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The symbol shows the location of the Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) mast?

Newhaven transmitter - Newhaven transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Newhaven 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
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)131mDTG-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
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)131mDTG-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
 V max
C30 (546.0MHz)131mDTG-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
the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Newhaven (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 Newhaven transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (21°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 66km north-northeast (31°)
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 Newhaven (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1970-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-1319 Jul 2018
VHFB E K TB E K TB E K TB E TA K T
C6ITVwaves
C8BBCtvwaves
C23BBCA
C26D3+4
C30BBCB
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C40BBCB
C41C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C50tv_offBBCA

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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 2kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Friday, 13 January 2012
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Dave Rogers
12:30 PM
Newhaven

Mike Dimmick's post mostly answers my questions (which I posted on the Brighton Freeview page but here it is again for the Newhaven forum:

'I live near the top of the valley in Denton . I am aware of the switchover due in March onwards, and I have a couple of comments and questions.

'I receive Freeview (and DAB - proper outside aerials)from Whitehawk and have for years lost ITV, & 4 etc in wet weather. I realised on New Years Day that I was watching Ch4 and it was raining, so yes, well pleased with improved performance!

'After Newhaven comes on stream will it still be sensible to pick up Freeview from Brighton (ie do nothing other than retune) or should I realign my aerial (or even need a new aerial, get rid of the amplifier etc)?'

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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Briantist
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9:04 AM

Dave Rogers: There are twice as many services, and in the future more on Whitehawk Hill that are not on, and will never be on the Newhaven transmitter.

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Jeremy Yeats-Edwards
7:10 PM

I am in Lewes. Will I be able to receive the Whitehawk signal? The Newhaven service looks poor.

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Monday, 16 January 2012
Briantist
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7:55 AM

Jeremy Yeats-Edwards: Please provide a full postcode.

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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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Roger Strange
12:35 PM
Seaford

I've been getting weak digital TV reception in Seaford for the last few days. ITV disappears for hours at a time, and sometimes I can't get BBC1, only BBC4. Analogue TV is fine. I have a digital aerial on the top of my chimney pointed at the Newhaven transmitter, and it looks ok from ground level. I have a Panasonic TV 26LXD500 + HUMAX PVR 9200T + Antiference P1200 signal booster. My equipment hasn't changed recently, and I have tried retuning the TV several times. I have also tried retuning the HUMAX PVR, and it sometimes manages to find BBC1 when the Panasonic TV can't find it at all.

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KMJ,Derby
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1:08 PM

Roger Strange: There are no digital transmissions yet from Newhaven. Your aerial, coincidentally points to Whitehawk Hill, which is the source of your digital signals. Note that MuxB (BBC4) is at 1kW, whereas Mux2 is only 400W and Mux1 is 200W. After switchover all muxes will be transmitted at 4kW, so you should find your problem solved. In the meantime check cables and connectors, just in case any signal is being lost with a poor connection.

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Dave Lindsay
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1:21 PM

Roger Strange: If your aerial (there is no such thing as a "digital aerial" BTW) is pointing at Newhaven, then you are receiving signals from another transmitter as Newhaven doesn't broadcast any digital at the moment.

From your location, the angle between Newhaven and Whitehawk is only 4 degrees, so it is probably irrelevant which it is actually directed at. The only difference is that Newhaven uses Group B channels and Whitehawk is C/D. This may be of concern if the aerial is a Group B one (intended for Newhaven), but if it's wideband it should be OK.

When switchover happens, you will only get the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) channels from Newhaven whereas Whitehawk will provide a full service. Assuming the the iffy signals you are receiving now are coming from the latter, then you will probably be able to receive Whitehawk when it switches over which is 7th and 21st March.

The switchover for Newhaven (as a relay of Heathfield) is 30th May and 13th June. Once Newhaven has switched over, whenever you tune or retune your equipment, you will have to watch that it doesn't pick up Newhaven PSBs.

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buontempo
3:31 PM
Bexhill-on-sea

we have had a terrible tv reception for months. will it get better on switch over. we live in a block of flats and had a new digital aerial last August. Could Hastings Direct just up the road from us have anything to do with it.

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Briantist
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3:51 PM

buontempo: Basically... not really. From 13th June 2012 you will get good reception of the three PSB multiplexes ("Freeview Light") from the Bexhill.

However, I would suggest you go for Freesat - you will get more channels on the service and you can get all the Freesat services today.

See Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for the channels.

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Monday, 13 February 2012
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Russ
2:41 PM
Newhaven

Hi all, we're based in the Port (up the far end, near Ferry) BN9 0BN i think, and are looking at changing to an aeriel (currently on sky dish, limited free channels) can anyone tell me if it's gonna be worthwhile investing in a new aerial, or will we not get much from our location. Cheers

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