Full Freeview on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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51.017,-0.701 or 51°1'2"N 0°42'4"W

GU28 9EA

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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C48 (690.0MHz)	299m	DTG-	20,000W
	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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C35 (586.0MHz)	299m	DTG-	20,000W
	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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C36 (594.0MHz)	299m	DTG-	20,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	10,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C34 (578.0MHz)	300m	DTG-8	10,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	300m	DTG-8	10,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?

The Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? 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
C50_{tv_off}				ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
C54_{tv_off}					SDN	SDN
C55_{tv_off}	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
C56_{tv_off}					D3+4	D3+4
C58_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C59_{tv_off}				ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C61	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4
C62				SDN
C68	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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

Local transmitter maps

Midhurst Freeview Midhurst TV region BBC South Meridian (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Midhurst transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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5:09 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 on 24 Dec to 20:49 on 24 Dec. [BBC]

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11:09 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 07:45 today to 07:52 today. : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 on 24 Dec to 20:49 on 24 Dec. [BBC]

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2:09 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 07:45 today to 07:52 today. : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:59 today to 11:48 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 on 24 Dec to 20:49 on 24 Dec. [BBC]

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5:09 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 07:45 to 07:52 yesterday. : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:59 yesterday to 11:48 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 20:48 on 24 Dec to 20:49 on 24 Dec. [BBC]

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- : BBC TV Weak from 07:45 on 27 Dec to 07:52 on 27 Dec. : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:59 on 27 Dec to 11:48 on 27 Dec. [BBC]

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7:30 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 05:12 today to 05:23 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:13 today to 05:27 today. [BBC]

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4:30 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 05:12 to 05:23 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:13 yesterday to 05:27 yesterday. [BBC]

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Pete Forman
4:24 PM

Your information about the March retune does not match that at DigitalUK. They say 21 Mar 2018 and have completely different assignments. Some of their advice is a bit dodgy: they suggest that the new can be received on a group K but that may struggle reaching up to . A group T may be needed as muxes start at .

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1:58 AM

Pete Forman:

It would be better to use a log-periodic aerail as that will cover all the current and future used by all UK TV transmitters so you will not need to change it again later.

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4:29 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 05:12 on 18 Jan to 05:23 on 18 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:13 on 18 Jan to 05:27 on 18 Jan. [BBC]

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