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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 1 multiplex in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C59: ArqA
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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. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 94,000 homes.

Other maps:Midhurst regionBBC SouthMeridian (East micro region)

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Radiation patterns withheld

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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.


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Midhurst transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C55 (746.0MHz)299m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
Channel icons
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

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C56 (754.0MHz)299m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C58 (770.0MHz)299m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		20,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C54 (738.0MHz)299m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
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

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C59 (778.0MHz)300m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
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

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C50 (706.0MHz)300m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
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



Regional news from the Midhurst transmitter


BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 51km west-southwest
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.8m homes 3.1%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 92km east-northeast
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 39 masts.

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1984-971997-981998-20122012-133/10/12-2013-18
aerial groupC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E
700C50ArqBArqBArqB
C54 SDNSDN
C55BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C56+1 D3+4D3+4
C58ITVITVITVBBCBBBCBBBCB
C59+BArqAArqAArqA
C60+D
800C61BBC1BBC1BBC1D3+4
C62+ASDN
C64-C
C65+2
C68C4C4C4

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz 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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Dec 2014Meridian
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.


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Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 February 2012 4:30AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:03 on 30 Jan to 15:07 on 30 Jan [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 February 2012 7:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:03 on 30 Jan to 15:07 on 30 Jan BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 February 2012 7:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:03 on 30 Jan to 15:07 on 30 Jan BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 February 2012 3:31PM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:03 on 30 Jan to 15:07 on 30 Jan BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 today to 11:21 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 3 February 2012 3:31PM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 15:03 on 30 Jan to 15:07 on 30 Jan BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 today to 11:21 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 4 February 2012 4:43AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 yesterday to 11:21 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 4 February 2012 4:43AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 yesterday to 11:21 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 4 February 2012 10:33AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 today to 09:40 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 yesterday to 11:21 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 4 February 2012 10:33AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 today to 09:40 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 yesterday to 11:21 yesterday [BBC]
Steve
Saturday 4 February 2012 11:37AM Godalming
I live in Godalming and have been using freeview since just after it started. Our aerial was picking up the Guildford relay transmitter from Crystal palace and we couldn't get all of the stations. I had the local aerial installer come round and he detected a better signal from the Midhurst Transmitter, so he set the new aerial with amplifier to Midhurst.
All stations have been ok until about a month ago when the channels in group C (Dave, pick tv etc) all had no or low signal. This week all the channels in group D (film4, itv4 etc) are on a very low signal, sometimes watchable, sometimes no signal. There are no faults shown for the transmitter and I have retuned the boxes without any improvements.
Are these signal changes linked to the coming switchover?
jb38
Saturday 4 February 2012 4:43PM
Steve: On having a study at your reception possibilities I cant help but feel that the fact of you having previously received the two multiplexes mentioned was more of a fluke connected to the reception conditions prevailing at the time due to atmospheric reasons, and which have now changed to your disadvantage hence your problem.

My reason for saying this is, that you are not predicted (on trade view) as being able to receive ArqB at all from Midhurst until April 12th, and with ArqA presently under the heading of poor, and although its not impossible that their powers have been backed off very slightly (everything isnt reported) its very doubtful that they have been, because its BBC2 that's subject to changes.

I cant really see anything that can be done to help the situation, as you have said that an amplifier is already being used and no other station is indicated as being possible to receive, and that includes Guildford (except for BBC) at only 4 miles away, which to me suggests you reside in a problem area for reception.
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 5 February 2012 4:32AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 yesterday to 09:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 on 03 Feb to 11:21 on 03 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 5 February 2012 4:32AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 yesterday to 09:40 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 on 03 Feb to 11:21 on 03 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 6 February 2012 7:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 on 04 Feb to 09:40 on 04 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 on 03 Feb to 11:21 on 03 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 6 February 2012 7:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 on 04 Feb to 09:40 on 04 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:00 on 03 Feb to 11:21 on 03 Feb [BBC]
Pedro dd
Tuesday 7 February 2012 9:38PM
@Steve:I live quite(very near to you) and Midhurst MUX C and D have always been worse than the other 4.
@Jb38-I'm not predicted to get anything other than 2muxs poor at my location, but I get 4 absolutely perfect in terms oc CNR and BER, 1 good (perfectly watchable, and one variable.
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 February 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 on 04 Feb to 09:40 on 04 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 8 February 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:21 on 04 Feb to 09:40 on 04 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 9 February 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 today to 01:56 today BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 today to 01:53 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 today to 01:48 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 9 February 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 today to 01:56 today BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 today to 01:53 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 today to 01:48 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 10 February 2012 12:35PM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 yesterday to 01:56 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 yesterday to 01:48 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 10 February 2012 12:35PM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 yesterday to 01:56 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 yesterday to 01:53 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 yesterday to 01:48 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 11 February 2012 4:30AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 on 09 Feb to 01:56 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 on 09 Feb to 01:53 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 on 09 Feb to 01:48 on 09 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 11 February 2012 4:30AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 on 09 Feb to 01:56 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 on 09 Feb to 01:53 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 on 09 Feb to 01:48 on 09 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 February 2012 7:33AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 today to 04:55 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 on 09 Feb to 01:56 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 on 09 Feb to 01:53 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 on 09 Feb to 01:48 on 09 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 13 February 2012 7:33AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 today to 04:55 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:54 on 09 Feb to 01:56 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Off Air from 01:48 on 09 Feb to 01:53 on 09 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 01:46 on 09 Feb to 01:48 on 09 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 February 2012 4:32AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 yesterday to 04:55 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 14 February 2012 4:32AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 yesterday to 04:55 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 February 2012 4:33AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 on 13 Feb to 04:55 on 13 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 15 February 2012 4:33AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:53 on 13 Feb to 04:55 on 13 Feb [BBC]
Simon Ash
Monday 20 February 2012 2:57PM Petersfield
I live in Sheet just on the outskirts of Petersfield(GU31 5AB), and our current signal from Midhurst has deteriorated from poor to non existent due to the trees behind our house. My question is, will the boost on the signal strength in March help with this problem or not?
Many thanks
KMJ,Derby
Monday 20 February 2012 3:56PM
Simon Ash: The signal will be ten times stronger on the PSB muxes after switchover at Midhurst, so it is possible that you might notice an improvement in reception. However if the foliage is dense enough it could still block the signal, or give signal quality problems - what is analogue reception like currently? The Digital UK postcode checker suggests that a new transmitter due to enter service after switchover at Rowridge could offer good reception at your location. This transmitter does not offer the COM muxes until 18th April 2012, so best to try after that date if Midhurst is giving problems. Reception of Rowridge VP will require a group "A" aerial pointing SW with the rods set for vertical polarisation.
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 29 February 2012 7:30AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 29 February 2012 7:30AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 today [BBC]
Mick
Wednesday 29 February 2012 8:28AM
29/02/12 08.25 Midhurst ch55 (BBCA) has successfully tuned, but ch65 (Mux2) is not there. It is showing some signal strength but no channels. What is happenning ?
Vic Sullivan
Wednesday 29 February 2012 9:47AM
Glad we have Freesat!

The changeover is deplorable with some scheduled stations being received and others not. Guess the support teams will have their work cut out getting Coronation Street for the pensioners!

Is it lack of signal power causing some channels to pixelate and will the signal power be increasing? We have signal boosters on the aerial and was hoping they would not be needed after changeover.

No HD on Freeview and so Freesat is our only option (no cable and no Sky).
Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 29 February 2012 9:52AM
Vic Sullivan: HD services will be broadcast from Midhurst from 14th March. On the same date all other channels will go to their full power, equivalent to that of analogue. At present, only BBC standard definition TV and radio are on their full post-switchover power.

It is possible that your signal boosters could be causing issues, so you would be advised to try removing them.
Briantist
Wednesday 29 February 2012 10:02AM
Mick: Nothing has happened to multiplex 2 at this stage of switchover. I suggest you try doing a "first time install" again.
Ian Hargreaves
Wednesday 29 February 2012 10:04AM
I have no Itv1, channel 4 & channel 5 all other channels have retuned ok. Any reason why these have not retuned?
Briantist
Wednesday 29 February 2012 10:07AM
Vic Sullivan: The published schedule for changes, as it has been at about 900 other masts so far, has two stages, two weeks apart.

This is to allow people who "forgot" to buy a Freeview box a couple of weeks to get to Argos.
Briantist
Wednesday 29 February 2012 10:08AM
Ian Hargreaves: These have no changed get, but you might have to do a "first time install" on your box to get all the services on the correct channel numbers.
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 29 February 2012 9:33PM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 today to 18:03 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 29 February 2012 9:33PM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 today to 18:03 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 1 March 2012 4:32AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 1 March 2012 4:32AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 yesterday to 18:03 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 yesterday [BBC]
FrustratedinHorsham
Thursday 1 March 2012 7:54PM Horsham
So switchover seems to have happened but I cannot get any of the channels listed under C or D

I really do not understand why these no longer work - tried to use the channels & frequencies quoted here but it doesnt pick up new channels.

Why oh why is this digital switchover so complicated? I thought the whole point is to make things easier...not harder! This has been an annoying & frustrating day. Still isnt it great to see my licence fee is put to such good use...
jb38
Thursday 1 March 2012 11:06PM
FrustratedinHorsham; The trade view reception predictor indicates that you should be able to receive all multiplexes but "only" from March 14th when switchover stage 2 takes place, this event requiring a re-tune.

The other point I noticed is that ArqB (Ch50) will be remaining on low power (1Kw) until October before it increases to 10Kw the same as the other commercial muxes, and although it is indicated as "good" for your area whether in reality it will or not is something that will have to be seen.

By the way the licence fee is not connected in any way to the purely commercial multiplexes such as SDN / ArqA / ArqB.
Transmitter engineering
Friday 2 March 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 on 29 Feb to 18:03 on 29 Feb BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 2 March 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 on 29 Feb to 18:03 on 29 Feb BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb [BBC]
Steve
Friday 2 March 2012 8:24PM Godalming
After re tuning the digital receivers this week to get BBC2 due to the start of the switchover from the Midhurst transitter, the signals on groups C and D have gone from 40 - 50% on quality right up to 100%. So once again I can watch all of the channels that I lost a couple of months ago.
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 3 March 2012 4:31AM
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb BBC ONE Off Air from 18:01 on 29 Feb to 18:03 on 29 Feb [BBC]



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