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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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)299mDTG-20,000W
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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
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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

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

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
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
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Paul Pennicott
8:15 PM

Any BBC is totally unwatchable whilst other channels are perfect. It's been this way for weeks on and off with one or two clear days without obvious weather influences.

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Thursday, 28 January 2021
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Chris.SE
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1:23 AM

Paul Pennicott :

There's no reported faults at Midhurst that I can find, from Freeview or the BBC in the last 5 days, except 24 Jan 10:11 until 24 Jan 10:22 which should only have affected DAB reception.

As you haven't provided a full postcode, I can't tell if you might receive other transmitters and have become tuned to a weaker signal if there was any interruption to the Midhurst signal. If your set has any auto-retune turned on (turn it off if it has - generally more trouble than it's worth) or you retuned at any point when you had no signal or pictures were badly pixellated it generally just clears correct tuning or may have got tuned to weaker signal from another transmitter.

Check in your TV's tuning section that you are tuned to all the correct UHF channels for Midhurst, as listed at the top of this page these are - C48, C35, C36, C29, C34, C33 in the order PSBs1-3, COMs4-6.

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Thursday, 17 February 2022
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Len Taylor
5:24 PM

Free view resection a little grainy, gets worse has day goes on. Almost un watchable a 10 ish night.

Aerial on roof . Aerial replaced and new coax cable installed approx 24months ago.

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Friday, 18 February 2022
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Chris.SE
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2:15 AM

Len Taylor:

Whilst you've posted on the DAB transmitter page, there's not currently any useful information on the Freeview page. Whilst you aren't totally clear about your problem, I'm assuming you mean the picture is "pixellating" ie getting a bit blocky. You haven't mentioned if the sound also breaks up, nor which channels are affected.

As you haven't given a full postcode we can't tell what your normal predicted reception should be like. Was your aerial professionally installed?

The Midhurst transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" ;. This could explain your issue.

Other than that I assume you are correctly tuned to Midhurst's UHF channels C48, C35, C36, C29, C34, C33 (note unfortunately the site owner has made an error with some of the updates at the top of the page).

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Chris.SE
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2:19 AM

Len Taylor:

Apologies, this IS the Freeview page, I made the wrong assumption because of the post prior to yours!

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Sunday, 10 April 2022
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tony
10:44 PM

midhurst why is itv 200mcps higher than others?
my aerial cant handle such hf

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Chris.SE
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10:58 PM

tony:

Perhaps you could try reading the last paragraph of the post that's 2 before yours Midhurst (West Sussex, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy
"Other than that I assume you are correctly tuned to Midhurst's UHF channels C48, C35, C36, C29, C34, C33 (note unfortunately the site owner has made an error with some of the updates at the top of the page)."

The above is in multiplex order PSBs1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB

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Thursday, 27 October 2022
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Dave
7:38 PM

It's not clear on this page so I'll just ask. Does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast any channels above 694MHz? I'm aware that the mobile networks 5G operates on higher frequencies (800MHz+ AFAIK) but it's not clear if TV transmissions on these higher frequencies have stopped now. I ask as I'm looking for a new aerial and most of them only cover up to 964MHz now, not up to 860MHz.

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Chris.SE
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8:27 PM

Dave:

Did you not read the post immediately before yours?
The highest channel used by Midhurst is C48, 690MHz.
Since COM7 was closed at all of the 25 main transmitters that broadcast it, there isn't a single Freeview transmitter in the country broadcasting above C48.

If you need a new aerial for Midhurst, you need a Group K aerial.
Group T or Wideband, even Group B, could leave you vulnerable in the future to Mobile transmissions in the 700MHz band (4G or 5G) especially if you have any masts near you. You would then need a filter and that could still be insufficient if the mobile mast is very very close.

How good is your current reception? How far are you from Midhurst? If you provide a Full postcode we might be able to offer some further advice.

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10:32 PM

Dave: The 700MHz band clearance was completed in August 2020 and the temporary COM7 multiplex on UHF channel 56 (which was never broadcast from Midhurst) closed at the end of June this year. There are no transmitters broadcasting on any frequency above 694MHz, the 700MHz band is now used by the mobile networks for 4G and 5G and the 800MHz band has been used for 4G since 2013. A group K aerial will be suitable for receiving Midhurst (or any other transmitter) in the vast majority of locations.

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