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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
Monday, 22 October 2012
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John Cook
10:55 PM

What was the point of changing the channel numbers of Dave and Yesterday up until this change over I enjoyed excellent coverage. Now Dave on 12 the picture breaks up and 19 Yesterday my HD recorder tells me it is not available. I have retuned four or five times aday and get the same answers. It would happen to one of my favourite programms.
My transmitter is Rowridge and about ten miles from it. My aerial is in the loft.
I have a Sony HD Twin disc recorder set top box which has performed exellently until this programme switch and was expensive as far as set top boxes are concerned

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Dave Lindsay
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11:03 PM

John Cook: Switch your aerial to vertical polarisation.

The Commercial multiplexes including the one that carries Dave are at lower power of 50kW horizontally. All six multiplexes are at 200kW vertically.

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
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Jamie Stevens
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5:53 PM
Portsmouth

JOHN COOK -

You should think about changing your aerial to vertical polarisation as well as trying different parts of the loft to site the aerial.

Simply moving a few feet could give you completely different reception.

The location of the aerial is key to the system working correctly, simply having a strong signal is not enough, more importantly you need to have a good quality signal.

Any further advice just email my company jayscabling@yahoo.co.uk

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Tuesday, 6 November 2012
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lee ambler
11:52 AM

Dave Lindsay: Hi, i am an aerial fitter on the isle of wight and am having a few problems on midhurst with mux 54 but this is the same as ventnor relay which is close to the line of sight from where aerial is located is it possible the relay is affecting the signal?

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Dave Lindsay
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2:59 PM

lee ambler: I'm not an aerial installer/professional myself, so am offering comment as a technical bod.

It would seem reasonable to be of the opinion that in the situation you describe, Ventnor is quite likely to wipe out reception of Midhurst's C54.

Ventnor is due to relinquish use of C54 in May.

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Saturday, 10 November 2012
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susan haley
4:04 PM
Chichester

pls can you tell me if there is a problem with the midhurst trasnmitter - we suddenly lost all signal and it hasn't returned so far today

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jamie stevens
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6:01 PM
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SUSAN HALEY=

Hi,

there are currently transmitter works this week on midhurst, this should only result in a weak signal not total loss, however if you system is already running on a weak signal then the reduced signal due to works could result in your loss of reception.

If this persists then you may have other issues on your system.

I am an approved install company who can provide repair and install works should your issue not be related to the current transmitter works.

regards

Jamie Stevens
Jays Cabling Services
jayscabling@yahoo.co.uk

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Wednesday, 14 November 2012
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Alex
10:14 AM

Hi there,
Sorry to go off topic here, but this is the only place I can find for information regarding Midhurst Transmitter station.
I have an issue with the 3 network mobile signal - since last weekend our previously very strong 3G signal (which we rely on for internet) has dropped to an inconsistant, much weaker signal.
Has anyone got any info as to wether works are *still* going on at the mast, I hope so - as if they have finished and this is the result it will be a disaster!

Alex

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Dave Lindsay
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12:54 PM

Alex: Mobile base stations are typically located within a few miles.

According to Ofcom Sitefinder, the Midhurst transmitting station is home to a 3 base station but it is only likely to serve you if you live within a few miles of it and probably that there isn't a closer 3 base station.

Ofcom Sitefinder shows the location of mobile phone base stations:

'Sitefinder' Mobile Phone Base Station Database

I seem to recall reading somewhere that not all operators keep it updated on where their base stations are, so it isn't forced to be a true picture.

Click on the map and then enter a location or postcode. Then zoom in or out. You need to be zoomed in so much to show the base stations which are blue pins. Click on one and it will show the operator(s)/network(s) at that location.

UMTS is 3G of which O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 3 have such networks.

This may allow you to work out where your local 3 base station(s) are (or were). This may be helpful in yielding an explanation. For example, if you find that there is one on the roof of a building that is now undergoing work, it could have perhaps necessitated it to be turned off. Or, having found out the location of the station, you may be able to observe some object that is now between you and it and therefore potentially acting to reduce the signal strength at your location.

As I say, it is "may" help yield an explanation.

Another possibility is that 3 has re-sited the local base station which isn't as good at your location as the previous one.

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jamie stevens
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6:17 PM
Havant

ALEX -

I have read about lots of people experiencing the same problem.

They are all saying this is deliberate by the companies to make the new 4g look faster than it actually is.

who knows !!!

:)
:)
:)

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