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.
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._______
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 not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Whitehawk Hill (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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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Thursday, 28 September 2017
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Mary12:47 PM
I have been experiencing reception problems with my tv today. I either get a message on some stations "no signal" or Low Signal Strength" on others. Can you please advise when the engineering works at Whitehawk Hill will be sorted out as it is inconvenient to not be able to watch certain channels, particularly BBC1 and the BBC news channel, which have no signal at all.
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:08 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:08 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:13 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:13 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:13 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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StevensOnln13:00 PM
bill young, Fiona & Mary: Engineering work usually lasts for a few hours at a time and the transmitter will generally be back on by the evening (the engineers aren't going to be doing planned work on it in the dark). Do not attempt to retune, just wait and your channels will return when the transmitter is switched back on.
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Mary3:59 PM
Thank you for the information Stevens Onln1. I've left the tv on and have switched channels and many channels are still affected with weak signals and the picture and sound breaking up or no signal at all, so I hope that the transmitter will be working before dusk. It must be dreadful for housebound people who can't use the internet as an alternative as tv is a lifeline for some people.
Fingers crossed for a return to normal!
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Transmitter engineering
5:31 PM
5:31 PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 today to 15:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 today to 15:42 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:13 today to 15:28 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:13 today to 15:28 today, R [BBC]
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Friday, 29 September 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 yesterday to 15:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 yesterday to 15:42 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:13 yesterday to 15:28 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:13 [BBC]
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Neil9:20 AM
Brighton
If the work isn't being done overnight why have I had very few channels for nearly 24 hours solid? No BBC and many others were missing all night and now into the following day. From memory I have around 6-8 working channels as of 09:17 on 29th
Nothing was wrong until Thurs 28th
BN1 6HA
thanks
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StevensOnln111:07 AM
Neil: Your TV may have attempted an automatic retune whilst the transmitter was off, causing it to loose channels. Check that you don't have any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV, then check with a neighbour that their Freeview is working. Then try a manual tune on C60 from the TV's menu, which should restore your BBC channels. If that works, a full retune should restore all of your channels, otherwise further investigation is needed.
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 yesterday to 15:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 yesterday to 15:42 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:53 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:53 today, Radio 2 FM Weak [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
WHITEHAWK HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 yesterday to 15:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:23 yesterday to 15:42 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:53 today to 15:02 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:53 today t [BBC]
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