Freeview Light on the Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 1,500 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 Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, 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 Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, 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 Saltdean 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 -1.9dB | C41 (634.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 26W |
 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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 40W |
 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) | 64m | DTG- | 40W |
 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 Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, 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 Saltdean transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (28°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 86km west (274°)
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 Saltdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||||
| E | E | E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C54tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C66 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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?
| D3+4, BBCB | 40W | |
| BBCA | (-1.9dB) 26W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-4.6dB) 14W |
Local transmitter maps
Saltdean Freeview Whitehawk Hill TV region BBC South East Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill transmitter area
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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Di Church2:15 PM
Why is Saltdean transmitter not working. How long will it be off.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Di Church: The engineering work is posted on a week-by-week basis by Digital UK. According to the BBC the work completed at 14:29 yesterday.
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
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David George12:46 PM
Brighton
In the Brighton [City Centre] Area - Channels 800 and 801 are available to get BBC South / BBC South East.
In Saltdean (where I am (8/3/2012)) we're stuck with BBC South East with no option to get BBC South.
After 21st March will there be a channel made available to get BBC South Today from Southampton?
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
+++ NO FREEVIEW TONIGHT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9am - then RETUNE - see Switchover "completes" for Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice +++++
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David George2:28 PM
Brighton
OK then - when are we going to get the HD channels on CH58 - BBCB?
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David George: Digital UK says "Late afternoon".
Digital UK - Relay transmitter switching times
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Monday, 26 March 2012
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A1:16 PM
Brighton
Hi,
I note that Whitehawk Hill appears to supply ITV to those living in Saltdean.
My aerial points towards the Saltdean transmitter (as most do in my area) and away from Whitehawk. I get good reception on all channels.
Can I assume that I receive ITV from Saldeean.
On a related point, I get good reception on all channels. But I have noticed that I get lower bit rate errors on C55 cf. 54 (if I am interpreting the horizontal bar correctly). Can you explain?
Thanks
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A1:21 PM
Brighton
PS. I have just noticed that I receive ITV + 1 from Southampton. My aerial also points away from Southampton!
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A: You say that Whitehawk Hill appears to provide Saltdean with a ITV. What makes you say that?
Refer to the post-switchover list of multiplexes:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
ITV1+1 is carried on PSB2 (D3&4), as is ITV1, so your TV would expect to be tuned to the same signal for both. The same goes for Channel 4, Channel 5, More 4 etc.
The predictor suggests that you can't receive from Whitehawk. Saltdean is a Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) only transmitter; it does not carry the Commercial (COM) multiplexes.
So if your aerial is pointing at Saltdean and your receiver has tuned in the COMs, then they are coming from elsewhere. For reliable reception, your aerial should point in the direction from which the signal is coming from. Therefore, you might consider a replacement aerial to receive the COMs, *if* there is a transmitter whose signals reach you.
The best way to find out which transmitter each service is coming from is to look at the UHF channel on the strength screen.
For Saltdean BBC One is C55, ITV1 is C54 and HD services are C58.
You say that you have ITV1+1 from Southampton. Is this on C27 by any chance? If so, then it is coming from Rowridge.
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KMJ,Derby2:15 PM
A: You are correct, Saltdean is a dependent relay of Whitehawk Hill. The ITV1+1 region for all Meridian transmitters appears to be Meridian Southampton as there are a limited number of ITV1+1 regions generated at this time. As a matter of interest your best bet for reception of the COM muxes is predicted to be Heathfield, available after 13th June 2012.
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