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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Wednesday, 25 April 2018
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Peter Simpson6:10 PM
Michael:
Hi Michael,
Likewise, I've just received a further mail from Panasonic support saying that they are still investigating the non-recording problem. Also that they don't have a timeline for a fix or any information that they are prepared to release as to what the cause is or what the fix is likely to be.
Regards, Peter
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Friday, 27 April 2018
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Charles7:40 AM
Horsham
Signal quality on channel 33 the last couple of says very up and down but this morning is hovering between 93% and 100% which is the best it has been since the retune.
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Charles's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
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Joe B6:01 PM
Peter Simpson:
I've also now had a reply from Panasonic:
"In regards to your query, I would like to inform you that the issue you described is currently being investigated by our company. As you mentioned the problem was triggered by the changes in the Freeview signal and we are working towards a resolution, however this might take some time as the matter seems to only affect recorders that connect to the Midhurst transmitter, hence this seems to point out to a transmitter issue rather then an actual device problem. Regrettably, we do not have any troubleshooting steps to fix this currently, however I will be able to update you on the matter as soon as we have more details available."
There are some suggestions on other forums that Accurate Recording (AR) signals might be involved, with the broadcast AR signal not matching the channel identifier on the box (I'd post the link but can't find the discussion just now). Whatever, it does seem that Freeview and Panasonic are aware and trying to fix.
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Thursday, 3 May 2018
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Peter Simpson2:25 PM
Joe B:
Hi Joe,
Many thanks for your update, do you have any idea who we can lobby at Freeview or their data management out-sourcers to get the data fixed?
Regards, Peter
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Joe B4:44 PM
Peter Simpson: My only contact was via their website and e-mail thereafter:
Viewer Support
Freeview Advice Line
Support | Freeview
e: help@freeview.co.uk
t: 03456 50 50 50
a: PO Box 26833, Kirkcaldy, KY2 9AG
I'm following up with both Freeview and Panasonic at regular intervals to try to keep their focus on fixing the issue, but I only have publicly issued contacts.
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Peter Simpson8:49 PM
Joe B:
Thanks Joe, I'll chase Freeview as well to add a little more pressure.
Regards, Peter
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Saturday, 19 May 2018
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Gekko7710:50 PM
IF the problem is down to AR problems (see post on page 94) then running a manually set timer recording rathrr than one through EPG should be ok as AR is not used for manual timer recording.
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Monday, 21 May 2018
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Joe B9:04 AM
Gekko77:
Thanks for the thought. I've tried a purely manual recording on one of the affected channels and it still doesn't work, so nothing to do with AR if what you say is correct. Ho hum!
I wonder if Trading Standards would be interested in expensive items which used to work but are no longer fit for purpose?
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Peter Simpson12:37 PM
Joe B:
I have found likewise, a manually set timer doesn't trigger.
We had another "New channels - please re-tune" message today but after clearing and re-loading the channels there was no change - my Panasonic still won't record any channels on the PSB3 / BBCB multiplex.
Time to chase Freeview and Panasonic again. And yes, definitely worth raising with Trading Standards!
Regards, Peter
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