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 withheldSunday, 8 November 2015
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MikeP7:02 PM
Trowbridge
Phil Bailey et al:
There have been many recent reports of such reception problems, and there have been many reports of atmospheric affects that can cause just the situation you report. So it is quite likely that the well known 'temperature inversion' effect may well be causing your problems. In such a situation do NOT try to retune your equipment as you are likely to lose even more channels.
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Saturday, 14 November 2015
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Steven Szulecki3:05 PM
@MikeP & jb38: Is there a way to reduce any possible interference from temperature inversion effects?
(My reception is back to normal, now) :)
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Sunday, 15 November 2015
M
MikeP2:19 PM
Trowbridge
Stephen Szulecki:
No, it is a perfectly natural and normal phenomen associated with the movement and changes of high and low pressure areas and with the differing air temperatures found within the Earth's atmosphere. It has affected all transmissions of radio waves ever since the were first transmitted but existed long before then anyway as they are not man-made. How much the radio signals are affected depends to some extent on the area affected, whether it is small or large, and the frequency of the radio signals.
There is no known way to 'protect' ourselves from the effects either. All you can do is ensure you have good equiupment, well maintained and a properly aligned aerial of the correct type for the signal(s) you want to receive.
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Friday, 27 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:15 today to 01:50 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:31 AM
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:15 yesterday to 01:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 November 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 01:15 on 27 Nov to 01:50 on 27 Nov. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:10 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:10 yesterday to 23:50 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
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HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:10 on 08 Dec to 23:50 on 08 Dec. [BBC]
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Sunday, 3 January 2016
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Peter Graydon10:47 PM
Haywards Heath
RH16 1NW, using old band c/d aerial directed at Heathfield transmitter.
Since BBC Local radio went digital I had expected to be able to receive BBC Radio Sussex on the Heathfield transmitter. Unfortunaely I can only get BBC Radio Kent which is not local to us in Haywards Heath. Why no 'local' radio?
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