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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast?

Midhurst transmitter - Midhurst transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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?

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.

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

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C34 (578.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C33 (570.0MHz)300mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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
Sunday, 25 November 2012
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j johns
12:52 PM

I have no signal the aerial looks ok although it was very windy last night

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Friday, 22 February 2013
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Keith Ballard
2:10 PM
Bognor Regis

Can you tell me why there are less freeview channels in West Sussex than there are in East Sussex and how soon will this discrepancy be rectified.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

2:33 PM

Keith Ballard: The Commercial networks do not have as great a reach as the Public Service ones. This is never likely to change, see:

Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Most viewers in West Sussex that can receive from a full-service transmitter get all the channels.

If you are using Rowridge and you're having difficulty with the Commercial channels then you might benefit from switching your aerial to vertical polarisation as they are stronger vertically. This will also help with rejection of Crystal Palace's signals which use the same frequencies, but which broadcast only horizontally.

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Pete Forman
8:07 AM

I saw a retune message this morning (15 May 2013). However none is needed. The channel changes apply only to Ventnor and Salibury in this transmitter group.

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Pete Forman
8:10 AM

I saw a retune message this morning (15 May 2013). However none is needed. The channel changes apply only to Ventnor and Salisbury in this transmitter group.

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Friday, 19 July 2013
R
Roger Bennett
10:12 PM
Pulborough

a question?
It appears that HD transmissions are not likely to occur from the Midhurst transmitter. Is it likely that HD will ever be transmitted or is the only solution to receive HD to be HD Satellite.

Regards

Roger Bennett

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KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

10:57 PM

Roger Bennett: HD transmissions are already available from Midhurst on C58 (Mux BBCB) This carries HD versions of BBC1, BBC2, ITV(Meridian) and C4. BBC3HD and CBBCHD are to be added in due course. You will need a receiver fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner to receive these services. Satellite offers a few additional free-to-air HD channels, however most HD services from commercial broadcasters are subscription services on the Sky platform.

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Saturday, 20 July 2013
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Keith Fort
9:48 PM

Gu358eg
Barely any signal for the last 3 weeks, BBC unwatchable, which used to be the strongest signal. some days no channels whatsoever. No free-view box, just direct from the aerial which is on a pole on the roof, struggling to understand why I should be paying for a full licence.

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Wednesday, 24 July 2013
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jamie stevens
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

5:17 PM
Portsmouth

KEITH FORT

The TV licence is law for anybody who views live tv reception.

It is not their responsibility to make sure that your system is in full working order to receive the signal that they are transmitting.

As a resolve you should check if a digi box fixes the problem as the issue could lie with your freeview tuner inside the tv.

Failing that the issue will be with the aerial itself or the coax cable.

If you system has been in place for 20years plus the chances are your in need of an upgrade.

regards

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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
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John Quinton
10:58 PM
Godalming

We get Freeview from the Midhurst transmitter. On Channel 3 (ITV) we see Meridian West local news but on Channel 103 (ITV HD) we see Meridian South East News. What is the reason for this?

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