Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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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._______
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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-west-west.jpg)
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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Friday, 19 July 2024
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Bruce4:49 PM
Yeovil
Hi
Any one suffering the same...........
We have a Humax set top box; until a few weeks ago it was possible, using the EPG, to see all the upcoming programmes on most channels for a full week. Now we are lucky if we see the programmes on any channel for one day!
With the most recent changes to Freeview, I thought that this could be the source of the no-show'!
I did a re-install this morning but the problem is still present.
The Humax box is relatively old, could it be that this piece of kit is passed its sell-by' date.
Any suggestions? My location is BA21 4NW.
Regards
Bruce
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Bruce's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 20 July 2024
C
Chris.SE1:07 AM
Bruce:
I've a feeling this is related to some recent bugs in the EPG due to some changes in some channels on the Local multiplex and as usual Humax and Sony boxes seem to be affected.
Just bear with it, I'll post back if I can get any update.
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Monday, 22 July 2024
J
js7:45 AM
Bruce: I had a look around and found this:
https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/humax-epgs-not-displaying-properly
The thread seems to be about what you are experiencing, and presents a solution of deleting services that are not required, thus reducing the amount of EPG data that needs to be stored.
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Transmitter engineering
9:58 AM
9:58 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 26 July 2024
C
Chris.SE1:11 AM
js:
Well done and thanks for that, I wonder if Bruce has tried it?
I found something similar but it was years old so I didn't consider it, I didn't see that recent one!
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Monday, 29 July 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/07/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Wednesday, 31 July 2024
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Graham Preston9:09 AM
Mendip transmitter: Everything on PSB1 and 2 has vanished and cannot be retuned all other channel OK
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Graham Preston9:12 AM
Merriott
Ta16 5pt
Mendip transmitter: Everything on PSB1 and 2 has vanished and cannot be retuned all other channel OK
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Thursday, 1 August 2024
C
Chris.SE2:13 AM
Graham Preston:
You should normally have excellent reception of the 6 main multiplexes from Mendip.
As per the post before yours, Mendip is listed for Planned Engineering (again!), therefore there could be brief interruptions to transmission etc.
If you were correctly tuned, then if there was No Signal due to weather, engineering, faults etc. OR badly pixelated pictures Do NOT Retune. You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or cannot be decoded. The usual result is to clear your correct tuning so you then have to retune again when signals are normal.
Mendip was transmitting normally at various times when I checked in the morning and this evening.
If you are still having a problem please post back with some further details.
Where is your aerial located? How old is it (roughly)?
Do you have any amp/splitters feeding more than one TV and where is it located? Are there any tall trees etc on the line of sight between the aerial and the transmitter?
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Monday, 5 August 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/08/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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