Full Freeview on the Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 18,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Hastings (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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Hastings (East Sussex, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Hastings 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Hastings (East Sussex, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Hastings transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 37km northwest (323°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 46km north (357°)
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 Hastings (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 17 Jul 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
| C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C23 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C25 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C26 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C28 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C30 | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves |
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, Analogue 5, SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 1000W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-7dB) 200W | |
| Mux 1* | (-10dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Hastings Freeview Hastings DAB Hastings TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Hastings transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 6 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
HASTINGS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Jan 14:29 until 6 Jan 16:28. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 April 2023
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David9:44 AM
on the afternoon of 12 April 2023 my televisi0on screen showed a message saying that it was receiving no signal. This continued for several hours.
On 13 April the TV was again working as normal.
Would you please tell me whether you had any transmission outages during those times>
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Chris.SE12:22 PM
David:
Hello. This is an independent technical help-site but I can tell you that the transmitter isn't currently listed for any Planned Engineering and I can't find any reports of outages
HOWEVER with the weather conditions yesterday, there were many power outages and a number of smaller transmitters may have temporarily gone off-air and no doubt it'll take some time for lists of such outages to get updated, if indeed they do due to pressure of more important issues.
As you signals are back to normal, it's probably safe to assume that power-cuts were the likely cause unless you have further problems during any high winds. If so, I'd advise, immediately check with your closest neighbours if they have the same problem. If they do not, then it may be advised to get your aerial system checked out - make sure the aerial is still intact and pointing correctly and the downlead isn't flapping in the wind, etc.
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