Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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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 withheldThursday, 7 April 2011
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DW Adams8:12 AM
Cheltenham
After switchover yesterday 6 April, and subsequent re-tune (repeated several times), BBC1, 2 and 3 became unavailable through weak signal (indicated as <20%) and very poor quality. Other main channels OK, although ITV3 remained poor.
Previously, BBC1, 2 and 3 all good. BBC4 and other ITV channels remain good.
Aerial is on roof.
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DW Adams: First, check your equipment is not on this list TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Secondly, you must do a "first time install" or this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Sue Lewis8:48 AM
Hereford
We have had perfect signals on our tvs up to switchover. Now, we cannot get any BBC channels properly. Sometimes they are good but most of the time break up or have nothing at all. Why is this. Surely the digital signal is stronger now.
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walter johnson11:22 AM
when will itv WEST DIGITAL be transmitted from the ridge hill tx. I expected to see it after the last reorganisation (april 6th).
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Mike Dimmick5:55 PM
Reading
Walter Johnson: It starts when the ITV Central high-power digital service starts, on the 20th.
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Remember only the BBC has changed on the 6th, the other digital MUX's don't change until the 20th.
I also noticed the power did not ramp up until just before the official 6am turn on time, even tho the signal had been back on for some time.
I re-tuned after 6am just in case my box had picked up a weaker BBC MUX signal from some other transmitter while it was on lower power, so that is also worth a try.
For me and I am some distance away (Dudley) I get full strength and signal quality on all my Freeview enabled devices.
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Friday, 8 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick9:46 PM
Reading
Sue Lewis: The increase in power could be causing your problem. Amplifiers and tuners have a limit on the signal levels they can handle. If you have a booster, try removing it.
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Sunday, 10 April 2011
11:41 AM
i have retuned my freeview box i get all my channels but i cannot watch bbc1 or bbc2 the signal is strong but i cant get a proper picture i made sure all the wires are plugged in properly i did a first time installation on the box but nothing works what else can i do? its not the aerial as we had a new one fitted.
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DaveCheltenham
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
Becky - It may be that the signal is too strong as it is now 10 times the power it was on multiplex channel 53. The other point and most likely, is that like one of my early Freeview boxes, it cannot receive the QAM 64 8K mode which is now the standard for high power DVB-T so I have thrown it out. If this is the case, all the other channels will disappear on the 20th April. BBC 3 and 4 plus the BBC radio channels are still being transmitted on multiplex channel 63 until the 20th April. Hope this helps?
Regards
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Dale chaplin10:26 PM
Gloucester
My post code is GL4 8DA. I have been able to recieve Freeview for quite a long time although the "post code lottery" for most of that time said I would be unable to get a signal. I believe that I am recieving Sutton Coalfield even though I am closer to Ridge Hill. How can I tell where my signal is comming from?
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