Freeview Light on the Hollington Park (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hollington Park (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 4,800 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 Hollington Park (East Sussex, England) mast?
Hollington Park transmitter - Hollington Park transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Hollington Park (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 Hollington Park 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 | C35 (586.0MHz) | 103m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 103m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 103m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 Hollington Park (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 Hollington Park transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 35km northwest (324°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 46km north (358°)
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 Hollington Park (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| E T | E T | E T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C35 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C37 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C45 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C59tv_off | D3+4 |
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 | 8W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-2dB) 5W |
Local transmitter maps
Hollington Park 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 withheldTuesday, 28 May 2013
PeterP
12:31 PM
12:31 PM
Ive had no problems at all until yesterday - 27.05.
We have 2 new HD tv's in the house. One has a roof ariel, the other a set top ariel. both have been working flawlessly but the one with the set top ariel now cannot recieve psb1 bbca
I mailed the at800 people (it seemed likely that it was a signal overloading issue) but they say no 800 at all in this area.
All other channels work fine just as before, HD also no problems. I've re-tuned in standard and deep scan mode and it finds all the channels but when i try and watch it says - no signal.
Anyone got any ideas?
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MikeB1:41 PM
Peterborough
PeterP: I could not tell you why you might have reception problems (including a postcode will help the gurus on this site), but set-top/portable aerials are generally pretty rubbish compared with a roof top aerial - so its not surprising that one TV might have a poor signal.
Its certainly not 4G - the test areas are tiny at present, and it seems to be blamed for everything.
If you include your postcode/transmitter on another post, perhaps someone might be able to figure out the problem.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
PeterP
7:26 PM
St. Leonards-on-sea
7:26 PM
St. Leonards-on-sea
TN38 9RS Hollington Park.
It's been working perfectly, right until Sunday morning, nothing changed.
Sometimes before HD channels were a little flaky if the weather was windy etc but otherwise rock solid.
All other channels work fine, just the psb1 bbca as I noted. Seems unlikely coincidence it's just these channels that are messed up.
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PeterP's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
PeterP: If your TV has manual tuning on then use it. Having entered or selected the UHF channel do not press the button to scan as on most receivers this acts as a signal meter. HD broadcasts in the UK use DVB-T2 mode whereas standard definition broadcasts use DVB-T mode. If the manual tune function has a mode option then ensure that it is the right one.
Hollington Park HD is C55 and Hastings is C22. I doubt you will pick up from Heathfield with a set-top aerial as you are at the bottom of high ground which blocks your view.
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Wednesday, 29 May 2013
PeterP
3:03 PM
3:03 PM
Dave, thanks :) the ch22/ch55 put me on the right track to finding the problem.
Copy of my post in Hastings transmitte:
Thanks, I'm onto something :) with helpful hints from Hollington Pk thread.
Seems I'm not on Hollington park (bad reception despite being close) but Hastings.
The problem is when I use auto tuning it uses ch24 for bbca when it should be using ch25.
Why this has changed I don't know, and as I said was fine before. All good now though until next glitch.
My tv has an LNA setting, it now says 25 and it's on. Before it was 22 I think. How it got to this ??? I can't see any way to even set it. does ch22 transmit the wrong info to tell my tv how to tune?
So, I did a test, Turned it off again and did a rescan. Still managed to set itself to 25.
I can't set a 'zone' i.e. Kent, but i do have digital auto service update. Clearly something got out of whack, whether it be a mistake or a different transmitter ot something I don't know. No local transmitters with 24 at all, so it's a mystery :)
Tv is 1yr old Sony bravia with latest firmware etc. no changes before problem at all!
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PeterP: Perhaps BBCA on C24 is Rowridge, the main transmitter which is on the Isle of Wight. It is very surprising that you are picking this up indoors with a set-top aerial.
Hollington Park only carries PSB (Public Service) channels. The Hastings transmitter is roughly on the same bearing, is more powerful and carries PSB and COM (Commercial) channels.
Perhaps the low power of Hollington Park and the clutter that is in the way - trees and bricks and mortar - means your indoor aerial doesn't pick it up. However, you may find that your rooftop aerial picks it up, it being on the same bearing, vertically polarised and with, I assume, a much clearer view of the Hollington Park transmitter.
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PeterP
4:16 PM
4:16 PM
Agree.
That or Mountfield which is very close had a hiccup and reset itself to the pre-switchover c24! Thanks again. Radio 6 in glorious 128kbps.
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Thursday, 13 June 2019
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Dennis Anthony10:34 AM
How can I find out which transmitter I am using from info from my TV? I thought I was using Hollington Park but I get RT perfectly. From my house Heathfield is at 299 deg.but as I have no compass I cannot be sure it's that one.
I may be in line of sight of the Bexhill one but I get no signal from there!
Any help please.
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StevensOnln11:33 PM
Dennis Anthony: Check which UHF channels your TV is tuned into if it has a manual tuning function. You can see an up to date list of which UHF channels are used by which transmitter by entering your postcode into the Digital UK checker at the link below.
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
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