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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Saturday, 9 June 2012
J
jb3811:41 PM
Steve Peterson: At being only seven miles away from the transmitter your TV or boxes tuner could be suffering from an excessively high level of signal, and that will always cause picture break up on HD before showing on the SD channels.
If you have any form of booster then this must be removed, or if you can borrow one try a test using a set top aerial, and should this result in lessening the problem then an attenuator placed in line with the aerial socket should correct this issue.
By the way an attenuator of the variable type being best, these rated at zero to 20db.
If you cannot borrow a set top aerial then try a short piece of wire (about 12/18") pushed into the inner part of the aerial socket.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
S
Susab Bourchier1:51 PM
When are we going to receive Film 4? Am very frustrated to be missing all the decent films.
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Susab Bourchier: Without knowing where you are it's not possible to answer the question!
Midhurst broadcasts Film 4 and other Commercial channels, but their coverage is more limited than the Public Service channels of BBC, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Thus, there are some who can only receive the Public Service channels and not the Commercial ones. In "some" cases an alternative aerial will allow reception of the Commercial channels.
If you provide your location, preferably in the form of post code or nearby post code (e.g. a shop), then a check can be made as to the likelihood of reception of the channels.
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Monday, 18 June 2012
R
Rebecca8:32 PM
Hello. Since switchover we seem to have lost all BBC channels - C55. Signal strengh says 'good' but quality 'poor'. We live near St. Barts church, haslemere and can receive all other channels, including the commercial ones. Does anyone know why our C55 is poor and is there anything we can do about it? Thanks
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Saturday, 23 June 2012
P
Phil12:48 PM
Pulborough
Is Midhurst operational yet? I am getting "No signal"
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 7 July 2012
D
Deep12:39 PM
Burgess Hill
Hi live in RH15 and I have two transmitters available for my post code. Is there a way to find out which transmitter that I receiving the TV signal.
Thank you,
Deep
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Deep's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby12:52 PM
Deep: Have a look at which direction the TV aerial is pointing. Roughly, East is Heathfield, West is Midhurst. If any aerials are pointing North it would indicate that reception from Crystal Palace is also posible at your location. Then check that the frequencies stored by your receiver are correct for the transmitter that the aerial points to.
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KMJ,Derby1:05 PM
Deep: I should also have said that the version of the local news on BBC1 would indicate the transmitter being received for mux BBCA, as Midhurst is BBC South, Heathfield is BBC South East. CP is BBC London.
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Deep1:42 PM
Burgess Hill
Thank you KMJ, the BBC1 one says BBC South. However I had to option to choose South or South East after I do the tuning. I thought that option dictated the news. I could be wrong. Heathfield has strong signal for Film 4 and ITV 4 however Midhurst has a very low signal and I do not get these channels in my TV. Any suggestions?
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Deep's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 27 July 2012
M
Mike Hampton10:34 AM
Liss
Have just moved to Liss Hampshire GU33 7RX. Poor digital reception & this morning lost all digital chanels. Can you help me.
Mike
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