The Midhurst transmitting station is a facility for both
analogue and
digital
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VHF
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/
FM radio
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and
UHF
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television
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transmission
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* Power transmission
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, northeast of
Midhurst
Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester.
The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...
,
West Sussex
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, England. The station broadcasts to much of the northern half of West Sussex, and to small parts of Surrey and Hampshire.
It includes a guyed steel lattice mast, and on top of this is the UHF television transmitting
antenna
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, which brings the overall height of the structure to .
The transmission site is located at 51° 01' 2.0″ North, 0° 42' 4.0" West (National Grid Reference: SU912250).
The current mast has an average height of 307 metres above sea level. It is now owned and operated by
Arqiva
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, but was owned by the
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before they privatised their transmission department prior to 1997.
Services listed by frequency
Analogue radio (FM VHF)
Digital radio (DAB)
Television
Analogue
=1972 – 1983
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=1983 – 31 December 1992
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=1 January 1993 – 14 November 1998
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Analogue and digital
=15 November 1998 – 28 February 2012
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Digital terrestrial television was first transmitted from the Midhurst mast from 15 November 1998 using the frequency gaps between the analogue TV broadcasts. To limit interference to the analogue transmissions, power output on the digital multiplexes was low.
=29 February 2012 to 13 March 2012
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On 29 February 2012, Midhurst started DSO with analogue BBC2 ceasing transmission on UHF 55 and Mux 1 closed on UHF 56. The new BBC A multiplex started on UHF 55 from the start.
Digital
=14 March 2012 to 2 October 2012
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Following the completion of analogue TV shutdown on 14 March 2012, Midhurst frequency allocation was.
=3 October 2012 to 20 March 2018
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Due to the clearance of the 800 MHz band, Digital 3&4 was moved from UHF 61 to UHF 56 and SDN from UHF 62 to UHF 54.
=21 March 2018 to 15 October 2019
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Due to the clearance of the 700 MHz band, SDN was moved from UHF 54 to UHF 29, this allowed Digital 3&4 to move from UHF 56 to UHF 54 (this was a "Transitional" frequency for 700MHZ clearance purposes), BBC A from UHF 55 to UHF 48 and Arqiva B from UHF 50 to UHF 33.
=16 October 2019 to present
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Midhurst completed 700 MHz clearance on 16 October 2019 when the following frequencies came into use.
See also
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List of masts
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List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom
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List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
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National analogue and digital (DAB) stations
This list does not include stations which broadcast on numerous local digital multiplexes or MW licences to achieve near-national coverage.
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References
External links
MB21 Transmission GalleryDigital UK - MidhurstOfcom 'Digital Switchover Transmitter Details - Meridian Region'
{{Television transmitters in the UK
Transmitter sites in England