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, 16 May 2011
Neil Thomson: It might be an idea to look at Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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Neil Thomson10:41 AM
Hereford
Thanks. Although the small tv is not connected to any device it does use the same aerial as the main tv & dvd recorder, and when these were disconnected I was able to re-tune and get all the channels on the small tv. However as soon as the main tv and recorder were re-connected to the aerial socket I lost them again. Sounds like I either have to "change the RF channel no. on the dvd device" (trying to figure out what that means!) or get a completely separate 2nd aerial fitted, which seems a bit excessive.
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Neil Thomson: It does sound like the DVD Recorder is outputting an analogue RF signal. I would expect you can find and change this in the "device menus".
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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Michael9:44 PM
Cheltenham
Is it possible to receive BBC Points West from Ridgehill? If not why is Cheltenham's local news produced in Bristol?
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Thursday, 9 June 2011
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Mike Dimmick1:30 PM
Michael: no, it is not possible. ITV chose to carry an additional multiplex for ITV1 West, to match the former analogue service, but the BBC have never done so. The ITV1 service only started in 2008, when the former Central South sub-region was split, with the Oxford service joining Meridian North to form Thames Valley, and Ridge Hill broadcasting Central West Midlands.
Often organizations consolidate production in a small number of locations, not necessarily basing them in the area served by the programme. Since the ITV Thames Valley experiment closed down, Oxford news is now based in Southampton.
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Michael3:56 PM
Cheltenham
Dear Mike Dimmick
Thank you for your help on this. It would have been really nice to have a choice of local news i.e. BBC or ITV.
My point was not so much about where the news items were produced, as the fact that broadcasting Cheltenham news on BBC Points West which cannot be received in Cheltenham is pointless when all we can receive is BBC Midlands.
It looks like Cheltenham Freeview viewers will do best to rely on ITV West for local news. It doesn't leave one feeling valued by the BBC.
I accept that this is more of a programming than a transmitter issue. Once again thank you for your help.
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Friday, 10 June 2011
Michael: If you want to have all the BBC regions, you will need to use Freesat. Which BBC regions are on satellite? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice has details.
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Sunday, 12 June 2011
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andrew mark4:17 PM
Michael - I suggest you e-mail the BBC regional manager for the West to complain about the fact that you cannot get BBC Points West (which actually provides a superior news coverage of Gloucestershire than ITV West). This is a ridiculous situation and pressure must continued to be applied on the BBC. (Gloucester's MP is also on the case). The e-mail address is: Lucio.Mesquita@bbc.co.uk
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Friday, 17 June 2011
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Chris J2:37 PM
Cheltenham
As I said previously the BBC original response was to get Cable or Satellite TV if you want to see your local news. I got a better response from the BBC in Gloucester admitting lots of people had complained but mentioned money was the problem. I have heard nothing from the Cheltenham MP who has not replied to my emails. I have noticed a very high proportion of houses with dishes in around Cheltenham and a lot have VM cable so perhaps most of those who want to watch Points West can already so are not interested in getting it from Ridge Hill. I have given up pestering the BBC about getting BBC West from Ridge Hill and bought a dish! I expect most people in the area are unaware ITV West is available and is probably found at channel 801 on their Freeview box.
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Thursday, 7 July 2011
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IAN4:57 PM
Cheltenham
aerial is on roof.
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