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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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
Thursday, 15 March 2012
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Phil
9:45 AM
Liss

Hi
I am at GU33 7AH. Before switchover we could only get BBC channels - Following switchover on the 14th we are unable to receive programmes on channel 62 (ITV3 etc on SDN).
There seems to be a weakness on 59 and 50 but they do come through.
62 shows signal strength at around 68% and quality fluctuating from 0 - 50% on my Humax box

Any thoughts and will this improve
Thanks Phil

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KMJ,Derby
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11:05 AM

Phil: C62 problems could be due to interference from a VCR or Sky box with the RF modulator set around C62/C63, or maybe an out of area transmission travelling further than normal due to the inversion effect during the current weather conditions. It is worth checking that cables and connectors are all in good order, and try repositioning aerial leads and any HDMI cables relative to the Freeview box. C50 is currently at 1kW, this will increase in power to 10kW on 25th April 2012. Later this year, in October, SDN will change frequency to C54 (and D3+4 to C56).This is for 4G clearance of C61/C62.

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Friday, 16 March 2012
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4:30 AM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 on 14 Mar to 02:10 on 14 Mar Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 on 14 Mar [BBC]

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4:30 AM

MIDHURST transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 01:54 on 14 Mar to 02:10 on 14 Mar Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb to 00:06 on 14 Mar [BBC]

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Phil
3:11 PM
Liss

Phil:
Hi KMJ
Thanks for the comments. I see that 62 is transmitted from Rowridge and Midhurst. Both transmit SDN. I have managed to pick up a programme guide for SDN channels on channel 62 using a manual tune. The programmes are numbered in the 800s suggesting the Midhurst signal is being blanked out by the Rowridge signal.I have checked video recorder RF output and all are set on numbers well away from 62. Tuning the analogue tuner I did find a few snowy analogue stations still transmitting so I suppose analogue interference is possible.

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Saturday, 17 March 2012
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Richard Williams
11:24 AM

Hi, my postcode is GU32, aerial is on roof. Switchover was fine with access to all Freeview channels except the HD. Have tried manually tuning on 51, 52, 53, 54, 58 - no stations found. Strength 80%. Any thoughts on the HD? (GU32 ae) 

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Darren Ellis
11:47 AM
Liphook

Hi all, especially jb38.
We've waited for the final switchover at Midhurst and have now lost ALL freeview channels on our Humax8000T PVR. (All TV's OK and have great HD channels on our Samsung which, incidentally,is plugged into the Humax).
Have tried the set top aerial and see no channels (signal strength around 20/30% and 0% quality even when moving it around the house and pointing in all directions).

One question to anyone;
When manual tuning we have options which include MODE (set to auto but does have 8K option) GAURD (set to auto but has 1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32) NETWORK SEARCH (either disabled or enabled). We have tried various permutations but still no channels. Do these options show what could be our problem, what is it that has changed from the previous Freeview transmissions to the current transmissions which our HumaxPVR cannot handle. Any answers appreciated before we end up throwing it in the bin!
Thanks in advance.

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jb38
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12:17 PM

Richard Williams: If you are receiving from the Guildford transmitter then Freeview HD will not be available until April 18th.

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jb38
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7:11 PM

Darren Ellis: Thanks for your latest report, as I was wondering what the situation would be like with your 8000T come complete switchover.

But regarding the Humax, you shouldn't really require to do anything, as if its set on auto it should detect the technicalities involved with the mode being transmitted and correspondingly adjust itself to suit, but the fact that its not strongly suggests that there is either a fault with the tuner, and in particular the 8k chip allegedly fitted, or that's its never been activated right from the start, as the only real thing that has changed at switchover is that all muxes are now operating on the 8k mode whereas before it was only the BBC mux, this being the start of your problem.

The other point is, that you have proven that feeding a reduced level of signal into the tuner via the set top aerial hasn't helped either, so the excessive signal level theory can now be eliminated.

I cannot really see any way out of your problem except possibly by tuner replacement, although "if" the tuner is still available as a spare part the whole exercise is liable to outweigh the value of the box, so much as I am a "never say die type" of engineer I feel that the word "discard" might be appropriate to this situation.

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Sunday, 18 March 2012
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Paul
6:01 PM

Some peculiarities down here in darkest Coldwaltham. Before switchover the DAB radio was atrocious, reception was bitty at best. Since the c/o the Dab has improved with around 60% of the channels available. we are still finding that Heathfield transmitter strength is overpowered the Midhurst transmitter, so after a factory reset it's a case of identifying the Midhurst channels that went to 800 on the television and do some juggling around with the channel menu. An annoyance as one oversight by the switchover people was a lack of station ident being broadcast, you have to wait for local news to come on in order to find out exactly what you are watching.

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