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The symbol shows the location of the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 720,000 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 Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Mendip 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
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3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C33 (570.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBS
 H -10dB
C30 (546.0MHz)591mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Bristol,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Mendip transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 25km north (3°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north (11°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

Are there any self-help relays?

CheddarTransposer15 km E Weston-super-Mare1674 homes
LuccombeActive deflector6 km w Minehead38 homes

How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2018
C/D EEEC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C30_local
C32BBCA
C33com7com7
C34D3+4
C35com8com8
C36ArqB
C37C5wavesC5waves
C48SDNSDNSDNSDN
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C51tv_offLBSLBS
C52tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 500kW
Analogue 5(-6dB) 126kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
com7(-8.4dB) 72.4kW
com8(-8.6dB) 69.1kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS(-17dB) 10kW

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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Mendip 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.

Comments
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
J
jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

12:36 AM

David: Although fully appreciating that your reply/query is directed at MikeP, I would like to add that the difficulties experienced with the reception of Mux 33 is possibly related to the usual problems experienced during waves of high pressure sweeping across the country, such has been happening for around the last two weeks or so now and indeed continues to do so.

One of the undesirable side effects of same being by allowing reception of distant stations (not necessarily UK based) transmitting on the same Mux channel numbers as that used by the local station, the effect of being erratic intermittent reception dependant on the strength of the alien station.

Needless to say, nothing can be done to help alleviate this type of problem except to wait until the situation improves.

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Friday, 16 September 2016
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:13 AM

David Price:

JB38 says exactly what I would have said. Do NOT try to retune your equipment until at least the warm weather has cooled.



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Wednesday, 21 September 2016
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David
8:52 PM

Mike and JB38 This problem is persisting and I am informed many people in the Frome and Warminster area cannot get a good signal on Flux 33.It is intermittent. The TV engineer I mentioned who claims a perfect signal in Warminster cannot get it either. At what stage do we stop blaming the weather . Note there are BBC stations on this frequency, like BBC4HD and BBC News HD.


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Thursday, 22 September 2016
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:24 AM

David:

Above your posting is a statement to the effect that Mendip may be on reduced power currently due to engineering works. That can be the cause of your problem so do not try to retune until the work is completed.



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Sunday, 25 September 2016
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David
3:58 PM

MikeP: Is there any way of discovering when the engineering is likely to be completed. Can we contact Mendip transmsitter direct?

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GEM
4:02 PM
Sturminster Newton

I'm in an appartment (with a communal aerial) in Sturminster Newton and we have been unable to watch any Freeview channel for some weeks now. Luckily we also have a communal Sat dish so those of us who use satellite are ok.

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Richard Cooper
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5:42 PM

GEM: Hi, Gem. as I've said before on here, it is the landlord's duty and responsibility to ensure the communal aerial system is working, but the landlord may not do anything if residents don't inform him that there is no Freeview signal, so someone needs to report it! Richard in Norwich.

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Monday, 26 September 2016
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:14 AM

David:

The transmitters are operated by Arqiva and any questions about their operation should be aimed at them.

Details of how to contact them are at Contact Us



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MikeP's 3,056 posts GB flag
Monday, 28 November 2016
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Stephen
10:01 AM
Bristol

Over the weekend 26,27 Nov 2016 we have had none of the channels on com7 (eg BBC4 HD, BBC news HD). Checking the signal strength it is given as 0% - absolutely nothing. In the past values below 25% in heavy rain have given occasional blocky pictures. All other channels are fine with signal strengths in the 30-50% range so the roof aerial is still working OK. The web site says that there are no transmitter problems. Re-tuning in case com7 has moved frequency finds nothing. Our postcode is BS6 7JR.

Any ideas?

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MikeB
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1:45 PM

Stephen: If all the other channels are working in the 30-50% range and your just 24km from Mendip, then its unlikely that ' the roof aerial is still working OK', or at least something is up with part of your system. At that distance, you might even need an attenuator - 75% should be perfect, so your at the low end of workable, even on the OK channels.

Com 7 is a weaker signal with lower power, so if there is a problem, thats the canary in the coalmine. Check your system, starting back from the TV - could be something as simple as a dodgy fly lead. Then follow the path up. But it sounds like your system is just hanging on, and the probalems your getting in heavy rain point to moisture getting in somewhere, and kiling the signal. Once it dries out, it gets a bit better, but the underlying problem will not go away.

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