Full Freeview on the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 96,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast?
Whitehawk Hill transmitter - Whitehawk Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Freeview channels does the Whitehawk Hill 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Whitehawk Hill transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 43km northeast (36°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 80km west (274°)
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 Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | C/D E | E | E | C/D E T | W T | ||||
| C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | D3+4 | ||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C40 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C54tv_off | LBN | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | SDN | ||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
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 | 10kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-3dB) 5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 4kW | |
| Mux B* | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBN | (-14dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A* | (-17dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Whitehawk Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 17 September 2012
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Terry8:43 PM
I live in telscombe, which transmitter should I tune into, at the moment I am pointing to the whitehawk transmitter but I get a signal drop and pixelation now and again, also when I put a basic splitter on to feed an additional tv the extra tv dosen't pick up any signal and says check aerial connection....any ideas please?
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Hi I'm not IT minded, but I have just noticed ITV1 has flashing coloured blocks on the screen. Tried the other ITV channels and all is fine there. I also did Freeview ditigal re-tune, but the problem remains. The other TVs in the house are also experiencing the same problem. Wondering if there are any engineering works or what is going on. Thanks
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Clare's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Hi just wanted to say the problems I was having with ITV1 seemed to have been resolved. Thank you
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Sunday, 23 September 2012
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Alex3:18 PM
Hi I just wondered if anyone else has experienced a dramatic loss in signal for the mux that carries the ITV, channel 4 group of channels since being instructed to retune by an on screen message? My signal strength has dropped right down to about 17% and all of the channels in that mux are now blockign and glitching and totally unwatchable.
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Monday, 24 September 2012
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Chris1:29 PM
I don't use the Whitehawk transmitter as a main feed. But I can get weak signals from C48 (WhitehawK), but I get nothing from Chans: 56,57,51,53,60 (Whitehawk).
If I get a weak signal from one, shouldn't I get weak from all?
Can someone explain
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Monday, 22 October 2012
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Steve8:24 PM
I'm in Hove and most evenings from about 5pm to mid evening all the BBC channels (except BBC1 South East) break up and even disappear. All other channels strong and perfect. I'm constantly retuning Freeview. Doesn't anyone else experience this?
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KMJ,Derby10:53 PM
Steve: If BBC1 SE is giving reliable reception but the other BBC channels are poor it shows that you are receiving signals from two or more transmitters, your receiver decides to store the first option found rather than the best quality signal for those channels that have identical content from the available transmitters. If your aerial is pointing to Whitehawk Hill clear the channel list, then do a manual tune for each of the Whitehawk frequencies C60-_, C53, C57, C56, C48 and C51(HD)if required. If manual tuning is not possible commence the channel scan with the aerial unplugged, missing out the weaker signals on the lower frequencies, then plug it in before C48 to store all the Whitehawk Hill frequencies.
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Thursday, 22 November 2012
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George8:43 PM
Lancing
Hi, we seem to be having similar problems to Steve here in Brighton BN1 5 area.
ITV and the other channels which seem to be on the other mux'es are fine, but BBC1 & 2 are all but unwatchable most of the time.
Checking the DVB signal level, quality is very low although strength is high as we have a high gain antenna and mast head amp
At first I thought it was out of alignment although we're practically on top of the mast and as I said, ITV etc are fine.
Is there anything I can do to sort it out or am I stuck with ITV? ;-)
Thanks
George
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George's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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George8:44 PM
N.B. I've confirmed that the signal we're getting is on channel 60 so it's not from the wrong transmitter :-(
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George: If you are "practically on top of the mast" then WHY ON EARTH have you got a high gain aerial and a mast head amplifier???!!!!
Surely you would not need any let alone one!!
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