Full Freeview on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter
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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: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Nov 05:50 until 20 Nov 05:53. . 
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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
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 Freeview channels does the Midhurst 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
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?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 51km west-southwest (256°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C33 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C56tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C58tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C61 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 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
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Tuesday, 27 March 2012
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David Precious9:43 AM
Midhurst Transmitter. 9th Feb all OK. 14th Mar all OK except I have lost most of the EPG on ALL channels. If I am lucky I might get the next two programs showing. Panasonic have tried an update and have now given up. They say it is a digital switchover problem as all the channels are working and it is only the EPG that is not working. I cannot now record or mark any programs. Almost useless.
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David Precious: The only thing I can think is to ensure that only signals from Midhurst are stored and that it doesn't store signals from other transmitters (if that is what it does).
I'm skeptical as to whether will cure the problem, but under the circumstances it would seem that only thing to do. Some systems' EPGs don't work well with signals from multiple transmitters.
If it has entries in the 800s, then this means that it has picked up signals from more than one transmitter. It puts duplicates (e.g. a second BBC One) in the 800s.
Some ideas for achieving the object of Midhurst only channels being stored:
Midhurst uses UHF channels 50 to 62 (frequencies). The automatic tuning scan runs 21 through to 69.
If you keep the aerial unplugged until about C48 (or 55%), then you should miss out any transmitters that use channels lower than this.
If there are transmitters that are interleaved within Midhurst's channels, then having completed this procedure you will still expect to have them in your 800s.
Examination of those channels and in particular what UHF channel(s) they are on by looking at the signal strength screen should allow you to work out which transmitter it is and therefore which channels you need to avoid.
The services are broadcast on multiplexes. Each multiplex carries a basket of services. For example, BBC One, BBC Two, BBC News and others are all carried on the same multiplex or signal.
For a list of services before and after switchover, see DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
The Digital UK - Postcode checker will also give you an idea of what you're likely to receive, although not all will pose a problem for you. Tick the box to say that you're in the trade and it will give you transmitters and channel numbers.
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David Precious: Carry out a factory reset before you start as a precaution (so as to wipe anything stored).
If you do this and still get some 800s, then it may be best to factory reset again before you try again to avoid the other signals.
If you have manual tuning, then this may be a way round it. This could enable you to tune in all Midhurst multiplexes (having factory reset) or if, having reset, you can only tune automatically, then aim to pick up at least one from Midhurst and manually tune the rest.
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Roger Haynes1:02 PM
I live in Midhurst and have a panasonic television which uses DVB services with good reception. To get Sky one has to go to AV1 and this has worked perfectly well in the past except that there is a slight background sound from BBC2 which is only really noticeable when there is no sound on a Sky programme.
However just recently, probably coinciding with the change to digital, Sky programmes suddenly stop and one is transferred to BBC2 on DVB. How can I stop this?
Thanks.
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White4:03 PM
Haslemere
Freeview box. All channels are off. The screen says that the receiver is not receiving a signal or signal too weak
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White's: mapW's Freeview map terrainW's terrain plot wavesW's frequency data W's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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ken leedale9:09 PM
Crawley
We are tuned to Midhurst.On Friday,23rd March, the TV screen started to shake continiously. From Sunday we have had no picture, but only the channel number. Will this be temporary or otherwise in Crawley consequent to the current changes at Midhurst. We have tried retuning the set
and still have 88 TV channels - previously there were 100. Our postcode is RH10 3TS
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ken's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Dave King9:45 PM
Haslemere
No dtv at all this evening from Midhurst transmitter. Only lasted a week?
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 31 March 2012
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Terry4:09 PM
I cannot receive teletext any more. Will this return in the near future?
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
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Dave Bizzill10:03 AM
I live in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight and my aerial before swithcover was pointing at Midhurst and I had every channel going. I have one of these in the loft Security Warning
All was fine until switchover. After switchover I can still get PSB1 and 2 at full quality and strength but com4 comes and goes and com5 and 6 are no longer there.
With the aerial still pointing to Midhurst I can pick up psbn 1 and 2 from Rowridge, this means the aerial is a full 90 degrees out but still picks it up. So I thought I'd move the aerial to point at Rowridge and see if I can get the others. No, all I get from Rowridge is psb1 and 2, no com4, 5 or 6 at all, not even a sniff. I'm totally lost as I'm obviously getting a signal from Rowridge as I can pick up psb1 and 2 with the aerial pointing almost any direction, but I can't even get a weak com4, 5 or 6.
I do have an outdoor aerial on a pole mounted to the chimney also facing Midhurst but I was going to take that down as I'm the highest point on a hill and don't fancy a lightning strike. I've not tried this aerial since swithover. (PO377NX)
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Mike Dimmick10:57 AM
Dave Bizzill: Digital UK reckon your best bet for reliable reception of the PSBs is the Luccombe relay, 1.3km to your south. This uses the same channels as Midhurst PSB1, COM5 and COM6, it's basically stomping all over the Midhurst signals. With COM6 still running on low power until after Heathfield switches over, and with the mode changes having increased the margin required, it's not surprising that it no longer works.
Rowridge COMs are on low power, and on their original channels, until Crystal Palace completes switchover. It may be beneficial to change the aerial to vertical polarization [VP], rather than horizontal polarization [HP], as Rowridge COMs will emit more power on VP than on HP after 18 April (they only transmit on HP at the moment). Just rotate it so that the elements run up-and-down rather than side-to-side. Also, you may benefit from using a Group A aerial rather than a wideband - widebands typically have best gain at the top end of the frequency range, actually the part that is no longer used for TV, and an aerial designed to just handle Rowridge frequencies will have more gain than the wideband at those much lower frequencies. *Maybe* you could use a Group K semi-wideband if you're concerned about picking up services that launch in the C31-C38 range in the future - this would have more gain at C21-C28 than the full wideband but less than Group A, for the same size aerial. See Gain (curves), Again and the Group K chart further down the page for a comparison. Your aerial is probably similar to the 'Triboom 46' (a Televes DAT45, I believe).
You will always get better results by putting the aerial outside. The loft has a large number of reflections, which can have the effect of changing polarizations, the roof tiles attenuate the signal somewhat, and the lower height means the aerial may have to see through more obstacles (though that's less of a problem for you as you say you're the highest point around).
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