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The symbol shows the location of the Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 4,300 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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Patcham 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
C29 (538.0MHz)141mDTG-14W
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
C31 (554.0MHz)141mDTG-14W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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
C37 (602.0MHz)141mDTG-14W
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?

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The Patcham (Brighton and Hove, 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 Patcham transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 40km northeast (41°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 79km west (270°)
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 Patcham (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E TA K T
C29BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C40BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C46BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4

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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 69W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6.9dB) 14W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill 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. Patcham 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.

Comments
Sunday, 19 June 2016
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Jerry
7:13 PM

Transmitter engineering:
Hi
I live in Patcham, Brighton and used to get the FULL set of Freeview channels until APRIL 2016 and now I only get a few (Freeview light?).
I don't know why this has changed.
I live towards the top of a hill, so can I get the full Freeview signal from Whitehawk? I so do I need a new aerial and/or get it re-directed to Whitehawk?
Thanks

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Richard Cooper
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7:31 PM
Norwich

Jerry: Hi Jerry, The Digital UK website says that the residents of Standean Farm in Patcham should be using Whitehawk Hill, so if you're near that, then you should too! The proper aerial for Whitehawk Hill is a Group E, although a Group C/D would do! You do indeed need to ensure that your aerial is pointing at Whitehawk Hill, which, as you probably realise, that is roughly South/South-East from Patcham centre. Remember that the elements or little rods on the aerial must be orientated horizontally for receiving Whitehawk Hill, not vertically, which you'd use for a Freeview Lite transmitter! You need to bear in mind that Whitehawk Hill doesn't carry multiplexes COM7 & COM8, so even using Whitehawk, there will still be some channels you can't get. If you have a study of this website in a little more depth, you can find all the info you need about what you can expect to get and what you can't get. Remember that you'll have to do 2 full re-tunes to get the max no. of channels. Best to do a re-tune with aerial unplugged (i.e. no signal feed) first, so receiver forgets what's stored in it at present, then replace aerial feed and re-tune again ( after re-aligning aerial to Whitehawk of course!) Richard, Norwich.

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7:47 PM
Norwich

Jerry: Further to my reply timed at 7:13 p.m., the aerial group for Patcham Freeview Lite is the same as the aerial group for Whitehawk (Group E), but the question really is, will you aerial have enough gain to pull in the Whitehawk signal? If you're at the top of a hill, you stand more chance of picking up Whitehawk than if you were down in a dip. Remember that you won't pick up Whitehawk without re-orientating your aerial, changing its polarisation to horizontal AND re-tuning. All three things must be done!!! Richard, Norwich.

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Thursday, 29 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
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5:31 AM

PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today. [BBC]

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8:31 AM

PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 today to 05:58 today. [BBC]

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2:32 PM

PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 today to 05:58 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today. [BBC]

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5:32 PM

PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 today to 05:58 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 30 September 2016
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5:31 AM

PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 yesterday to 05:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 yesterday to 04:09 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 yesterday to 03:48 yesterday. [BBC]

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PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 yesterday to 03:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 yesterday to 04:09 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 yesterday to 05:58 yesterday. [BBC]

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PATCHAM transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 yesterday to 05:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 yesterday to 03:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 yesterday to 04:09 yesterday. [BBC]

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