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The symbol shows the location of the Heathfield (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 170,000 homes.

Other maps:Heathfield DABHeathfield AM/FMHeathfield regionBBC South EastMeridian (East micro region)

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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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Heathfield 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
 horizontal max
C52 (722.0MHz)298m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
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
 horizontal max
C49 (698.0MHz)298m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Meridian (East 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
 horizontal max
C47 (682.0MHz)298m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		20,000W
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
 horizontal max
C42+ (642.2MHz)298m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
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
 horizontal max
C44 (658.0MHz)300m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
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
 horizontal max
C41+ (634.2MHz)300m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
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 Heathfield transmitter


BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 17km north
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.8m homes 3.1%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 40km north-northeast
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 39 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-18
aerial groupC/D EC/D EWB EB EW
C292local
600C341
C41+ArqB+ArqB+ArqB
C42+SDN+SDN+SDN
C44ArqAArqAArqA
C47-BBBCBBBCBBBCB
C48-A
700C49BBC1BBC1BBC1D3+4D3+4D3+4
C51-D
C52BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C54C
800C64ITVITVITV
C67C4C4C4

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Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 30th May and 13th June 2012.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 in the Heathfield transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Heathfield 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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Transmitter engineering
Monday 16 July 2012 11:10AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Heathfield main transmitter: TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) Possible weak signal. [DUK]
Alan Newton
Monday 6 August 2012 1:55PM Heathfield
We are on freeview we get a lot of speech breaks and loss of the picture at times.
The aerial is on the roof. If we could go back to the old system I would. It was quicker to change programs and less hassle. We also have other friends with the same problems.
Gill Hall
Saturday 11 August 2012 5:48PM Burgess Hill
i live in a flat our aerial serves 15 flats i am the furtherest from the aerial.we do not get film4 or yesterday or magic radio -would we get these channels if the aerial picked up signal from midhurst?if so, how do we get it changed?
Dave Lindsay
Saturday 11 August 2012 6:23PM
Gill Hall: There are six multiplexes in total, each is a single signal on at a particular frequency which carries multiple services.

The services you mention are all on the same multiplex (COM6: ArqB) and therefore carried by the same signal.

It could be that your aerial system needs some adjustment. It may be filtered so as to only allow the frequencies that are used by the transmitter. The COM6 multiplex from Heathfield uses a frequency not used before switchover, so maybe it is the aerial system that is blocking it.

It will be down to whoever is responsible for the aerial system to sort it out. Maybe that is your landlord.
Phil Hopkins
Thursday 16 August 2012 1:23AM
Hello, I would like to receive Sky Sports on Freeview channel 41, but it appears Heathfield does not transmit this. Can anyone please tell me if there are plans to transmit Channel 41 in the near future, I would rather not have to install a satellite dish or go to Virgin Media. Many thanks.
Adrian Durrant
Thursday 16 August 2012 10:32PM
Excuse me for butting in and admin will correct me if I'm wrong but I think you need to get a top-up TV box
www.topuptv.com link icon Sky Sports, Sports Packs, Sky Sports 1 & 2 | Top Up TV (BN229DT)
Dave Lindsay
Thursday 16 August 2012 10:59PM
Phil Hopkins: As Adrian Durrant says, you need Top Up TV, or it is available on BT Vision.

Strictly-speaking, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 are not available on Freeview. "Freeview" is the brand name for the free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) service. Sky Sports 1 and 2 are carried, encrypted, on the 81 full-DTT transmitters.
Alan Clark
Thursday 16 August 2012 11:11PM
Hi Phil, If you've got a fairly new TV then you need this adapter CI+ Landing | Top Up TV but you would still have to pay to watch. (BN229BX)
peter comer
Friday 7 September 2012 10:59AM
I live in crowborough with a direct sight of the transmitter. this morning all itv channels channel 4 have gone. I retuned and no luck. all other channels are ther incl. itv 3 and 4.
peter comer
Friday 7 September 2012 11:02AM Crowborough
postcode tn6 1pf. I have an indoor aerial on the kitchen windowsill. So far the reception has been first class.
Jim Flooks
Monday 10 September 2012 1:18PM Haywards Heath
RH16 3EF. Haywards Heath area. Roof mounted aerial. Sunday 9th September - intermittent picture freeze/break up on ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Usual processes followed to no avail. Checked signal strength on menu. BBCA, SDN, ArqA and ArqB rock solid and steady at 95%, D3+4 fluctuating between 95% and 70% with occasional dips below 30%, coinciding with break up. Zero Bit Error Rate. Always steady signal level before. Is there a problem with this multiplexer?
ci
Friday 14 September 2012 6:13PM Haywards Heath
I have been having problems as well with reception (Haywards Heath area) in the past week or two. It comes and goes. ITV, C4 etc goes first (ch 49), then the HD channels (ch 47). This afternoon the bbc channels went as well (ch 52 I think). Could it be weather related?
Justin Smith
Monday 22 October 2012 9:08AM
Hello Brian.
I`m curious as to why you`ve got Heathfield (post switchover) down as an E group ? Shouldn`t that be B group ?
Arthur Turk
Monday 29 October 2012 12:50PM
I have not been receiving HD channels for some weeks now. I cleared the memory and ran Auto Setup with no luck. Cleared the memory again and did manual tuning on 41,42,44,47,49 and 52. Still no HD.
Dave Lindsay
Monday 29 October 2012 12:56PM
Arthur Turk: When you manually tune to the HD mux (C47), ensure that the mode is set to DVB-T2 rather than DVB-T, if there is such a setting on the manual tuning screen.
Arthur Turk
Monday 29 October 2012 2:49PM
Dave,

I can not see a DVB-T2 facility. I have never needed to use such a thing in the past.
Dave Lindsay
Monday 29 October 2012 3:15PM
Arthur Turk: So does it register a signal when you manually tune to C47?

Should I presume that you have looked at logical channel numbers 101, 102, 103 and 104 for them as they are their new locations?
Arthur Turk
Monday 29 October 2012 6:43PM
The TV searches for some time with little activity on the quality and strength bars but never finds anything that it can save.

If I key in the channel number the message 'invalid channel' appears.

Why did HD disappear before the recent channel changes?
Malcolm
Tuesday 27 November 2012 11:08PM Eastbourne
I live in a flat in BN20 postal area and the aerial is on the roof. I cannot get any channel in the COM6 Arq B group. I can get most other channels well. I am told this is because the Eastbourne Old Town relay transmitter does not carry this group. Is this correct?
jb38
Wednesday 28 November 2012 12:17AM
Malcolm: Malcolm: Basically yes, but if you are receiving from any of the two Eastbourne relays then you wouldn't be able to receive either ITV3, Pick TV or Film 4 either as these do not transmit from any of the two relays mentioned.

As Heathfield @ 14 miles / 353 degrees (horizontal polarity) is shown as your main station then (menu allowing) you should carry out a "manual" retune on Heathfields COM6 mux Ch41 and see if anything is received, although its very doubtful if it would be if the communal aerial has been vertically mounted to cater for reception from the local relays, this being something that maybe you could send an update on.
Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 28 November 2012 10:10AM
Malcolm: I have read your follow-up posting where you said that you tried manually tuning with no joy:

An update | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

The Streetview photo of your building shows the aerial on the roof clearly facing Heathfield, and so the Eastbourne relay plays no part in your reception.

Up until switchover, the lowest UHF channel (frequency) used in the 40s was 47. Your aerial system may be filtered to only allow particular channels or a particular range of channels. Now that the lower 40s are in use, and the lowest one is the one you can't receive, I wonder if it is your aerial system which needs some adjustment.
Malcolm
Thursday 29 November 2012 9:20AM Eastbourne
Thank you Dave. I'll have a word with my landlord.
Tracey Jude
Wednesday 5 December 2012 9:49PM
Hi,Im not sure why but my DAB radio only tunes to local channels in kent, but then says no signal to them all, when i live in sussex,Heathfield, does anyone els have this trouble
Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 5 December 2012 11:13PM
Tracey Jude: I think you might be hard pressed to pick up any local multiplexes in the Heathfield area. There doesn't appear to be one which officially covers that area. You will probably be able to receive the BBC national and commercial national multiplexes as they broadcast from the Heathfield transmitter.

The nearest transmitter that broadcasts Kent local multiplex is Tunbridge Wells, so you will probably need to be on the side of the house facing that direction to have any chance at all.

There is a "Sussex Coast" multiplex, but as the name implies, it serves the coast so it is also probably doubtful that you will be able to receive it.
E Chuck
Thursday 6 December 2012 9:43AM Wadhurst
Hi i have a roof aerial towards Heathfield why do I have problems with tuning all TVs to all stations in cold and foggy weather any help would be apppreciated regds Ted Chuck
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 6:19PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
John Chesterfield
Sunday 10 February 2013 11:25AM
I am rarely successful in obtaining page 102 of BBC channels 1 and 2 in order to see text forms of news, business, sports and do on. Why should this be the case - is the signal at fault?
Briantist
Sunday 10 February 2013 11:32AM
John Chesterfield: Ceefax closed at digital switchover, 30th May/13th June 2012, so you can't mean that...
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 21 February 2013 1:31PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:00 today to 11:00 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 22 February 2013 4:31AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:00 yesterday to 11:00 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 23 February 2013 4:31AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:00 on 21 Feb to 11:00 on 21 Feb. [BBC]
Chris
Saturday 9 March 2013 12:39PM Henfield
Dear Sir.
I have a relative who lives in the BN59NP area, her TV receives from the Heathfield transmitter. She has a modern Sony HD freeview TV and a recently fitted BT Humax HD set-top box, both receivers cannot pick up any of the freeview HD channels.
Can you please advise if the Heathfield transmitter is transmitting freeview HD?
If yes, can you please advise why she cannot pick up any of the HD channels?
jb38
Saturday 9 March 2013 12:59PM
Chris: If all other channels are being received OK then there is no reason for not being able to receive HD transmissions from Heathfield which are transmitted on multiplex Ch47.

However in the interests of accuracy more detailed instructions can only be given if the model numbers of both the Sony TV and also the Humax box are given to enable the specifications of both devices to be checked out.
jb38
Saturday 9 March 2013 7:52PM
Chris: Just to add to that already said earlier on, if these devices are relatively new then ask your relative to have a look at the user manuals for each of the devices in question, and in particular the section titled "Specifications", then look down the list for "Tuner" and check if DVB-T2 is seen mentioned, because if only DVB-T is seen then the device cannot receive HD transmissions.

If though they are unable to find the manuals then this can easily be checked out if the model numbers are given.
Transmitter engineering
Monday 15 April 2013 1:31PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:13 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 16 April 2013 4:32PM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:13 yesterday to 13:18 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 17 April 2013 4:32AM
HEATHFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:13 on 15 Apr to 13:18 on 15 Apr. [BBC]
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