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, 9 May 2011
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David1:17 PM
Hi there I live in cheltenham and I noticed since about the 6th may 2011 missing block of channels itv3 five usa five star etc wondered if they have dropped signal strength also noticed have extra itv1 station as well as itv and itv plus 1 all other channels I receive are at full strength on my indicator screen on freeview have you ideas on problem
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Simon E1:48 PM
@Mike Dimmick - thank you so much for your helpful advice. I got out the soldering iron and turned the amplifying splitter into a passive one. Now all three tv's and digi-boxes / recorders are working fine - no stuttering or blocks. The only exception is the Thomson DHD-4000 which has lost a few channels. However, from reading online, this machine appears to be not fully compatible with the switch-over. Overall, great result. Thanks!
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john2:09 PM
Cheltenham
I have 2 TV's both with built in Freeview both running of the same rooftop aerial.
Before the "switchover" both TV's could receive all freeview channels with very good pictures and sound, since the switchover one TV gets good quality freeview channels while the other TV is usless with all the Freeview channles being unwatchable with freezing pictures and sound that is unrecognisable.
Postcode GL51 9RQ
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john's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick2:58 PM
john: Usually this indicates too much signal. Is the non-working set closer to the aerial?
It's also possible that the non-working set has decided to tune into fringe reception of The Wrekin/Bromsgrove/Lark Stoke, which use lower frequencies for the BBC and D3&4 multiplexes than Ridge Hill does. Check that it's using C28 and C25 rather than C26 and C23. If not, delete the incorrect channels and manually tune in the correct ones. See also Digital Region Overlap for more information.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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John5:13 PM
Mike,
Thank you, you were spot on.
The said TV is now on a seperate feed to the aerial without any booster and signal strenth is 7/10
Picture and sound both perfect.
Your a star
Regards John.
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Thursday, 12 May 2011
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liam11:51 AM
Ebbw Vale
with help of a masthead amp i can receive average singal from the ridge hill transmitter but in the evenings SDN, Arq A and Arq B channels just go off. so i was wondering are they at full power or is there maintenance work on the transmitter.
my postcode is np234sz and my areial is wideband and is in the loft
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liam's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
liam: All services from this transmitter are at their final output levels. I note you are not served by Ridge Hill so you can't really expect a service from there.
Your best option is probably Freesat if you want more than the three PSB multiplexes.
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Friday, 13 May 2011
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liam6:47 PM
Ebbw Vale
Briantist: thanks for the reply. i understand i am not served from ridge hill but i can manage to recieve a 50% singal but some nights mux SDN, Arq A & B channels go off. so i did a manual tune on channel 21 there was 50% singal but would not pick up any of the channels. i was using wenvoe for Arq A up untill april 27th which is when i could not recieve them.
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liam's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
liam: You can get the PSB multiplexes from Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, Blaina, Nantyglo and for the moment Wenvoe.
However, you are not predicted to get any commercial multiplexes, so as I say, if you want more channels Freesat is the only reliable way.
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Monday, 16 May 2011
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Neil Thomson12:03 PM
Hereford
We have 2 newish tv's and a dvd recorder, all with built-in freeview, none listed as not able to receive 8k-mode, and all now re-tuned. The main Philips tv gets the BBC channels but trying to record them usually makes the LG dvd recorder freeze (with a difficult to remove blue screen), change channels or switch itself off. Non-BBC channels are recorded perfectly. The smaller Ferguson TV has lost all BBC channels and a first time installation makes no difference. It has no facility to manually choose transmitters. Any ideas please?
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Neil's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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