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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Friday, 21 March 2014
J
jay2:18 AM
Brighton
I got channel 5 from rowridge, uhf35 wasn't it. Never from whitehawk
I don't get Brighton local tv via my Non-wide band arieal.
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Friday, 25 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
11:43 AM
11:43 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:12 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:40 PM
4:40 PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:12 today to 14:34 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today to 14:34 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today to 14:34 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 today to 14:34 today, Radio 4 FM [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:37 AM
1:37 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:12 yesterday to 14:34 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 yesterday to 14:34 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 yesterday to 14:34 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 yesterda [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:39 AM
12:39 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:12 on 25 Apr to 14:34 on 25 Apr. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 on 25 Apr to 14:34 on 25 Apr, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 on 25 Apr to 14:34 on 25 Apr, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:12 on 25 Ap [BBC]
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Monday, 5 May 2014
J
Jay4:11 PM
Brighton
Bonanza Bonanza closed down.. that channel didn't last long!
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Thursday, 4 September 2014
A
Andy4:44 AM
Just a couple of question regarding the recent upgrade.
1. What has been upgraded?
2. I note that Channels 70 - 85 have been moved. What should we do with the Channels listed 70 - 85?
Thanks
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Monday, 8 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:40 today to 06:06 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:40 today to 06:03 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:40 yesterday to 06:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:40 yesterday to 06:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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