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 05/06/2023 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 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 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Heathfield (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 Heathfield transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north (5°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 40km 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 |
Local transmitter maps
HEATHFIELD Freeview HEATHFIELD DAB 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 withheldMonday, 12 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on 09 Aug to 15:05 on 09 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:02 today to 15:05 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:02 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on 09 Aug to 15:05 on 09 Aug. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:04 on 09 Aug to 15:05 on 09 Aug, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:02 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:02 on 12 Aug to 15:05 on 12 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Hi
My postcode is Tn225xy. I cannot get a signal on any of my televisions in the house since last late.
Many thanks
Tracy Mitchell-Cobb
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Friday, 30 August 2019
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Chris.SE5:15 AM
Tracy Mitchell-Cobb:
Are you still having problems? You should be getting very good reception from Heathfield, there has been a transmitter fault affecting DAB transmissions but not reported as affecting DTV.
If you still have no signal check that your aerial hasn't moved in any wind, if you have an aerial distribution amplifier or splitter, temporarily remove it and connect the aerial directly to one TV and see if you get a signal.
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Wednesday, 25 September 2019
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Oscar12:21 PM
Is there a reason why one of the new Sony Movie channels it not available on Freeview?
It should be on Channel 50 on FV, but is not. I have retuned my devices several times. I have also unplugged them from the ariel and retuned. It still does not show up.
And I live in an area with a very strong signal - in fact I can see the Heathfield ariel mast from my living room.
ALL other available FV channels ARE available.
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Chris.SE1:27 PM
Oscar:
Since earlier this year Sony have made a number of changes to their channels and which multiplexes they are broadcast on. This has restricted several of them to where only local multiplexes can be received.
Sony's latest "exciting" (not) changes are mentioned here Help | Freeview
For details about some of the previous changes, have a read of this True Entertainment | free and easy
For a full list of which channels are on which multiplex see Channel listings | Freeview
To see your predicted reception of possible transmitters and multiplexes at your location, put your postcode into About us | Freeview
Note: COMs 7&8 (& local) multiplexes are only transmitted from certain transmitters.
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Friday, 20 December 2019
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john davey2:57 PM
Why can I not get channel 48 the Sony channel here in Crowborough I am almost at the top of the hill
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StevensOnln15:30 PM
john davey: Sony Channel is broadcast on the local TV multiplex, which is only available in areas with a local TV station on Freeview channel 7 or 8.
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