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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Friday, 20 January 2012
Ian Matthews: I really wouldn't worry about it, you have a whole month of analogue left...
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Ian Ansell12:01 PM
Horsham
Poor ITV Recption:
Location: RH13 0SP
BBC reception is perfect but ITV is very poor, bad pixilation and picture freeze. Why is this please?
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Ian's: mapI's Freeview map terrainI's terrain plot wavesI's frequency data I's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Ian Ansell: Hannington's Channel 4 analogue signal is on Ch66 and Midhurst's ITV/C4 digital signal is on Ch65+. The plus meaning that it is offset upwards.
I suggest that the problem might be the analogue signal spilling over onto the digital one you're trying to pick up.
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Ian Ansell: I'm not so sure about this. Hannington and Midhurst are adjacent transmitters, so if you're having problems where you are, then surely those who are closer to Hannington will have it worse.
Here is a map of the transmitters:
http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf
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Mike Dimmick2:31 PM
Ian Matthews: You might have your TV in the wrong mode. It should be set to PAL I for the UK.
Different countries used different frequency offsets for different components of the analogue signal. Most of Western Europe used System G on UHF, which - compared to the UK and Ireland's System I - uses the same method of encoding the brightness and colour information, and the same frequencies, but a different method of encoding sound and a different frequency.
Stereo sound was a later add-on, and some countries in Europe did use the same NICAM system as us, but again, on a different frequency.
SCART cables carry the sound on separate wires, so the connection from your Freeview box - if it is separate, not built-in - would not be affected. It would only be affected if your TV didn't have a SCART input and you had to watch the output of the box by tuning in a spare channel preset.
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Saturday, 4 February 2012
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Steve11:37 AM
Godalming
I live in Godalming and have been using freeview since just after it started. Our aerial was picking up the Guildford relay transmitter from Crystal palace and we couldn't get all of the stations. I had the local aerial installer come round and he detected a better signal from the Midhurst Transmitter, so he set the new aerial with amplifier to Midhurst.
All stations have been ok until about a month ago when the channels in group C (Dave, pick tv etc) all had no or low signal. This week all the channels in group D (film4, itv4 etc) are on a very low signal, sometimes watchable, sometimes no signal. There are no faults shown for the transmitter and I have retuned the boxes without any improvements.
Are these signal changes linked to the coming switchover?
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb384:43 PM
Steve: On having a study at your reception possibilities I cant help but feel that the fact of you having previously received the two multiplexes mentioned was more of a fluke connected to the reception conditions prevailing at the time due to atmospheric reasons, and which have now changed to your disadvantage hence your problem.
My reason for saying this is, that you are not predicted (on trade view) as being able to receive ArqB at all from Midhurst until April 12th, and with ArqA presently under the heading of poor, and although its not impossible that their powers have been backed off very slightly (everything isnt reported) its very doubtful that they have been, because its BBC2 that's subject to changes.
I cant really see anything that can be done to help the situation, as you have said that an amplifier is already being used and no other station is indicated as being possible to receive, and that includes Guildford (except for BBC) at only 4 miles away, which to me suggests you reside in a problem area for reception.
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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Pedro dd9:38 PM
@Steve:I live quite(very near to you) and Midhurst MUX C and D have always been worse than the other 4.
@Jb38-I'm not predicted to get anything other than 2muxs poor at my location, but I get 4 absolutely perfect in terms oc CNR and BER, 1 good (perfectly watchable, and one variable.
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Monday, 20 February 2012
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Simon Ash2:57 PM
Petersfield
I live in Sheet just on the outskirts of Petersfield, and our current signal from Midhurst has deteriorated from poor to non existent due to the trees behind our house. My question is, will the boost on the signal strength in March help with this problem or not?
Many thanks
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KMJ,Derby3:56 PM
Simon Ash: The signal will be ten times stronger on the PSB muxes after switchover at Midhurst, so it is possible that you might notice an improvement in reception. However if the foliage is dense enough it could still block the signal, or give signal quality problems - what is analogue reception like currently? The Digital UK postcode checker suggests that a new transmitter due to enter service after switchover at Rowridge could offer good reception at your location. This transmitter does not offer the COM muxes until 18th April 2012, so best to try after that date if Midhurst is giving problems. Reception of Rowridge VP will require a group "A" aerial pointing SW with the rods set for vertical polarisation.
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