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.
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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.
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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Sunday, 3 June 2012
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KMJ,Derby11:50 PM
Nigel Vickers: It might be worth checking that the ITV1 stored by your receiver is actually from Midhurst (C61), and not Hannington (C42) or Crystal Palace (C26). If it does turn out that the Midhurst frequency has been found and correctly stored it may be that trees in leaf are partially obstructing the signal path and causing disruption to your reception. The frequency of Mux D3+4 changes to C56 in October, which might give an improvement to your reception.
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Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Steve Peterson10:17 PM
I live in Fittleworth. I can receive freeview standard channels but HD is very variable. One day ok the next poor or no signal at all. I have a new aerial and tv with built in box. Is there anything I can do to improve this? Is it likely to improve in future?
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jb3811:41 PM
Steve Peterson: At being only seven miles away from the transmitter your TV or boxes tuner could be suffering from an excessively high level of signal, and that will always cause picture break up on HD before showing on the SD channels.
If you have any form of booster then this must be removed, or if you can borrow one try a test using a set top aerial, and should this result in lessening the problem then an attenuator placed in line with the aerial socket should correct this issue.
By the way an attenuator of the variable type being best, these rated at zero to 20db.
If you cannot borrow a set top aerial then try a short piece of wire (about 12/18") pushed into the inner part of the aerial socket.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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Susab Bourchier1:51 PM
When are we going to receive Film 4? Am very frustrated to be missing all the decent films.
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Susab Bourchier: Without knowing where you are it's not possible to answer the question!
Midhurst broadcasts Film 4 and other Commercial channels, but their coverage is more limited than the Public Service channels of BBC, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Thus, there are some who can only receive the Public Service channels and not the Commercial ones. In "some" cases an alternative aerial will allow reception of the Commercial channels.
If you provide your location, preferably in the form of post code or nearby post code (e.g. a shop), then a check can be made as to the likelihood of reception of the channels.
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Monday, 18 June 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK] Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Rebecca8:32 PM
Hello. Since switchover we seem to have lost all BBC channels - C55. Signal strengh says 'good' but quality 'poor'. We live near St. Barts church, haslemere and can receive all other channels, including the commercial ones. Does anyone know why our C55 is poor and is there anything we can do about it? Thanks
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - hurst Transmitter works 20th and 21st June 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - n/a Digital services - PSB1, PSB2, PSB3, COM4, COM5 and COM6 will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK] Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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MIDHURST transmitter - hurst Transmitter works 20th and 21st June 2012: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 00:01hrs and 06:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - n/a Digital services - PSB1, PSB2, PSB3, COM4, COM5 and COM6 will be subject to periods of shutdown. [DUK] Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK] Over the next week Midhurst main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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