Full Freeview on the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 96,000 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 Whitehawk Hill (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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, 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 Whitehawk Hill 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, 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 Whitehawk Hill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 43km northeast (36°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 80km 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 Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | E | E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C54tv_off | LBN | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | SDN | ||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C63 | 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?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-3dB) 5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 4kW | |
| Mux B* | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBN | (-14dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A* | (-17dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 13 June 2011
keith: No problem with them here - please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011
K
Keith11:24 AM
Hi Briantist
If there are no changes at the transmitter then I guess I need a new aerial.
There are no interference problems with my tv - i.e. no other devices?
It seems odd however, that I have lost all BBC channels 1, 2 , 3 4 news etc - yet all other channels are showing as full strength?
Any ideas?
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
K
kirk8:59 AM
Sunderland
hi. my question is. how come newcastle area has hd coverage from pontoc pike but sunderland does not. yet coverage map shows pontoc covers sunderland !!!!!
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KMJ,Derby9:23 AM
kirk: according to the Digital UK postcode checker you should have good reception of Freeview HD from Pontop Pike on C63. You will of course need a receiver which supports DVB-T2, that is a Freeview HD box or a TV with a built in "Full HD" tuner.
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Monday, 4 July 2011
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Seagull 1048:26 AM
Peacehaven
Postcode BN10 8HR. Whitehawk transmitter, rooftop aerial, freeview reception. Most including BBC is excellent. ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV2 are unviewable due to permanent pixillation caused by weak signal. Is there a reason for this?
I have replaced the aerial to TV cable and fitted a signal amplifier in an attempt to improve but still ITV1 in particular remains bad.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Seagull 104: I would suggest you get rid of the amplifier, they never help with Freeview reception. Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice to help you track down the problem, you should have excellent reception of multiplex 2.
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Friday, 29 July 2011
J
JONNY12:37 PM
Hove
I have just had confirmation that at the digital switchover BBC south east will be braodcast from whitehawk hill and no longer BBC south! are others aware of this?
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JONNY: Yes, it's been on the cards for many a year. It makes a lot of sense to get news from the service that specifically covers Kent and Sussex, rather than from Southampton, Hampshire.
Viewers on satellite and cable already get BBC Newsroom South East rather than BBC Southampton Today.
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Sunday, 7 August 2011
M
Matt10:25 PM
Godalming
Another region I will be able to pick up during SPoradic E. With a JBX21W on a 20ft guyed mast, I just about get a signal from Brigton. Yet another region to add to my collection.
Crystal Palace:London
Guildford:London
Hannington:South
Midhurst:South
Oxford:Central
etc
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