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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

Radiation patterns withheld

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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

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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.

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.


Your comments: most recent posts are at the bottom

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Your comments are always welcome. Please use the form below to add your thoughts or questions to this page. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

Briantist
Friday 28 November 2008 8:37AM
Smudger7: Are you still having the same problems?
Smudger7
Friday 28 November 2008 9:05AM
Briantist, I will check this evening (Friday) and let you know
shop1@ellins.co.uk
Friday 28 November 2008 10:44AM Hove
To keep you all informed - Derek Savage Technical Manager at ITV has just rung me to confirm that engineers will be scaling the Whitehawk Transmitter on Tuesday 2 Dec (weather dependent) to check for any damage to transmissions W of the tower. However although there are no obvious signs of damage he acknowledges that local interfence may be an issue prehaps from the switching on of a new emergency services transmitter in the area over 9/10 Nov - shall revert once have further news.
nick
Friday 28 November 2008 10:47AM Hove
This is Nick by the way!
Simon Frampton
Friday 28 November 2008 12:37PM
Since early November the digital signal has been weak on the ITV and channel 4 stations as well as those station associated with them. Our post code is BN24 2RP.

We have had excellent reception prior to this, the airial is new and was installed correctly. Whic is proven due to excellent reception up until early November 2008.

Why is this and what is happening to sort it out?
nick
Friday 28 November 2008 1:09PM Hove
Simon - please see my earlier postings - could you also please email this pm viewerservices@itv.com and set out problem - mark subject "WHITEHAWK PROBLEMS - FAO DEREK SAVAGE" - I want to get to bottom of this...
Smudger7
Friday 28 November 2008 6:39PM
Briantist; at the moment (6:40pm Friday evening) I am getting Mux 2 OK
Jo
Saturday 29 November 2008 12:36PM Hove
We live in the postcode area BN3 and over the last week we have been unable to access BBC 1 and 2, ITV and Channel 4 programs and their associated programs. Have checked on the multiplexes and we can't access any from mul 1 and 2. Any ideas?
Smudger7
Saturday 29 November 2008 9:24PM
Saturday evening and Mux 2 has gone again. This is becoming tedious.
Dan
Sunday 30 November 2008 10:01AM Hove
Still having problems. Had a couple of days of reception and thought it was all sorted, then it started blocking up again - still only affecting MUX 2 and still annoying.

Not sure what they did to cause it to come back for 2 days, but at least I got to watch a few things I'd have otherwise missed. Getting to the point where I'll try anything to get it sorted. Even emailed those guys suggested above - when the signal came back I thought they'd fixed it.
Jo
Monday 1 December 2008 3:20PM Hove
Thanks Brian for that advice. Have spoken to our neighbours and they are also experiencing problems with their digital tv. Ours is a built in DTV on Samsung TV. Have managed to recover BBC 1 and 2 although it does sometimes disappear.
See the transmitter is being check on tues so will see what happens then.
john lambert
Wednesday 3 December 2008 7:00AM Seaford
I live in Seaford and have lost our Freeview yesterday which previously perfect.Do not want to retune if it is likely to return.Is anyone aware of a problem with the transmitter at Whitehawk?

John
Briantist
Wednesday 3 December 2008 7:12AM
john lambert: If you have lost everything then can you please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 ?
Briantist
Wednesday 3 December 2008 7:47AM
Jo: Let's hope that the transmitter inspection turns up something.
Briantist
Wednesday 3 December 2008 8:10AM
Dan: Have you got multiplex 2 back again?
Briantist
Wednesday 3 December 2008 8:15AM
Smudger7: Is this STILL happening (sorry, had a few days off)?
Briantist
Wednesday 3 December 2008 9:00AM
Simon Frampton: See above, I guess.
nick
Wednesday 3 December 2008 1:32PM Hove
OK - Derek Savage, Technical Manager at ITV rang me on my mobile yesterday eve at 7pm and asked if I was still getting a weak signal - I said I was - he confirmed that Arqiva HAVE now found a fault with the MUX2 aerial (although have moved transmission of MUX2 further up the mast to try to better signal) - Arqiva are investigating fault - he promissed me an update by end of week
Jo
Wednesday 3 December 2008 4:43PM Hove
Seem to have got channels back although Mux 1 and 2 still has a weak signal but at least we have got them again. Hope it lasts and get better.
Briantist
Thursday 4 December 2008 8:46AM
Jo: I hope everything stays OK, please let me know if it happens again.
Briantist
Thursday 4 December 2008 9:01AM
nick: That is great news that they have found an actual fault.
john lambert
Thursday 4 December 2008 9:22AM Seaford
Have lost ITV1/3 and channel 4 amongst others since am Tuesday.Would this be to do with the fault at the transmitter?
I live in Seaford where signal is weak but can normally get most channels.Any idea if problems are going to be sorted.Tried a re tune this morning but still missing ITV etc.

John
Smudger7
Thursday 4 December 2008 11:22AM
Hi Briantist, sorry for the delay in answering your question, MUX 2 was working fine last night. Let's hope the fault, now that it did exist, stays fixed!
Briantist
Thursday 4 December 2008 12:29PM
john lambert: Aside from the comments above, please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 for help.
Briantist
Thursday 4 December 2008 12:38PM
Smudger7: I have my fingers crossed that it won't go wrong again!
Steve Blake
Friday 5 December 2008 5:52PM Peacehaven
Also lost all ITV channels on Tuesday had been fine before then, looks like that was the day the engineers had a look at the transmiter, must have managed to break it a bit more

Steve
Chris Morgan
Saturday 6 December 2008 11:48AM Peacehaven
I have read the recent issues with interest having only just discovered this site. If the problems ith mux2 are fixed, I would like to know why,since Tuesday, my TV is still not getting ITV & C4 channels. When I re-tune now the set isn't even acknowledging the existence of these channels - this after 5 years or so of reasonable if sometimes unreliable reception. Something has changed! I live in on Peacehaven/Telscombe Cliffs boarder and can see the Whitehawk transmitter when I stand on my roof next to the aerial.
Rob Ward
Saturday 6 December 2008 8:39PM
I am so glad I have found I am not the only one with this problem. I live in Seaford and have had no signal on the ITV channels since Tuesday 2nd December. I had good reception with these channels up to this time, so I am sure it is not my equipment. I have just asked my neighbours and they too have the same problem. Something has definitely changed. Who can we contact to find out what’s happened?
john lambert
Sunday 7 December 2008 9:33AM
I am glad that others are having the same problems I thought it was just me!
As above asks is there anybody we can contact to get this sorted out as something has definately been done to the ITV signal since Tuesday 2nd?
There is a technical engineer mentioned in previous posts,does he read this to be aware of problems or can we get in contact with him?

P.L.Eardley
Sunday 7 December 2008 7:45PM Seaford
This is really a comment (unless someone can tell me that things will get back to where they were befor now ) For the past two weeks I have lost Mux 2- ITV1 & Ch4. Ireside in BN254BZ at the East end of Seaford. For the past 5 Months I have recieved excellent pictures , so something or someone has changed the situation!! I know that I should not get the service here, but it is very frustrating to have it, and then loose it. I have tried Reboot, Rescan etc but to no avail so far as ITV1&Ch4 are concerned.
john lambert
Monday 8 December 2008 9:09AM
Having looked at a couple of other transmitter message boards it seems that a few other transmitter have been reduced in power.Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the new Freesat is being heavily advertised.
They might lose customers altogether because Sky have a £75 deal going which is far cheaper than the new BBC service plus you get 4 Sky extras for aperiod.
I for one am going that way as Freeview is not a service you can rely on.
Briantist
Monday 8 December 2008 10:23AM
Steve Blake/Chris Morgan/Rob Ward/john lambert/P.L.Eardley: It may be worth adding Freesat to your setup to ensure that you can get all the multiplex 2 channels reliably, as this transmitter will not switchover until mid 2012, and you have no hope of Freeview HD until then. www.ukfree.tv link icon Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 for more.
john lambert
Monday 8 December 2008 1:42PM
I'm certain those mentioned above all don't want to switch too Freesat.All we want to know is why from the 2nd December even a normal Freeview signal apart from the HD bonus has been obviously reduced when previous to that date all was okay.
Briantist
Monday 8 December 2008 2:33PM
john lambert: I didn't say "swatch to Freesat", I said "add Freesat" so you get the best of both. All the Mux 2 channels are on Freesat.
You are not in a good area for Mux 2 reception from Whitehawk Hill, so you would cause yourself less potential stress having a practicable solution, rather then depend upon good weather...
Steve Blake
Monday 8 December 2008 4:18PM Peacehaven
Hi Briantist what does add freesat involve, do I need to buy Freesat boxes as well as the Freeview boxes that I have, I have four children who all want the missing chanels in their bedrooms, what would this cost me ?.
I don't want to go out and spend lots of money and then all of the chanels come back anyway, I've had no problems for the last four to five years recieving them

Steve
Briantist
Monday 8 December 2008 6:28PM
Steve Blake: You can install a single dish with a "quad-LNB" to drive up to four boxes (either SD for £50, or HD for £150). There has to be a cable from the dish to each box.

There are more channels (some for Children) on Freesat too and you can get BBC and ITV HD too.
Rob Ward
Monday 8 December 2008 8:33PM
Putting aside the talk of freesat, does anyone know why from 2nd Dec we can know longer get Mux 2 channels (after years of getting a good signal) and if the situation is going to change? I have emailed DEREK SAVAGE at viewerservices@itv.com, as suggested in an earlier post, but have not had a reply! Who else can we ask?
Briantist
Monday 8 December 2008 8:36PM
Rob Ward: It depends on the reason for the problem, it may be caused by atmospheric conditions, or interference from abroad (France isn't far away), or it could be a fault on the transmitter that was giving out too much signal in your direction.

I would give it a few days to hear back from Viewer Services.
Clare C
Tuesday 9 December 2008 2:27PM
I live in Withdean, (BN1) and have found that our signal for itv, channel 4, ITV3 and many other channels has completely broken up on one tv (with a freeview box and boosted signal). Another tele we have, with just a freeview box simply isn't showing any of these channels either. Several years ago we had a problem, but things were fine until a week or 2 ago, when the signal deteriorated. Today it seems kaput! It's interesting to read the comments above.
Clare C
Tuesday 9 December 2008 2:39PM
Well, the signal has returned to our main tele and seems fine. However, the ITV channels are still being skipped on our other tele. Are these Mux 2 channels just that much weaker?
Briantist
Tuesday 9 December 2008 4:26PM
Clare C: Yes, the signals are weaker, but mainly it is the transmission mode. Please see www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview modes | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
Rob Ward
Tuesday 9 December 2008 6:00PM
I received this email from ITV today. It may be of interest to those experiencing bad reception on itv channels since December 2nd.

Dear Mr Ward
Thank you for your enquiry.
Engineers are currently investigating reports of poor reception in the Brighton area. They have recently conducted some field tests and concluded that there is an antenna fault at the local Whitehawk Hill transmitter.
An engineering team will visit the site to make the necessary repairs as soon as possible.
We appreciate that you may be experiencing poor reception. However, please be assured that ITV is in constant touch with the engineering team about the situation and we hope that your signal will improve in the near future.
Once again, thank you for taking the trouble to contact us.
Regards,
Derek Savage
Technical Manager,
ITV Viewer Services
Steve Blake
Tuesday 9 December 2008 6:49PM Peacehaven
Hi Briantist
Thanks for the info
Steve Blake
john lambert
Tuesday 9 December 2008 7:19PM
To Rob Ward
Let us hope that something will come out of engineers visit.
Briantist
Tuesday 9 December 2008 8:37PM
Rob Ward: That's good information, it would be really nice if they could post here...
David
Wednesday 10 December 2008 6:52AM Brighton
ITV Meridian News (6:40am) just said that ITV will be unavailable to East Sussx for a short period 'this morning' (Dec 10th) whilst 'urgent repairs are carried out to correct a fault with the Whitehawk TV transmitter'.

Interesting note - if there is a fault, when does the top of this page change to show it and who does this?
nick
Wednesday 10 December 2008 7:47AM
Indeed - received this email from Derek Savage yesterday eve!!

Thank you for your email.
Engineers are continuing to investigate reports of poor reception in the Brighton area. They are currently concentrating on the antenna system of the mast at Whitehawk Hill and will again visit the site tomorrow. If weather conditions allow, there will be a break in transmission of up to four hours from 11.30am for engineering work to take place.
I appreciate that you may be experiencing poor reception. However, please be assured that ITV is in constant touch with the engineering team and we hope that your signal will improve in the very near future.
I do not have any further details to share with you but I will be in touch when further information becomes available.
Once again, thank you for taking the trouble to contact ITV.
Regards,
Derek Savage
Technical Manager,
ITV Viewer Services

Briantist
Wednesday 10 December 2008 9:32AM
David: Only faults that are registered (with the BBC or Digital UK) appear at the top of the page, any that are not do not, sorry.
Briantist
Wednesday 10 December 2008 9:33AM
nick: A very interesting, and hopeful, email. Shame Derek Savage can't join us here...
Heather Jane Banks
Wednesday 10 December 2008 1:15PM
Unable to view any channels - 'No Signal'
TV was working fine this morning, is there a problem with the Whitehawk transmitter?
Briantist
Wednesday 10 December 2008 2:19PM
Heather Jane Banks: Yes, please see the comments above.



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