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 withheldMonday, 11 April 2011
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
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joe3:54 PM
Brierley Hill
hi i have just lost all my chanels exsept bbc1.2. chanell 7/9/7071/80 may aerial is on the roof
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joe's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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Victor Stannard7:16 PM
Cheltenham
I have also lost BBC 1 and 2. I have a Humax Recorder and haver alos lost all teletext on TV and Humax.
I have retuned and found BBC 1 & 2 on 800/801 but still no reception in normal setting on Humax and still no Teletext anywhere.
Normal setting on remote (Humax) says I am getting a weak signal from Ridgeway. It works on my Sony TV but I can't record anything! The new settings for BBC on channel 800 say I am getting signal from s. Glos??!! I am very confused!
Humax recorder is also increasingly temperamental and prone to freezing or not recording properly.
Do you have any suggestions?
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Victor's: mapV's Freeview map terrainV's terrain plot wavesV's frequency data V's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Victor Stannard: Do a "first time installation" on your equipment.
Also do the same next Wednesday when switchover completes.
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John9:40 AM
Hi Brian, my BBC4 was breaking up (Ridgehill/A group aerial)was puzzled as I can get good ch28 in kitchen on old b/w telly with set top aerial(via video). I was getting BBC4 on ch63 can't seem to get it on ch9. Get perfect picture using ch 801/2/3 . Also getting duplicate bbc progs on ch 26!
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Sid6:45 PM
Ridgehill:-
BBC4 on ch63? this was switched off on 6th April as part of DSO switchover part 1.
It is now on ch28.
From the 20th April part 2 of DSO should happen. You will find CH21+/CH22+/CH24/CH25/CH27/CH28 should give you all of the Freeview channels available including HD.
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Mike Dimmick7:20 PM
Sid: They don't actually shut down Mux B at stage 1, you just get two copies of the BBC channels in the two weeks between step 1 and step 2.
John: People who had good reception before switchover often find that they have too much signal once switchover starts. If you have an amplifier or booster, remove it. If not, or that doesn't help, try adding an attenuator. If it is a case of too much signal, it will probably get worse after switchover.
If Mux B on C63 is working with a Group A aerial, you are probably very close to the transmitter - most people would find it didn't work without a wideband.
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