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The symbol shows the location of the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter. 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 Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bexhill 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C33- (569.8MHz)45mDTG-400W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)45mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)45mDTG-400W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Bexhill (East Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Bexhill transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 35km north-northwest (336°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 49km north (5°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

How will the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
A B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFA B C/D E K T VHFB E K TK T
C33BBCA
C36D3+4
C40D3+4
C43BBCB
C46-BBCA
C48BBCB

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 400W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services 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
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Bexhill 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Friday, 24 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
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9:06 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Sep 07:41. . [BBC]

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12:07 PM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Sep 07:41 until 24 Sep 10:47. . [BBC]

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Friday, 15 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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11:29 AM

Bexhill transmitter - Bexhill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 18 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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8:36 AM

Bexhill transmitter - Bexhill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 25 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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5:43 AM

Bexhill transmitter - Bexhill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/10/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Saturday, 5 November 2022
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Mr Jon Stevens
8:24 AM

Freeview signal very poor, re tuned frequently but even if its good it then goes wrong. I have a communial arial which is OK.
In particular, SKY 233 is the first to go.

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3:45 PM

Mr Jon Stevens:

Firstly, frequent retuning is a very bad idea and is never recommended, especially if you have weak or no signal, or badly pixellated pictures. In most cases it will just clear the correct tuning and possibly tune to to a weak signal from another transmitter that will disappear as weather conditions change.

If you are getting Sky (LCN233) - that is carried on the ArqA/COM5 multiplex.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
You won't be getting the signals from Bexhill as it is a "Light" transmitter and doesn't have any COM (or Local) multiplexes.

As this is a communal aerial, do any other people on the same aerial have similar problems?
If you provide a full postcode we can look at the predicted reception for your locale and the most likely transmitter.
Please have a look at which way (approx. compass bearing) the aerial is pointing and whether its rods (or squashed Xs) are horizontal or vertical. Can you see if its downlead is secure and not flapping in the wind?

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Friday, 30 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
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8:09 AM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Dec 07:26 until 30 Dec 07:28. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 16 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
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6:09 PM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 16 Mar 15:24. . [BBC]

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11:25 PM

BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 16 Mar 15:24 until 16 Mar 20:28. . [BBC]

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