Midhurst (West Sussex, England) digital TV transmitter

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51.017,-0.701 or 51°1'2"N 0°42'4"W

GU28 9EA

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The symbol shows the location of the Midhurst transmitter. The Midhurst transmitter covers 94,000 homes.

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Midhurst region

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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.

Midhurst transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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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. The rating shown takes in account the output power level and the various Freeview transmission modes and do not indicate an ongoing fault.

Mux	Effective power level, aerial position	Rating	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	horizontal	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	20,000
	1 BBC One South, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others 200 BBC Red Button, 700 BBC Radio 1, 701 BBC 1Xtra, 702 BBC Radio 2, 703 BBC Radio 3, 704 BBC Radio 4, 705 BBC Radio 5 Live, 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, 707 BBC 6 Music, 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra, 709 BBC Asian Network, 710 BBC World Service, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C55 (746.0MHz) from 299m datum.
PSB2 D3+4	horizontal	Maximum	64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	20,000
	3 ITV (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 South ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast), • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C56 (754.0MHz) from 299m datum.
PSB3 BBCB	horizontal	Maximum	256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4	20,000
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, plus 1 others 232 The Space, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C58 (770.0MHz) from 299m datum.
COM4 SDN	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000
	10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others  Bluebird 1,  Mail Travel TV,  ADULT Playboy, 16 QVC, 23 Bid TV, 49 The Jewellery Channel, 170 ADULT Section, 171 Television X, 180 XxXpanded TV, 201 Teletext Hols, 202 Rabbit, 203 Gay Rabbit, 204 1-2-1 Dating, 228 Christian, 229 CONNECT 2, 230 VISION2, 234 CONNECT 4, 235 God TV, 236 Sony SAB TV Asia, 724 Capital FM, 727 Absolute Radio, 728 Heart, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C54 (738.0MHz) from 299m datum.
COM5 ArqA	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000
	TV News,  TV Stars, 11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others 36 Create and Craft, 37 Price Drop TV, 43 Gems TV 1, 173 ADULT smileTV3, 175 ADULT PARTY, 176 ADULT Blue, 177 Babestation Xtra, 206 SkyText, 723 talkSPORT, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C59 (778.0MHz) from 300m datum.
COM6 ArqB	horizontal	Above average	64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2	10,000
	15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others  Kerrang!, 22 Ideal World, 35 QVC Beauty, 40 Rocks and Co 1, 55 Argos TV, 172 ADULT smileTV2, 174 Babestation, 199 ADULT Section, 225 VISION, 226 CCTV, 227 Sports, 231 Racing TV , 306 Channel Zero, 711 The Hits radio, 712 Smash Hits!, 713 Kiss, 714 heat, 715 Magic, 716 Q, 718 Smooth radio, 725 Premier Radio, • as a digital multiplex transmitted on frequency C50 (706.0MHz) from 300m datum.

Regional news from the Midhurst transmitter

How the transmission frequencies change over time

	years		1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	3/10/12-	2013-18
	aerial group		C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E
700	C50					ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C54						SDN	SDN
	C55		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C56				+1		D3+4	D3+4
	C58		ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C59				+B	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
	C60				+D
800	C61		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1	D3+4
	C62				+A	SDN
	C64				-C
	C65				+2
	C68		C4	C4	C4

orange background for multiplexes names more

green background for transmission frequencies

lilac background for power levels in watts

800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013

700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more

600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more

Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 29th February and 14th March 2012.

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

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

History of Channel 3 in the Midhurst transmitter area

• 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.