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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. . BBC


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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), 71 That’s 60s,

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 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C34 (578.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 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

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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.

Comments
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Dave Lindsay
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6:45 PM

Deep: You need to think about how you might prove (with good certainty at least) whether the problem is the aerial system.

Some ideas:

- Do you have other receivers (TVs with in-built Freeview, PVRs etc) that won't pick up C50? Try manual tuning to C50 for those that allow. They may (it depends on design) give you an indication of signal strength when you do this. It may indicate a low signal, and not one that it high enough to produce a picture.

- Ask you neighbours if they have the same problem. Bear in mind that some may not use the terrestrial aerial system, if they use a satellite service. This will perhaps provide the most positive proof, although, they need to be certain that they are missing these services.

- If you have a set-top aerial, try it. The aim is to prove if you *can* receive C50; a negative result isn't necessarily helpful. If you have all other channels (except C50/COM6) tuned in correctly, then use manual tuning to add it; don't do a full retune. Once you have it stored, then don't retune as your problem is lack of signal and not incorrect tuning. Having tuned it in, connect it to the aerial system and see if it works.


You then need to contact the organisation responsible for the aerial system. In a block of flats, this is probably the landlord.

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Monday, 14 May 2012
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ROBERT WORLEY
6:30 PM
Horsham

I am an OAP (77 years)living in a block of flats in HORSHAM . I have a modern slimline SAMSUNG TV linked to the block aerial. Cannot obtain a picture on any Channel - 'NO SIGNAL' sign. Understand that this is due to engineering works on the Midhurst transmitter, although nobody has had the courtesy to notify me of this work in advance which I further understand could last throughout the week commencing Monday 14th May. Have you any constructive good news for me please?

Sincerely ROBERT WORLEY (Tel: 01403 264340).

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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Alan
10:51 AM
Billingshurst

I live in Billinghurst RH14 9TW with a rooftop aerial.

I can receive all Midhurst channels 55,61,62,59,50 but not the HD channel 58.
Is this currently up?

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jb38
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11:06 AM

Alan: The transmitter engineering posting that preceded your own indicated that work is being carried out all week at the station with periods of interruption to the service being expected, and so "if" you have already been receiving HD then this will be the reason for presently not doing.

I only highlighted "if" just in case you are initially tuning the TV and its an HD Ready type of set, as these cannot receive an HD signal and can only display it via an external HD box.

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Alan
11:43 AM

Thanks, I have never been able to get HD Freeview. It does indeed look like I've been caught out as my TV only supports DVB-T and DVB-C and not DVB-T2. Seems a bit of a swindle that manufacturers do not make this clear - I only bought my set 2 years ago.

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jb38
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6:14 PM

Alan: I suspected that might be the case, and I fully agree with what you have mentioned regarding this issue, as I disagreed with that logo being allowed to be used right from day one as it was inevitable that people were going to be caught out by it.

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Sunday, 3 June 2012
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Nigel Vickers
8:35 PM

We live in the Bordon area and for the last week or so we have not been able to get a good signal on ITV1 (when the change over first happend we have good reception). Nothing has changed with our instalation. Do you know the likely reason for the change?

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Dave Lindsay
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8:46 PM

Nigel Vickers: At 9 miles, it "could" be too much signal, depending on your aerial system:

Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

If you have a booster, trying removing it or turning it down if it allows.

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KMJ,Derby
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11:50 PM

Nigel Vickers: It might be worth checking that the ITV1 stored by your receiver is actually from Midhurst (C61), and not Hannington (C42) or Crystal Palace (C26). If it does turn out that the Midhurst frequency has been found and correctly stored it may be that trees in leaf are partially obstructing the signal path and causing disruption to your reception. The frequency of Mux D3+4 changes to C56 in October, which might give an improvement to your reception.

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Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Steve Peterson
10:17 PM

I live in Fittleworth. I can receive freeview standard channels but HD is very variable. One day ok the next poor or no signal at all. I have a new aerial and tv with built in box. Is there anything I can do to improve this? Is it likely to improve in future?

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