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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.

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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

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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
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
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Chris.SE
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3:57 AM

Gordon:

You are correct that the Midhurst transmitter is only 5km away according to the Freeview predictor and is at compass bearing 24 degrees with its rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal - that's 24 degrees E of due N (or ~NNE). You should have no trouble receiving it at all.
Try positioning the aerial so that it is not pointing through thick walls, water tanks, lead flashing (or other metal), solar panels etc.

You should ideally use a Group K aerial although a Group T / Wideband would do but these latter two leave you more vulnerable to mobile interference should a new/updated mast using 700MHz appear close by and you'd then need a filter (which would be free from http://restoretv.uk).

I'd suggest that you clear your TV of all previous tuning as Hannington is the only other transmitter that appears in the BBC predictions (and that's very variable to poor), certainly not the two you mention.
In the multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6
The correct UHF channels for Midhurst are - C48, C35, C36, C29, C34, C33

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Wednesday, 26 July 2023
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Gordon
10:56 PM

CHRIS. SE
Chris, many thanks for that useful info, I will go check the aerial alignment / direction with a compass and adjust as required.
When I do that, and assuming the aerial is pointing in the correct direction, then during a TV retune when one has to choose the region, how will the Midhurst Tx be listed in the available choices of TV region(s) listed?
Will it show up as 'Midhurst', Meridian, South or some other regional identifier ?

Thank you in advance of your assistance.
Gordon.

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Thursday, 27 July 2023
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StevensOnln1
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9:43 AM

Gordon: I would expect it to show either Sussex or Meridian.

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Chris.SE
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1:36 PM
Nottingham

Gordon:
If you clear all previous tuning, which should work by unplugging the aerial and doing an automatic tune - no channels found, then plug the aerial back in and manual tune those UHF channels it won't matter what it would/does show, you'll know you are tuned to Midhurst.
Sometimes what's displayed on automatic tunes depends on make/model.

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Tuesday, 8 August 2023
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Gordon Insley
10:58 AM

Chris. SE
The compass co-ordinate you gave determined the direction the aerial should have been pointing and indicated the aerial was slightly off beam (by 15 degees west) realignment fixed the issue.
I have to add the the transmitter line-of-sight is 5-6km the otherside of a wood copse with 50-80ft high tees which I assume would further exacerbate the situation. However, all is now well and perfect reception on all multiplex's.
Thank you.

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Chris.SE
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4:34 PM

Gordon Insley:

Yes trees can be a problem and can sometimes only affect one or two multiplexes as you get different multipath reception resulting from the branches and foliage, however that close to a reasonably powerful transmitter means it's usually less of a potential problem. Glad it's all sorted for you.
Just got any disruption from tropospheric weather conditions to cope with if any is likely in the near future.

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Sunday, 8 October 2023
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Caspen
8:04 PM

Why can I only receive bbc channels this evening same problem yesterday.

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Monday, 9 October 2023
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Chris.SE
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12:53 AM

Caspen:

Apart from possible Engineering, it could well be current weather conditions affecting you, they have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and now extending into the Midlands and North of the country through Sunday including East Anglia. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.

IF you did retune, you be best manually retuning the UHF channels for your transmitter.

The BBC have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - 6th October | Help receiving TV and radio

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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Caspen
11:18 PM

Chris.SE:
Thanks but our tv automatically retunes so for the past 4 evenings there has only been 20 channels on tv guide most of them have no signal or weak signal. Seems perfectly okay all day tonight was fine till 8pm.. surely weather conditions same day and night. Have to say have enjoyed the sun everyday just annoying no signal at night.

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Chris.SE
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11:26 PM

Caspen:

The conditions are continually changing at present and in any event there will be slight differences between day and night.

TVs that automatically retune are a pain in the **** when we have such weather conditions or even when there is Planned Engineering, and often when there is "no signal" from your correct transmitter, they can then get tuned to weak unreliable signals from other transmitters!

Have a look in the TV Tuning section and have a look for an option to turn off/disable the automatic updating/retuning. If you aren't sure, post the make and precise model number and someone should be able to advise.

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