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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?

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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
Monday, 8 October 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:38 AM

Brian Tullett: Perhaps try manually tuning.

The presence of ITV2+1 without that of ITV2 means that COM4 is present and PSB2 isn't.

See here for list of services by multiplex:

DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

There is another retune which affects all transmitters across the country and this will take place on 17th October:

Freeview channel number changes to go ahead: HD, Adult move on 17 October 2012 | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Yes, I agree it is totally crazy having retunes every fortnight rather than coinciding the events...

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Dave Lindsay
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11:33 AM

Deeptheone: If your TV was tuned to Midhurst prior to Wednesday, then you will have lost PSB2 (ITV1 etc) and COM4 (ITV3 etc) on Wednesday as they changed UHF channels (frequencies) in the early hours. On the basis of your neighbours' experiences, they were tuned to Midhurst. However, if you didn't loose PSB2 and COM4 on Wednesday, then you can't (or couldn't then) be tuned to Midhurst for them.

At your location Heathfield is in the opposite direction as Midhurst and I wonder if your receiver has been tuning to it instead of Midhurst.

See this page to identify which services are carried on which multiplexes:

DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

For example, PSB2 carries ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 and others.

For one service carried on each multiplex, view the signal strength screen to see which transmitter it is tuned to. Those of Midhurst and Heathfield are:

PSB1 | BBC One | Midhurst=C55 | Heathfield=C52
PSB2 | ITV1 | Midhurst=C56 | Heathfield=C49
PSB3 | BBC One HD | Midhurst=C58 | Heathfield=C47
COM4 | ITV3 | Midhurst=C54 | Heathfield=C42
COM5 | Pick TV | Midhurst=C59 | Heathfield=C44
COM6 | Film4 | Midhurst=C50 | Heathfield=C41

If these aren't correct, then you may have to manually tune but only having blanked out what's stored, probably by running it through an automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged.

For PSB3, the HD one, you might find that the TV needs to be told that it uses DVB-T2 mode when manually tuning. DVB-T2 is what is used for HD transmissions and DVB-T for standard definition ones. With some receivers, the manual tuning function doesn't automatically detect which it is.

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Tuesday, 9 October 2012
R
Ryder
10:26 AM

Midhurst changes: I too have lost the ITV channels. Looks like I need to do a manual re-tune. Do the Mux numbers remain the same? Humax have given me a detailed manual tune procedure which requires selecting the Muxes individually (55, 61, 62, 59, 60).

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Briantist
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11:02 AM

Ryder: The values are now C55 C56 C58 C54 C59 C50, as above.

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Thursday, 18 October 2012
Stuart
11:37 PM

After Re-tuning a Philips TV recently I found I was unable to change channels. I had to download the latest version operating software, unzip it, put it on a key drive & re-boot the TV to load it. All was fine after that but that sort of thing maybe difficult for pensioners?
I also updated my Humax recently so it might be worth checking now to see if your gear needs an update.
I'd reccomend everyone unfamiliar with the TV or set top box re-read the instruction booklet. It's cheaper than getting a service engineer out.

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Friday, 19 October 2012
Les Nicol
sentiment_satisfiedGold

7:47 AM

Stuart: Thanks for this info. I have a 32" pixel plus Philips LCD TV wall mounted in the bedroom - probably one of Philips last before they pulled out of manufacturing TV's

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Sunday, 21 October 2012
Stuart
6:56 PM
Horsham

Les, I should also mention that the Philips TV now takes quite a bit longer to boot up after that upgrade. So much so that the standby light stays on so long you think you've not hit the remote button! Watch out for that if you have to put a new OS ontoyour TV.

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Monday, 22 October 2012
J
John Cook
10:55 PM

What was the point of changing the channel numbers of Dave and Yesterday up until this change over I enjoyed excellent coverage. Now Dave on 12 the picture breaks up and 19 Yesterday my HD recorder tells me it is not available. I have retuned four or five times aday and get the same answers. It would happen to one of my favourite programms.
My transmitter is Rowridge and about ten miles from it. My aerial is in the loft.
I have a Sony HD Twin disc recorder set top box which has performed exellently until this programme switch and was expensive as far as set top boxes are concerned

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:03 PM

John Cook: Switch your aerial to vertical polarisation.

The Commercial multiplexes including the one that carries Dave are at lower power of 50kW horizontally. All six multiplexes are at 200kW vertically.

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