Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 51.237,-2.626 or 51°14'12"N 2°37'33"W | BA5 3LB |
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.
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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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Mendip 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
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?
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?
Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
C30 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 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
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Sunday, 12 May 2024
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Jim Paterson12:18 PM
Yeovil
I live in TA12 6DS Martock Somerset area for the past few days I have been having problems with the sound level going up and down just enough to notice it rather than a total loss of sound on BBC1 using aerial reception (no problems with digital via sky).
My daughter who lives in Yeovil BA21 3TL was telling me she had the same problem yesterday evening
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Monday, 13 May 2024
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Chris.SE3:21 AM
Jim Paterson:
Jim, there are no faults currently reported for Mendip, although the transmitter has been listed for Planned Engineering, it is no longer listed. It would however be unusual for work to cause problems like that on a Saturday or Sunday evening at peak times.
Weather conditions the last couple of days may have resulted in brief periods of interference, but that should now have subsided.
Both your locations are capable of picking up to 4 main transmitters, so do check in your TV Tuning sections that you are correct;y tuned to Mendip's UHF channels as listed at the very top page on this site.
If you find problems continuing and have checked tuning, check that your aerials look intact and are still pointing correctly, and please post back.
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Monday, 27 May 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/05/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 3 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
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Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 10 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
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Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 17 June 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 17/06/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 8 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
11:06 AM
11:06 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 08/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 15 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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