Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter which serves 270,000 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 Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Ridge Hill 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ridge Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast (39°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
Whitton | Transposer | 35 km NW Hereford | 40 homes |
How will the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | W T | ||||
C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C30 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, PSB2 iw, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
com7 | (-9.8dB) 10.5kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
com8 | (-10.1dB) 9.8kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 2 January 2011
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Geoff1:02 PM
Hi
Moved to Stroud area in 2004 to a new house which has TV points throughout. A local contractor installed an aerial pointed at Ridge Hill (because trees and a large building left no option) with a signal amplifier and all TV points work, but the analogue signal is very poor - a problem of the area!
Have converted main TV to Freesat with very good results and a new digital TV in the kitchen also receives BBC 1,2,3,4,Parl,CBBC etc but nothing else. From the detail on this site it appears that the answer lies in the MUX/aerial replacement, but which one? I do not really want to convert all points to Freesat from both the cost and aesthetics angles.
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KMJ,Derby1:46 PM
Geoff: It would probably be better to wait until after switchover before doing any work on the aerial, if this proves to be necessary.The transmission will be 10 times stronger on the PSB muxes and 5 times stronger on the COM muxes. After switchover it is best to use a Group A receiving aerial, especially in poor signal areas for Ridge Hill. At present, if it is Ridge Hill you are receiving for freeview (BBC1 Midlands)it would appear that you have a wideband aerial.
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Geoff3:20 PM
Thanks KMJ: I would confirm that the signal is from Ridge Hill, firstly because it is the only transmitter that we have ever received analogue from and it is BBC Midlands.
It seems strange however, that if we do have a wideband aerial, that the only channels that can be received, after numerous "re-tunes" are the ones mentioned - and these are exactly as the "MUX 1" details near the top of this page!
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Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Mike5:43 PM
Cheltenham
I live in Cheltenham and at present seem only able to get ITV Central evening news rather than ITV West. I checked for the Ridgehill ITV HTV transmitter and that seems even after April 20 to offer a weak transmission.
How after April 20 will Cheltenham viewers be able to see ITV West?
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Thursday, 13 January 2011
Mike: ITV West will be carried on a separate multiplex on C29 at Ridge Hill. Ridge Hill (HTV West) digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Chris Jefferies1:35 PM
If you live in North Gloucestershire and are fed up with seeing no local news from BBC Midlands then please complain to the BBC at gloucestershire@bbc.co.uk. For several years this area has been covered by both ITV West and BBC West but only ITV West will be transmitted from Ridge Hill after DSO in April. If enough people complain perhaps the BBC will do something!
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Tony Wells10:26 PM
I live in Cheltenham with my antenna pointing towards Ridge Hill and I can't get ITV or Channel Four channels had this problem since yesterday (12/01/11).
BBC works okay but the signal is weak with a lot of interference.
Any reports of any problems..?
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Friday, 14 January 2011
Tony Wells: No, there are no problems reported. Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday, 15 January 2011
DaveCheltenham
9:06 AM
Blakeney
9:06 AM
Blakeney
Tony - I had the same problem about 3 weeks ago on the same multiplex; it lasted about 2 days. Looked for any Tx problems but none reported so put it down to some fairly local interference. I live in the Old Bath Road area.
Regards
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Bagpuss6:12 PM
Seems to be a widespread issue on MUX2 (ITV1, C4 et al), Ridge Hill transmitter, mostly daytime/early evening and then settles down. Loss of quality, not strength - 2 decoders here fail to pull anything, the third works but with intermittent pixellation.
It's not an issue on anyone's particular installation since it spreads across Worcestershire (where I am) into Gloucestershire (where the poster above is) and affects other people I know. No work is reported that I can see, but there's clearly something afoot... I presume DSO-related but simply not being mentioned?
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