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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Wednesday, 15 February 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 on 13 Feb to 04:55 on 13 Feb [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 on 13 Feb to 04:55 on 13 Feb [BBC]
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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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Simon's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 today [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 today [BBC]
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Mick8:28 AM
29/02/12 08.25 Midhurst ch55 (BBCA) has successfully tuned, but ch65 (Mux2) is not there. It is showing some signal strength but no channels. What is happenning ?
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Vic Sullivan9:47 AM
Glad we have Freesat!
The changeover is deplorable with some scheduled stations being received and others not. Guess the support teams will have their work cut out getting Coronation Street for the pensioners!
Is it lack of signal power causing some channels to pixelate and will the signal power be increasing? We have signal boosters on the aerial and was hoping they would not be needed after changeover.
No HD on Freeview and so Freesat is our only option (no cable and no Sky).
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Vic Sullivan: HD services will be broadcast from Midhurst from 14th March. On the same date all other channels will go to their full power, equivalent to that of analogue. At present, only BBC standard definition TV and radio are on their full post-switchover power.
It is possible that your signal boosters could be causing issues, so you would be advised to try removing them.
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