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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter._______
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, 16 April 2018
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Les Allwood10:43 AM
I have been a Freeview user for a number of years, using a set-top box to record programmes. Whether the timing is coincidental, or not, since the recent re-tune at the end of March, I have had difficulties recording programmes on certain channels.
Using the on-screen guide, I select the programme I want to record and complete the process. A minute or so before the published time, the recording light starts to flash. Normally, upon receipt of the transmitted code, the light says on continuously and the programme is recorded.
Since the re-tune, some channels continue to work as expected (BBC4 and Drama), but programmes on the main channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4, etc) are not recorded, and the light continues to flash until the end-time of the programme. Just for the record I have full strength signals here.
The problem is identical on two separate set-top boxes. Both have the latest software updates installed. I have carried out full re-sets on both, including re-tunes and back to factory re-sets.
It is my belief that the magic code which notifies the start of the programme is missing for a number of channels on the Midhurst Freeview transmitter. I have contacted the Freeview helpline, but they have no other advice than to contact the set-top box manufacturer. I don't think they really understand the issue.
I cannot find a contact number for the Midhurst transmitter site, but I'm sure you can. It should, I assume in my ignorance, be easy for them to ascertain that the correct coded signals are, in fact, being transmitted. If it transpires that they are, then my search for answers will continue ...
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Peter Simpson4:29 PM
Les Allwood: Hi Les, I have the same problem and my guess is that you have a Panasonic recorder.
Panasonic are aware and I was advised to wait for the "signal to stabilise".
Other people have also been affected on the Midhurst transmitter and also some on different transmitters.
On other fora I've seen posts reporting that it can take many weeks to get fixed.
I'm not sure my patience will last that long!
Regards Peter.
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Michael5:35 PM
Peter & Les
I'm in Reigate and have a dual aerial setup from Midhurst and Crystal Palace,
i also have two Panasonic recorders and both have the recording issue on the HD channels from Midhurst,
i find that manual recording doesn't work either,so lord knows what's going on lol
Thankfully the recordings from Crystal Palace are all working without issue,so to my mind it's a Midhurst problem.
Mind you, Crystal Palace has it's issues as my group A aerial won't pick up all the available muxes now,
and apparently as i have Freesat i don't qualify for a free aerial upgrade.
Not a happy bunny,good luck with your problems.
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Tuesday, 17 April 2018
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Peter Simpson9:25 AM
Michael:
Hi Michael,
We are now almost a month after the Midhurst frequency changes that triggered this issue and its still not clear who is accountable for fixing this. In my case it has rendered a 400 device useless for recording HD - which was why I bought it in the first place!
Panasonic are not being helpful - they know about the issue but won't say what is the fundamental cause or how it can be worked round. There may be some kind of limit to what can be done with the recorder hardware or with the machine's firmware or Panasonic may have lost the capability to update the firmware.
In any case they aren't prepared to do anything to fix the machine and I suspect are replying on Freeview data providers or distributors to work round the issue, which seems to be taking time. It's deeply disappointing that no-one will publicly take ownership and provide a fix timeline.
Regards, Peter - Frustrated of Horsham!
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Pete Forman11:37 AM
I too have the problem that I cannot record from the PSB3 (BBCB) mux from Midhurst on my Panasonic PVR since the 21 March retune. That affects all the main HD channels and Film4+1.
That is despite many cycles of clearing the channel tuning information and manually tuning. Fuller details of what I did are on the DS forums.
Fortunately my reception from Heathfield is just adequate to get PSB3. My other 5 muxes are still Midhurst. There are occasional dropouts. It would be good if Panasonic and the broadcasters sort this out.
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Charles8:16 PM
Horsham
I notice on DigitalUK's website (using detailed view) for the Midhurst transmitter tomorrow (18th April) there is a reception change being done which won't require a retune (if you haven't got missing channels) as none of the frequencies are being changed but there are minor changes being done to the output for channel 29 (SDN Mux). Not sure if in my case this will help for me (unlikely) but I will check tomorrow.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2018
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Peter Simpson8:24 PM
Charles:
Hi Charles,
I've just done a complete channel clear out and re-tune on my Panasonic but still have the issue. I also had a look on the DigitalUK site but couldn't see any events scheduled for 18th April at Midhurst although there were events at other transmitters that were due to come into effect today.
Regards, Peter
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Nick Pickett9:40 PM
Is anyone looking at if there is a fix for Panasonic PVRs which won't now record HD channels since retuning in March. I have Carrie out all the usual retuning options.
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Thursday, 19 April 2018
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Michael12:45 PM
Charles.
i'm not sure what they changed on Midhurst ch 29 yesterday but i was getting 70-80 % power and good quality
now it's down to 25% power and zero quality,i can't wait to see what future "improvements" may bring
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MikeB1:58 PM
Michael: Are you sure you are tuned to the right transmitter? Since nothing should have changed other than some frequency changes, it's either that or your aerial is no longer picking up channel 29 because of the frequency change
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