recent weather conditions (tropospheric ducting) that cause signals from more distant transmitter in Europe or the UK to give interference to your wanted signals. This won't often affect all multiplexes, so not all TV channels are necessarily affected and not everyone is always affected. This interference can be quite variable lasting seconds, minutes or longer. It should not be affecting your area at this time.
You might also be suffering interference from a new/updated mobile phone mast, perhaps more so with the HD TV channels. Have you had a postcard from Restore TV UK at all?
Unfortunately your postcode is not predicted to get very good signals from Findon, are you sure your aerial is pointing that way - compass bearing 86 degrees that's virtually due E with its rods (or squashed Xs) vertical. Despite a nearby hill you are predicted to get much better signals from Rowridge (compass bearing 245 degrees ~WSW with its rods horizontal - you'll also get more channels as Findon doesn't have the COM multiplexes.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which TV channels are carried on which multiplexes.
The interference I mentioned above could also disrupt some mobile phone signals if you aren't in a strong location for the network you are using, but that ought to be better now.
It might also be worth you checking in your TV Tuning section that you are still correctly tuned to Findon if your aerial points that way. because if you retuned at all when you had badly pixellated pictures or no signal (never recommended as it usually clears correct tuning) you then have to repeat a retune when the signals are normal and you may have to try several times as you won't know when that is!
Findon's UHF channels are listed at the very top of this page.
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Thursday, 3 August 2023
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Chris.SE10:32 PM
Linda Reilly:
Have your signals returned?
I can't find any reported faults for the transmitter nor any logged power-cuts although a brief one due to weather conditions might not be logged.
Your location could receive signals from 3 transmitters. For Findon your aerial should be pointing at compass bearing 352 degrees (that's almost due N) with its rods (or squashed Xs) vertical. Is it pointing that way?
Findon is a relay of Rowridge which is listed for Planned Engineering, so it's possible a biref interruption there may have affected Findon.
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Monday, 10 June 2024
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Don Pedley9:58 AM
All HD Channels down over last 2 days. I have a roof arial & 5g interference attached plus booster for reception - all in working order. Worthing area so reception should be good.
Why is this reception lost?
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Chris.SE1:49 PM
Don Pedley:
As you may have noticed from the post before yours, the transmitter is subject to Planned Engineering and interruptions' may occur, but it is unusual for that to be several days!
As you haven't given a full postcode, we can't check that your predicted reception of the HD mux may not be as good as the others for some reason.
Check in your TV Tuning section that your are correctly tuned to UHF C47 for the HD mux from Findon.
I hope you didn't retune at anytime when you had no signal - you cannot tune to signals that aren't there - the net effect is to clear your correct tuning.
I hope that the filter you got from Restore TV is fitted before your "booster" ie. on the input.
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