The Heathfield transmitting station is a facility for FM and
television
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transmission
Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
*** Automatic transmission
*** Manual transmission
*** ...
at
Heathfield, East Sussex
Heathfield is a market town in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The town had a population of 7,732 in 2011. With neighbouring Waldron, it forms the civil parish of the Heathfield and Waldron, which had a population of 11,913 in 2011 ...
, UK (grid reference TQ566220). Opened in 1969, its
antenna
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mast is a tall guyed structure, giving the transmitter a height of above sea level. A Group B (or wideband or K group) horizontally polarised aerial is required to receive digital TV signals. The original analogue signals were in the Group C/D band, but all the digital MUXES should still be receivable on a C/D group aerial in reasonable signal areas
see graph.
The station's coverage area suffers from co-channel interference problems, particularly to the south, not only with Brighton (Whitehawk Hill) but with the continent as well. It is owned and operated by
Arqiva
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.
Along with
Dover
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,
Bluebell Hill
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and
Brighton Whitehawk Hill, Heathfield transmits regional television services from
BBC One South East and
ITV Meridian
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(east).
Services listed by frequency
Analogue radio
Digital radio
Digital television
*Aerial Group: B
*Polarisation: Horizontal
*Heathfield completed 700 MHz clearance on 19 July 2018, therefore ceasing the use of UHF 49 and UHF 52.
Before switchover
*Aerial group: W
Analogue television
BBC Two closed on 30 May 2012. The remaining analogue services closed on 13 June 2012.
*Aerial group: C/D
*Polarisation: horizontal
References
External links
The Transmission Gallery: Heathfield Transmitter photographs and informationInfo and pictures of Heathfield transmitter including historical power/frequency changes and present co-receivable transmitters
Transmitter sites in England
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