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 - Midhurst transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Monday, 5 June 2023
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Chris.SE12:55 PM
Sylvia Knowles :
I'm afraid there is a lot of weather related interference around at present, both the BBC and Freeview have issued warnings about possible interference.
One thing NOT to do is retune whilst you have badly affected sound or pixellated pictures as this can clear the correct tuning and possibly get you tuned to incorrect weaker signals which will continue the problem.
IF you have retuned, check in your TV Tuning Section that you are correctly tuned to Midhurst's UHF channels as listed at the very top of this page (get a friend to help if need be).
If your aerial installation is up-to-scratch, there is little you can do except wait for conditions to change. How old (roughly) is the aerial and cable?
Do you have any aerial amplifier/splitter for more than one TV?
Another possibility is interference from Mobile phone mast signals which may cause direct interference or reduce the sensitivity of your receiver depending on their strength and make reception less reliable. You should have received a postcard from https://restoretv.uk/
In your case, without the weather related issues, your BBC channels may be affected the worst.
If you post back with a bit more information, we might be able to advise further.
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Monday, 12 June 2023
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Chris.SE11:36 AM
David C Read:
As shown at the top of the page, you need a Group K aerial with it's rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal.
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Thursday, 20 July 2023
G
Graham 5:06 PM
Why are we getting BBC London news instead of BBC Southampton what's going on in our area Petetsfield
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Guil6:22 PM
Why has my Sky satellite dish after25 years started to receive today BBC TV South East local news instead of BBC South Today.?
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Steve Donaldson6:52 PM
Graham, Guil : It's because the journalists are on strike:
BBC South: Journalists strike again over Radio Solent cuts | Daily Echo
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Monday, 24 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
MIDHURST transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 20 Jul 10:18 until 20 Jul 10:19. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 July 2023
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Gordon12:21 AM
Midhurst
Postcode GU29 0EH House no.2 recently moved in.
My Sony TV does not show the Midhurst transmitter in the available transmitters in the retune / setup menu it only shows Southampton and Salisbury
Reception is poor on most channels with pixelation notably on PSB2 TV channels i.e. ITV, Ch4, etc.
TV aerial is in the loft space and not sure which direction its supposed to be pointing.
I believe the Midhurst transmitter is 5-6km away roughly in a northerly direction from my new house.
What would be the line of sight to the Midhurst transmitter in degrees east or west of due north of my property?
It would be easy to redirect the aerial as its in the loft.
Any advice on the correct direction / alignment would be most welcome.
Thank you.
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Gordon's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE3:57 AM
Gordon:
You are correct that the Midhurst transmitter is only 5km away according to the Freeview predictor and is at compass bearing 24 degrees with its rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal - that's 24 degrees E of due N (or ~NNE). You should have no trouble receiving it at all.
Try positioning the aerial so that it is not pointing through thick walls, water tanks, lead flashing (or other metal), solar panels etc.
You should ideally use a Group K aerial although a Group T / Wideband would do but these latter two leave you more vulnerable to mobile interference should a new/updated mast using 700MHz appear close by and you'd then need a filter (which would be free from http://restoretv.uk).
I'd suggest that you clear your TV of all previous tuning as Hannington is the only other transmitter that appears in the BBC predictions (and that's very variable to poor), certainly not the two you mention.
In the multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6
The correct UHF channels for Midhurst are - C48, C35, C36, C29, C34, C33
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Wednesday, 26 July 2023
G
Gordon10:56 PM
CHRIS. SE
Chris, many thanks for that useful info, I will go check the aerial alignment / direction with a compass and adjust as required.
When I do that, and assuming the aerial is pointing in the correct direction, then during a TV retune when one has to choose the region, how will the Midhurst Tx be listed in the available choices of TV region(s) listed?
Will it show up as 'Midhurst', Meridian, South or some other regional identifier ?
Thank you in advance of your assistance.
Gordon.
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