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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Sunday, 7 October 2012
L
L bell5:03 PM
Pulborough
Thank goodness I found that all my recordings had also disappeared. I would have missed Downton. Meridian you have no idea of customer service.
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L's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 8 October 2012
B
Brian Tullett9:26 AM
Horsham
Just before the necessary re-tune last week we lost BBC1 & BBC2. After the retune on 3rd October we did not recover BBC1 & 2 and have now lost ITV1,ITV2, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Although we have lost ITV 2 we strangely have ITV 2 +1!! This only affects TV on our outside aerial. Oddly the TV's upstairs on a loft aerial are fine with all channels. Any ideas?
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Brian Tullett: Perhaps try manually tuning.
The presence of ITV2+1 without that of ITV2 means that COM4 is present and PSB2 isn't.
See here for list of services by multiplex:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
There is another retune which affects all transmitters across the country and this will take place on 17th October:
Freeview channel number changes to go ahead: HD, Adult move on 17 October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Yes, I agree it is totally crazy having retunes every fortnight rather than coinciding the events...
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Deeptheone: If your TV was tuned to Midhurst prior to Wednesday, then you will have lost PSB2 (ITV1 etc) and COM4 (ITV3 etc) on Wednesday as they changed UHF channels (frequencies) in the early hours. On the basis of your neighbours' experiences, they were tuned to Midhurst. However, if you didn't loose PSB2 and COM4 on Wednesday, then you can't (or couldn't then) be tuned to Midhurst for them.
At your location Heathfield is in the opposite direction as Midhurst and I wonder if your receiver has been tuning to it instead of Midhurst.
See this page to identify which services are carried on which multiplexes:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
For example, PSB2 carries ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 and others.
For one service carried on each multiplex, view the signal strength screen to see which transmitter it is tuned to. Those of Midhurst and Heathfield are:
PSB1 | BBC One | Midhurst=C55 | Heathfield=C52
PSB2 | ITV1 | Midhurst=C56 | Heathfield=C49
PSB3 | BBC One HD | Midhurst=C58 | Heathfield=C47
COM4 | ITV3 | Midhurst=C54 | Heathfield=C42
COM5 | Pick TV | Midhurst=C59 | Heathfield=C44
COM6 | Film4 | Midhurst=C50 | Heathfield=C41
If these aren't correct, then you may have to manually tune but only having blanked out what's stored, probably by running it through an automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged.
For PSB3, the HD one, you might find that the TV needs to be told that it uses DVB-T2 mode when manually tuning. DVB-T2 is what is used for HD transmissions and DVB-T for standard definition ones. With some receivers, the manual tuning function doesn't automatically detect which it is.
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Tuesday, 9 October 2012
R
Ryder10:26 AM
Midhurst changes: I too have lost the ITV channels. Looks like I need to do a manual re-tune. Do the Mux numbers remain the same? Humax have given me a detailed manual tune procedure which requires selecting the Muxes individually (55, 61, 62, 59, 60).
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Ryder: The values are now C55 C56 C58 C54 C59 C50, as above.
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Thursday, 18 October 2012
Stuart
11:37 PM
11:37 PM
After Re-tuning a Philips TV recently I found I was unable to change channels. I had to download the latest version operating software, unzip it, put it on a key drive & re-boot the TV to load it. All was fine after that but that sort of thing maybe difficult for pensioners?
I also updated my Humax recently so it might be worth checking now to see if your gear needs an update.
I'd reccomend everyone unfamiliar with the TV or set top box re-read the instruction booklet. It's cheaper than getting a service engineer out.
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Friday, 19 October 2012
Les Nicol
7:47 AM
7:47 AM
Stuart: Thanks for this info. I have a 32" pixel plus Philips LCD TV wall mounted in the bedroom - probably one of Philips last before they pulled out of manufacturing TV's
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Sunday, 21 October 2012
Stuart
6:56 PM
Horsham
6:56 PM
Horsham
Les, I should also mention that the Philips TV now takes quite a bit longer to boot up after that upgrade. So much so that the standby light stays on so long you think you've not hit the remote button! Watch out for that if you have to put a new OS ontoyour TV.
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Stuart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Stuart
7:07 PM
7:07 PM
Some useful links:
http://www.dtg.org.uk/ind…html
U.K. Television Stations (UHF Digital System) (RH124LJ)
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