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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Midhurst (West Sussex, 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
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, 17 April 2012
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kc10:48 AM
I live in london E10 and have a HD freeview TV.
However, I cannot pick up any HD channels, even though I done a manual scan.
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kc: Your most likely transmitter is probably Crystal Palace and certainly not Midhurst!
If so, then wait until tomorrow when Crystal Palace switchover completes and HD services become available.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Harry Butler11:09 AM
Burgess Hill
My 'Guide to Switchover' advices re-tuning on the Midhurst transmitter on 25th April . So what is going to change on Midhurst on this day. (We're Burgess Hill RH15 9XH)
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Harry's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Harry Butler: On that date ArqB (Yesterday etc) on C50 will go up to full final power. If you presently get Yesterday, or it is intermittant or at least given in your receiver's channel listing, then you probably won't need to retune.
If it's not listed at all, then try manually tuning to C50. If it you can't pick it up now, then manually tune on 25th (as opposed to a full retune) and this should add it.
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Monday, 23 April 2012
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john mcmanus10:22 AM
Hassocks
Have just bought new Panasonic Smart TV and installed it yesterday evening and now have poor reception on COM6/ARQ B channels, which were not there in the afternoon on its stand-alone freeview box predecessor. I have seen a message in a blog elsewhere that states: "From switchover until October (exact date not yet published), the sixth multiplex broadcast from Midhurst will transmit at low power. Once all neighbouring areas have completed switchover, the process of clearing frequencies to be used by 4G mobile internet will begin. The frequency being used by Midhurst to transmit this multiplex will become free for Midhurst to start transmitting at final power levels. Until then, services on this multiplex (called "Arqiva B" or "Com 6"), which include FIlm 4, ITV 4, Al Jazeera, QVC Beauty, Viva and 4 Music among others, will be more difficult to receive." Is this true and therefore the cause of my problem?
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john's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
john mcmanus: The transmission power of ArqB from Midhurst will increase to its full final power on Wednesday. There is no channel change, so if your receiver has picked it up and put it in its services in its listings, then you will not have to retune.
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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brian m9:35 AM
I have a Philips 5200 series TV with integral Freeview tuner, ever since Feb switchover its been a nightmare from Midhurst, more black screen than picture, TV is 5 years old, but surely not obesolete already - is it?
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brian m: Does this posting from Dee Tee help you?
Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
By the way, tonight ArqB from Midhurst goes up to full final power.
For ArqB services, see "After switchover configuration" here Freeview multiplexes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012
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Homestead8:08 AM
Pulborough
@ Dave Lindsay
I still don't seem to be able to receive ArqB from Midhurst. Does anyone know what time of day today (Wednesday) the power will be increased?
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Homestead's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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john joseph12:07 PM
Petersfield
i am unable to watch film 4 and itv4 please do the needful
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john's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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