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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast?
MIDHURST transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 10 Nov 11:53 until 10 Nov 12:59. . 
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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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Monday, 21 October 2019
M
Mark Hulme 7:47 PM
Hi
Since the update of Freeview October 19, I,m now only receiving 9 channels, (one being ITV. Has the signal strength from the Mudhurst transmitter been reduced in any way?
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StevensOnln110:26 PM
Mark Hulme : There has been no reduction in broadcast power for any services at Midhurst, however if you have an older Group C/D aerial it is no longer suitable to receive all of the frequencies now being used. If you don't have satellite or cable, the Freeview Advice Line (see link below) can arrange for a replacement wideband aerial to be fitted free of charge.
Important changes to Freeview | Freeview
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Chris.SE10:30 PM
Mark Hulme :
Did you not lose any channels with the March 2018 retune? I find it strange that you mention you are getting ITV, are you not getting any BBC channels?
The transmitter power has not changed. What has changed is the UHF channels that the multiplexes are broadcast on as a result of the What is 700MHz clearance? | Freeview (click on link).
The channels Midhurst used to broadcast on were in aerial group C/D - the top of the UHF band. They have now moved to the bottom of the band (except the main BBCA muliplex which is still just a the lower end of the C/D group. The suspicion is that you have an old C/D group aerial which will not pick up all the new multiplex UHF channels satisfactorily, you now need a Group K aerial for Midhurst.
Now, there is the possibility that you are in a slightly marginal reception area, but only with a full postcode can we offer any constructive advice on that, this could make matters worse if you have an old aerial.
Did the retune messages on screen not give information on what to do if you lost channels?
Now providing you don't have Satellite or Cable TV you can get free help by contacting the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288 where they should be offering to send an engineer to replace your aerial with a Group K.
If your aerial has already been replaced, you'll need to provide that full postcode and further detail about your installation for us to provide constructive advice.
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Saturday, 26 October 2019
H
H Wright11:34 AM
Following the Midhurst retune 16 Oct 2019 (several times!) the BBC ch 48 is fine as indeed it was before however ITVs etc ch 33 34 35 36 are terrible signal strength is 100% but quality is terrible one minute 100% then up and down to 5% the 30%. then ok for a few hours
No reason it can happen any time of day or any weather condition BBC remains 100/100% through out
Have disconnected any PVR that might have produce any rf out at or around those channels ...no change
All was fine before retune use about door Hi gain Wideband aerial 2 years old with an LTE compatible distribution amp with compatible masthead amp and a 4g filter
Any ideas
H
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Chris.SE9:30 PM
H Wright:
Without a full postcode we'll not be able to offer definitive advice as we can't see what the About us | Freeview gives for the predicted reception at your location BUT
This does sound very much like a case of TOO MUCH signal, the lower UHF frequencies tend to propagate better and so you'll likely be getting them a bit stronger.
Are the gains on your masthead amp or distribution amp adjustable? If so, turn them down and see what it's like. Failing that, bypass the distribution amp and feed just one outlet and see what results you get. I'm assuming the masthead amp is not readily accessible and if it's not gain adjustable and bypassing the distribution amp solves the issue if it's not adjustable, then I'd suggest inserting an attenuator before the distribution amp.
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Sunday, 27 October 2019
H
H Wright12:44 PM
Burgess Hill
Chris.SE:
Thanks for that post code RH15 0RH
recommended transmitter HEATHFIELD which is a non starter for our address lived here 40 years tried several times every one in our area on either satellite or Midhurst apparently aerial riggers agree
I do have a masthead amp with gain control and it is accessible unfortunately I am currently banned from doing much at present so will get my son to adjust down on his next visit
Thanks
H
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H's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 28 October 2019
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Chris.SE12:09 AM
H Wright:
Looking at your predicted reception I can see why you need the masthead for Midhurst. Out of curiosity does the checker give a worse prediction for Heathfield if you also put in your house number (no need to post it here). IIRC on some previous checks I made in your locale there's a few hills around!
Good luck with the adjustments.
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Thursday, 31 October 2019
H
H Wright12:26 PM
Chris.SE:
Hi
3rd visit from aerial riggers they just had similar issue in our street we now are able to receive Freeview from HEATHFIELD first time for a very long time no rhyme or reason all channels so far seem fine thanks for your help
H
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Saturday, 9 November 2019
T
Tony5:46 PM
Brian
Midhurst D3+4 are now on CH35 not as stated!
Tony
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Chris.SE6:05 PM
Tony:
As per many posts around this site, the listing are not up-to-date. There's 1100+ transmitters in the UK and the site owner has not kept up with all the changes. There are LCN on some Multiplex changes as well.
See Channel listings | Freeview although at time of posting it has not been updated for the Film4+1 and More4+1 changes on Nov.5th.
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