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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast?
Heathfield transmitter - Heathfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 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)
The Heathfield (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Heathfield transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (6°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 41km 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 |
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, 5 August 2017
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StevensOnln13:33 PM
john slater: Have a look in the TV's menu for an option to turn off the auto retuning. Engineering work rarely takes place overnight and is almost certainly not the cause of channels being deleted overnight. If you need any further help, please let us know the make and model of your TV and a full postcode so we can see what signal strength you should be getting etc.
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Tuesday, 8 August 2017
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john slater9:51 AM
Uckfield
Hi Steve: thank you for your response. The post code is TN224jx. The TV is a Sony Bravia 49xe9005bu. The house has a loft box system and as there are other TVs working ok I do not suspect this (as yet). The TV in question is fed from the house circuit via a Humax recorder. When this is off and we are watching digital tv we get a blank picture with a message no signal. The Human turns off overnight.
Many thanks
john slater
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StevensOnln110:08 AM
john slater: If the aerial connection for your TV goes through your Humax recorder then it sounds like the Humax is effectively blocking the signal when in standby. In the menu on the Humax there should be an option to keep the RF passthrough on whilst the box is in standby.
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Monday, 14 August 2017
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john slater7:19 PM
Uckfield
Hi steve: thank you for your help. I found the rf passthrough switch on the Humax and activating it has fixed the problem.
Many thanks
john slater
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Tuesday, 5 September 2017
I have been receiving very good reception on all channels from Heathfield ever since it went digital, but now for some time am unable to watch any of the HD channels due to them breaking up all the time. I'm at BN22 9BX Any ideas much appreciated.
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MikeB7:49 PM
Alan Clark: As I've said previously,
a) check your signal strength - if its low, then you probably have a problem with your system. If its too high, and therefore channels are breaking up, there are easy ways to just bring signal strength down a touch. Since your 20km from Heathfield, thats distinctly possible.
b) Check your actually tuned to Heathfield. Have a look at the link for Digital UK - the bearing for Heathfield is very similar to Crystal Palace, and its possible that might be found first in a scan.
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Thursday, 14 September 2017
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Amanda Persaud9:17 AM
we have a communal area and are currently getting a "no signal" message on the TV's. is there a problem with the transmitter, i wanted to check before i call out the engineers.
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Jennifer Hamad8:51 PM
We are in South Chailey and currently experiencing intermittent and interrupted signal on chs 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 24, 28, 68 so assume it is at your end rather than ours. Freeview reset procedure has no positive effect and all electrical equipment is as before and in unchanged positions.
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MikeB10:32 PM
Jennifer Hamad: We have no idea where you are so cannot say what signal you should be getting. But although there was seemingly work yesterday, there doesn't seem to be any today. You can put your postcode into the site to bring up information on the transmitters in your area, but its unlikely the fault is at the transmitter - its much more likely to be at your end.
Check you leads - the most likely problem is a dodgy lead or connection, and signal strength - if its low, then either the transmitter does have a problem, or you do.
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Tuesday, 19 September 2017
can i recieve KM TV in Eastbourne from Heathfield Transmitter? on freeview
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