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The symbol shows the location of the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 94,000 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 Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast?

MIDHURST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 30 Oct 10:00 until 30 Oct 11:22. Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 29 Oct 10:06 until 29 Oct 11:58. . BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)299mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)299mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (West 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), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)299mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C29 (538.0MHz)299mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C34 (578.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Midhurst (West Sussex, 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 Midhurst transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 51km west-southwest (256°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 41km west-southwest (248°)
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 Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-132013-182013-1716 Oct 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TK T
C29SDN
C33ArqB
C34ArqA
C35D3+4
C36BBCB
C48BBCA
C50tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C54tv_off SDNSDN
C55tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCABBCA
C56tv_off D3+4D3+4
C58tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59tv_offArqAArqAArqA
C61BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C62SDN
C68C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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 29 Feb 12 and 14 Mar 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux C*(-16dB) 2.5kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 2kW
Mux D*(-20dB) 1000W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Midhurst 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. Midhurst 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, 11 March 2012
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jb38
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9:11 PM

Darren Ellis: Sorry, should have said, a not as yet published date in October and not the 4th.

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Monday, 12 March 2012
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Dr T J Purnell
10:34 PM
Petworth

Sir/Madam,
Midhurst Transmitter
can you please tell me if we will be able to receive 'Group D horizontal' stations such as Yesterday and Film 4 after the switchover and increased power on March 14. I cannot find this info on your website.

My postcode is GU28 0RA

Dr T J Purnell

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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Mark Fletcher
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12:43 AM
Halifax

Dr T J Purnell.Petworth,GU28 0RA.Hopefully you should still be able to (just initially) receive the group C/D horizontally polarised ArqB multiplex i believe you're referring to come the early hours of tomorrow morning Wednesday 14 March 2012 when the four remaining analogue stations BBC1,ITV1,Channel's 4 & 5 are forever switched off and the 20kw higher powered DSO2 signals on D3+4,BBCB (HD) and SDN are switched on.BBCA (20kw) already switched on Wednesday 29 February 2012.However if you look carefully above "After switchover frequency notes" it states that ArqA will until further notice be reactive power restricted to 5kw "if required",while ArqB will until further notice be restricted to 1kw.I believe this until further notice could last up to the early hours of Wednesday 27 June 2012 as some South/South East England main transmitters and their dependent relays are either already fully switched,Hannington just recently,(some with restrictions such as the commercial multiplexes at both Sudbury and Oxford presently),in the process of going fully digital Midhurst tomorrow (Wed 14 Mar 2012) and Rowridge (on Wed 21 March 2012),or soon to switch such as Crystal Palace (Wed 4/18 Apr 2012),Heathfield (Wed 30 May/13 Jun 2012) and both Bluebell Hill and Dover main transmitters at the same time (Wed 13/27 Jun 2012).

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KMJ,Derby
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8:38 AM

Dr T J Purnell: Further to what Mark Fletcher posted above, At present MuxD/ArqB shares a frequency with Whitehawk Hill, which is likely to block reception of this mux at your location. From Wednesday 14th March 2012 the frequency of ArqB will be C50 from Midhurst. The Digital UK postcode checker predicts that you will then have good reception of this mux, although the power will be low at 1kW initially you are not very far away from the Midhurst transmitter.

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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Phil
7:40 AM
Pulborough

I live at RH20 3EZ - using the Midhurst transmitter.

There's excellent signal strength gor BBCA and ARQA muxes, but poor strength on D3+4.

Given that the signal strength for BBCA and D3+4 should be the same (20kW) and ARQA is lower (5kW), why should this be the case?

Thanks,

Phil

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The Apex Team
9:03 AM

Hi everyone. We are a local Aerial and satellite specialist company. We are out and about today doing retunes starting from Petersfield - Haselmere- Petworth. If anyone struggling or need advice we are happy to help. www.apexaerial.co.uk

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Steve
11:29 AM
Chichester

Additional info re reception in PO20 7BG using Midhurst TX. Rechecking and all COM6 ArqB channels are missing.
My box tracks all the signal strengths it finds at between 75-87%.
I note that ArqB is power restricted at 10% of it's capability until further notice (so that's the problem) - so it's 1 step forward and 2 steps back!

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Dave Lindsay
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1:24 PM

Phil: A look at the Digital UK Tradeview predictor for your post code (click the link next to your posting) is interesting.

For all multiplexes from Midhurst, it regards 100% of the post code area "served" (on its criteria). However, C61 (D3&4) is 96% "served" and 100% "marginal", so too is BBC B (HD services) on C58. The key here is not the absolute values, but the relate difference of these two multiplexes.

This could perhaps be a suggestion that there is another transmitter whose signals might be detrimental to reception of these multiplexes from Midhurst at this location.

In October this year, D3&4 is due to move to C56, and that too has the same 96% served prediction.


I've looked at the transmitters which use C61 and I've not come to any definate conclusion. Mendip uses C61 and C58. It also uses C56 at the same power as 61 and 58.

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