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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 - Midhurst transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C34 (578.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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

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

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.

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Monday, 4 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 PM

MIDHURST transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:20 on 02 Feb to 11:47 on 02 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 06:18 on 02 Feb to 10:20 on 02 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:50 on 01 Feb to 06:18 on 02 Feb. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
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1:30 PM

MIDHURST transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 15:50 on 01 Feb to 06:18 on 02 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 06:18 on 02 Feb to 10:20 on 02 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 10:20 on 02 Feb to 11:47 on 02 Feb. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 6 February 2019
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Chris.SE
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6:29 AM

The channels currently listed as at 21st Mar 2018 are actually the final channels for 2020 with the exception of D3&4 still listed on its current channel of UHF54 when it will be moving to UHF35 in Q4 2019.
Also BBCB is currently on UHF58, and ARQA(COM5) is currently on UHF59.

Full details can be seen on Digital UK's page at Coverage Checker - Detailed View For predicted reception at your own location, click > Change address near the top of the page and put in your postcode.
Any Engineering works will be shown at Digital UK | Planned engineering works under Meridian.

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Saturday, 23 March 2019
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Vivienne Legge
8:50 AM

Hi, I have been having problems with my Satellite signal from the Midhurst transmitter as I have to turn off the Freeview input to get a good satellite signal my TV engineer tells me it is because you have been using the top range for 4G?
Please advise me what I should do?

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StevensOnln1
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10:18 AM

Vivienne Legge: This website has no connection with the transmitter company or any broadcaster. The Midhurst transmitter does not broadcast a satellite signal, it is a terrestrial digital TV signal (satellite TV is broadcast from satellites orbiting many thousands of miles above the equator). Are you trying to receive a satellite signal from a dish or Freeview from an aerial, as your post seems to be confusing both? 4G mobile internet services are nowhere near the frequencies used by satellite broadcasts, however the mobile networks do use the 800MHz band (which used to be the top end of the UHF band used for terrestrial TV) for 4G services. Any interference caused by 4G can easily be solved by connecting a filter (you can get one for free from the at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz website), which the engineer should have recommended if they believed that to be the cause of your problems.

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Sunday, 31 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
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8:09 PM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:46 today, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:32 today to 19:46 today. [BBC]

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Monday, 1 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:46 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:32 yesterday to 19:46 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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2:09 PM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:46 yesterday to 11:58 today, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:32 yesterday to 19:46 yesterday. [BBC]

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11:09 PM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:32 yesterday to 19:46 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:46 yesterday to 11:58 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:32 on 31 Mar to 19:46 on 31 Mar, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 19:46 on 31 Mar to 11:58 yesterday. [BBC]

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