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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C60: BBCA
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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. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 96,000 homes.

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Radiation patterns

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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.


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Whitehawk Hill transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical max
C60- (785.8MHz)171m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		4,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One South East, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 vertical max
C53 (730.0MHz)171m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		4,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 vertical max
C51 (714.0MHz)171m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		4,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 vertical max
C57 (762.0MHz)164m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		4,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others

COM5
ArqA
 vertical max
C56 (754.0MHz)171m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		4,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 vertical max
C48 (690.0MHz)171m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		4,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others



Regional news from the Whitehawk Hill transmitter


BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 43km northeast
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 80km west
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 36 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1950s~851984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-182019-
aerial groupVHFC/D EEEC/D EC/D EC/D EK
C2BBCtv
C22SDN
C25ArqA
C28ArqB
600C35C5C5
C39BBCB
C42D3+4
C45BBCA
C48BArqBArqBArqB
700C502
C51BBCBBBCBBBCB
C53C4C4C4D3+4D3+4D3+4
C54local
C55A
C56ArqAArqAArqA
C57BBC1BBC1BBC1SDNSDNSDN
C58+C
C60ITVITVITV-BBCA-BBCA-BBCA
800C61+D
C63BBC2BBC2BBC2
C661

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th March and 21st March 2012.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Brighton and Hove could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Brighton (Whitehawk Hill) transmitter using C54

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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*(-14dB) 400W
Mux 1*, Mux A*(-17dB) 200W
local(-44dB) 0.4W

History of Channel 3 in the Whitehawk Hill transmitter area

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Whitehawk Hill was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.


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Richard James
Tuesday 20 September 2011 2:55PM Brighton
All channels are down.. except for Analogue Channel 5... nothing on freeview or analogue...

Information above say no issues on this transmitter..

Maybe a broadcasted box over air.. as many people won't know what is happening!
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 20 September 2011 3:37PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 yesterday to 13:26 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 yesterday to 13:22 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Richard James
Tuesday 20 September 2011 3:50PM Brighton
Can they just put relevant information (IE today.. don't care to much about yesterday LOL).
Bob Hobbs
Tuesday 20 September 2011 4:25PM
Agree with Richard James but wouldn't it be possible to give ADVANCED warning?
Triode
Tuesday 20 September 2011 4:38PM
Just checked Whitehawk Hill now........ALL digital and analog channel off air!!
Richard James
Tuesday 20 September 2011 4:50PM Brighton
We get that annoying you are being switched over in March 2012.. so there no reason why they can't broadcast a "tv maybe subject to disruption" message
JK
Tuesday 20 September 2011 5:08PM Brighton
Do I have to do anyhting like retuning my freeview box or is it just a problem with the transmitter in this area ? Is there a number or website to look at for up to date info ?
Richard James
Tuesday 20 September 2011 5:19PM Brighton
https://faq.external.bbc.co.uk/templates/bbcfaqs/emailstatic/interferencePage?entryID=&id=H1K4AP4EV1CTVUM1RPM4EV4ALE&moduleID=&reset=true
JK
Tuesday 20 September 2011 5:26PM Brighton
Thanks .Do i Just have to be patient and wait for signal to return ? I cant see any time scale shown on that link you just sent me.
Mike Dimmick
Tuesday 20 September 2011 5:39PM
Richard James: You can't broadcast a message if you're not broadcasting the picture. The thing has to be OFF to change connections. The cables carry pretty high power levels.

Digital UK announced the works at www.digitaluk.co.uk link icon 
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works , which is the extent to which anything is announced nowadays. Digital UK is primarily the broadcasters working together, so the news services essentially *had* the information, they just didn't bother to tell you.

The information suffixed by [BBC] comes from that BBC Reception Test page, and it reports *faults*. If the fault was caused by DSO work it says (DSO related) after the description of the fault. Any advance notices scraped from Digital UK's website are marked [DUK]. Both may be posted in the same message. 'Transmitter Engineering' is a completely automated service that scrapes these two websites and posts the results here for posterity.

It could be a bit smarter about detecting the words 'today', 'yesterday' and a date, and figuring out that nothing has actually changed.

The BBC fault system is based on both monitoring and on reports from viewers; at smaller sites, there is no direct monitoring.

JK: You don't need to retune - no configuration is being changed, I believe they are simply installing and testing the new transmitter equipment at ground level.
Richard Davis
Tuesday 20 September 2011 6:25PM
I drove into Brighton this morning, and it looked as if there was a crane on site (I couldn't get very close due to other comittments). This evening there seems to be a new aerial on the platform at the top of the mast - slightly longer than the Ch 5 ae, alongside and it a bit to the south. Again couldn't get close due to time committments. Possibly a temporary ae for the analogue services so they can replace the (old) main aerial?
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 20 September 2011 8:03PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 today to 16:57 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 yesterday to 13:25 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 yesterday to 13:26 yesterday BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 16:59 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 yesterday to 13:22 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 today to 16:59 t [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Briantist
Tuesday 20 September 2011 8:55PM
Richard Davis: I will have to pop over there tomorrow and take some pictures.
Mikescki
Tuesday 20 September 2011 9:47PM Worthing
The BBC Channels were off air this morning and again when we came home this evening.
The Website says nothing wrong.
Come on someone take responsibility !!
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 21 September 2011 5:56AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 yesterday to 16:57 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 on 19 Sep to 13:25 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:26 on 19 Sep BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 16:59 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:22 on 19 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterda [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 21 September 2011 5:56AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 yesterday to 16:57 yesterday BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 on 19 Sep to 13:25 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:26 on 19 Sep BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterday to 16:59 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:22 on 19 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 yesterda [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 8:55AM
Mikescki: The website says "Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption". It says it very clearly and lots of times.
Richard James
Wednesday 21 September 2011 11:10AM Brighton
I am aware that you can't broadcast whilst you are off air.. but there isn't any reason they could do it say "30 mins" or so before they go off air!

As not everyone knows about the down time.. etc
mikescki
Wednesday 21 September 2011 12:45PM
Sorry to be a bit argumentative but I read it as "No problems".
If this is the way "forward" then I don't see it as very satisfactory.
We loose Analgue in a few weeks time - so we are told - and then have no back-up when the Digital goes missing.
However, my main point is that the top of the information page says - "No Current Reported Problems" - when it is quite clear that they are off air and had been for many hours! This banner headline should be linked to reality.
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 2:12PM
mikescki: You don't "loose (sic) Analgue (sic) in a few weeks time", switchover is listed clearly at the top of the page:

Wednesday 21st March 2012

The current engineering work, which is replacing the transmitter arrays is in preparation for the digital switchover.

I don't know why the message at the top of the page has reverted to "no problems", I shall look into this.
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 4:51PM
Engineering information is now showing at the top of the page again. Found the bug!
Mikescki
Wednesday 21 September 2011 7:00PM Worthing
Hi Brian,
Thanks for fixing the banner.
Maybe by the end of the week the eng work will all be sorted.
I can see that the switch date on this site says March 2012. That is different from the various ads around the Worthing area which are saying October 2011 -- hence my confusion. Perhaps it is another transmitter which is going.
Also, my apologies for not running the text through spellchecker ...
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 8:48PM
Mikescki: There are no switchovers in October 2011 - www.ukfree.tv link icon Switchover events September- December 2011 | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

Not sure why you would see such adverts around Worthing, switchover from Rowridge is also Wednesday 21st March 2012...

Mikescki
Wednesday 21 September 2011 9:01PM Worthing
Hi Brian,
Next time I am there I will try and photograph one. I do remember that it has the little robot character on it.
Heavenscentrose
Wednesday 21 September 2011 10:32PM Brighton
Yesterday, like everyone in Brighton, I found it difficult to view any channels. I managed to re-tune the TV, rearranged the order to what I wanted, which took an hour and then today I turned on the television to find that we had to re-tune again. I have done this but haven't re-numbered the channels to a logical order as it takes so much time.

It would be nice to have a definitive answer as to when the engineering work on the Whitehawk Hill transmitter will be completed so that we know when we can expect a proper service again.

Is there any guarantee that we will be able to receive all the channels we get now when the digital switchover takes place and how long can we expect disruption then?

I know that it's a very large operation, but it is very inconvenient when the service is so badly interrupted for so long.
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 10:33PM
Mikescki: The ones all over Brighton say "IN SIX MONTHS TIME" on them...
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 10:37PM
Heavenscentrose: The work will be done when it's done. It is difficult, heavy and complex work which is being done at the top of a mast 172m above sea level.

It's not like replacing a domestic aerial, not even slightly.

The power of the transmitter after switchover will be much higher than for most other main transmitters (-4dB compared to -7dB) so the coverage will be much better than the analogue coverage.

At switchover the transmitter will be off air for about six hours from midnight.
Heavenscentrose
Wednesday 21 September 2011 10:43PM Brighton
Thanks for the info, Brian. I can understand the difficulties of working on such a high mast in an exposed site! I, along with everyone else, will have to be patient and won't rearrange the channels until all is up and running properly again.

It's very reassuring that reception will be better after the digital switchover. I wonder whether we'll be able to receive some of the French digital stations which are at present sometimes available when the weather conditions are right? It will be interesting to see - we may be able to access lots more channels - something to which to look forward.
Briantist
Wednesday 21 September 2011 11:15PM
Heavenscentrose: You should only see French channels when there is a temperature inversion...

It would be best to wait for the work to be completed before doing any rescanning.

Arqiva, the mast owners, will be keen to get the work done with as little disruption to viewers are they possibly can.
Heavenscentrose
Wednesday 21 September 2011 11:45PM Brighton
Hi Brian

Unfortunately, when there is a problem, we have to rescan as we cannot access any channels without doing this. (a message keeps appearing on the screen telling us to rescan). So we have to rescan to be able to view any TV at all. However, as the numbers assigned to the channels are illogical and out of sequence we have to renumber them. Until the problems are sorted, we won't be renumbering! Our TV is very difficult to set up after rescanning so we'll just have to use the EPG to find the channels we want! However, this is a small price to pay to get a better service.

Thanks again.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 22 September 2011 5:05AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 20 Sep to 16:57 on 20 Sep BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 on 19 Sep to 13:25 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:26 on 19 Sep BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Sep to 16:59 on 20 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:22 on 19 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Se [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
clare McNeil
Thursday 22 September 2011 12:52PM
Hi Brian
Thanks for the engineering work updates and changing the engineering banner info too. I appreciate you are unable to name a date when the engineering work is complete. Can I ask 2 questions: 1) Will there be a message update on here telling us all engineering work we are experiencing now is completed & if there will be anymore engineering works in the future.
2)While this engineering work is going should I not re-scan the TV for channels but instead leave the TV alone & wait for the channels to come back on. I was just wondering because I am not sure if you have to do a re-scan in order to get all channels again. Sorry for the dumb questions but I am not IT minded at all. Thank you.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 22 September 2011 1:55PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 on 19 Sep to 13:25 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 20 Sep to 16:57 on 20 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:26 on 19 Sep BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Sep to 16:59 on 20 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:22 on 19 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Se [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Briantist
Thursday 22 September 2011 3:58PM
clare McNeil: OK.

1) Usually you just see "no work for this week" and that's it. The air works are unlikely to continue much later into the year - once it gets cold and windy the work is impossible to carry out safely.

2) If you can rescanned whilst the services were off-air, rescan again after 6pm. If you didn't, the services should just reappear in their correct places when the work is done.
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 22 September 2011 4:06PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 20 Sep to 16:57 on 20 Sep BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 12:53 on 19 Sep to 13:25 on 19 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Sep to 16:59 on 20 Sep BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:26 on 19 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:52 on 19 Sep to 13:22 on 19 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Se [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Clare McNeil
Friday 23 September 2011 12:43PM Hove
Hi Brian
Thank you for your speedy response I think I won't re-scan as the TV channels did appear again in their right place without me doing a re-scan. I just wasn't sure if I had to keep doing a re-scan after every time the TV channels went down during engineering work.

Thanks for the engineering updates and for your reply. I appreciate this must be a busy time for you in this area.
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 24 September 2011 4:43AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 20 Sep to 16:57 on 20 Sep BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 20 Sep to 16:57 on 20 Sep Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Sep to 16:59 on 20 Sep BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 20 Sep to 16:59 on 20 Sep [BBC] Over the next week Whitehawk Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Peter Smith
Saturday 24 September 2011 5:53PM Brighton
Apologies for double posting but I think I put this query in an inappropriate place. This one seems more relevant:

I'd like some advice from anyone who understands the modulation techniques and error-correction provided by digital TV.

I'm trying to decide what we should do with the MATV system at Brighton Marina after the DSO next March. With the analogue signals we transpose frequencies (channels) so as not to get RF pickup on any badly shielded drop leads etc and this is normal practice. For the digital channels we currently transpose three of the muxes but not the other three (why? I don't know - it was introduced on a legacy system before I moved here).

My question is: with the high power digital transmitters, should we transpose frequencies to avoid any direct RF pickup clashing with the (slightly delayed) MATV data stream and clobbering the BER? Or is it completely unnecessary with digital transmissions?

The corollary of these questions poses another: does it do any harm to transpose channel frequencies for digital TV? If not, we might as well transpose all six since our head-end equipment is frequency agile. Can I assume that there is nothing RF-specific in the data streams?

I'd be very grateful for any informed opinion or advice.
Richard Davis
Sunday 25 September 2011 6:04PM
I've had a chance to have a closer look, and it appears that what I thought I saw from a distance and posted here on the 20th was wrong - I can see no evidence of the new aerial that I thought I could see, so sorry to mislead!
Chris
Monday 26 September 2011 9:37PM Brighton
I wonder if anyone can let me know when Brighton is due to recive Freeview H.D.?
Briantist
Monday 26 September 2011 11:19PM
Chris: As above, Wednesday 21st March 2012.
steve
Tuesday 27 September 2011 3:52PM Brighton
I understand the Whitehawk transmitter in Brighton has had engineering works, which may explain why reception in the last week has been poor. In an attempt to improve reception I rescanned my PVR and lost Mux D channels - including Film4 and ITV4. My TV's built-in digital reception matches this loss. The channels had been there in all the years I've lived here yet disappeared overnight, so it can't be the aerial. I've rescanned using this website's guidance but nothing has changed. Is there any hope of these returning? Thanks.

Briantist
Thursday 29 September 2011 10:46PM
steve: Everything should be back to normal operation now.
steve
Friday 30 September 2011 4:03PM
Many thanks for replying, but nothing has changed. Mux D is still unavailable and has been for a week. I find this bizarre, if not also Kafkesque. How can these channels disappear overnight and not return? All the other channels are there (rescanning produced 42 TV and 12 radio channels). Why would engineering works make things worse?

Looking closely at the Whitehawk transmitter's coverage, I notice the yellow area does not actually cover my street (and a large section of the seafront). Could this be due to the tower blocks between it and the transmitter? If so, why was it fine before the last week?

Would really appreciate some guidance as to what to do.
Jim Davies
Monday 3 October 2011 10:26AM Brighton
Anyone else having trouble with Witehawk Hill / Mux2 (e.g. ITV1, C4, C5) since yesterday?
J N Collis
Monday 3 October 2011 10:50AM Chipping Campden
Why was I able to get ITV3 before they messed about with the Lark Stoke transmitter on Wednesday, now I have lost a number of digital channels including ITV3 and no amount of re-turning gets them back.
Mike Dimmick
Monday 3 October 2011 12:36PM
J N Collis: Firstly, make sure you do a full retune from scratch. The option might be called full reset, First Time Installation, Default Setting, 'Virgin Mode', Factory Reset, or something similar depending on the box or TV. You may find instructions at www.tvretune.co.uk link icon TV Re-tune . Newer equipment (since 2009) should have included a leaflet specifically telling you how to retune at switchover - do the same now.

If that still doesn't help, and it's only the channels on the SDN multiplex that are affected (see the Lark Stoke transmitter page), look for any piece of equipment with an RF output, such as a Sky box or an old VCR, or even the Freeview box itself, and make sure that is set to a channel well away from any multiplex. Above C50 is probably sensible. The RF output can cause problems on the tuned channel, on adjacent channels, and on channels 5 and 9 higher than the selected channel.

Lark Stoke never carried analogue Channel 5, so even very old equipment could still be set to output on C36, which is very likely to cause problems with C41.
Pogle
Wednesday 5 October 2011 11:07AM Brighton
Very, very , very basic question to which I've been unable to find an answer anywhere:
when you 'point' an aerial, which way is forward? I've always assumed it's along the length of the aerial and that the bigger part at one end of the aerial is the back - as if the other (small) end is the arrowhead pointing at the transmitter.

But if that's the case why are all my neighbours' aerials in Kemptown, south of the hospital, pointing roughly WSW towards the sea? I would've thought Whitehawk would be my nearest transmitter, but even if I'm wrong about the pointing direction, and the aerial points side on, the orientation would not fit.

Are we picking up Isle of Wight or something? I can't make sense of it. Thanks for any insight.
Briantist
Wednesday 5 October 2011 11:45AM
Pogle: There is a transmitter on the Isle of Wight at Rowridge. Sometimes you can't use the "nearest" transmitter because there is, as there is in Kemptown, a massive hill in the way.
Pogle
Wednesday 5 October 2011 12:47PM Brighton
OK, I've answered my own question: yes, Stupid, it points the way you'd expect. Not just an assumption. And yes I'm picking up IoW which is 100x more powerful than Whitehawk.

The problem I'd been having was that my Humax was automatically tuning certain channels to Whitehawk and they were very unreliable. I found a way to manually tune everything to IoW.
Briantist
Wednesday 5 October 2011 1:53PM
Pogle: I'm glad you have found how to do that.



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