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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
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 |
Local transmitter maps
Ridge Hill Freeview Ridge Hill DAB Ridge Hill TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)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, 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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IAN4:59 PM
Cheltenham
Aerial is on chimney
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
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Roland Johnson8:59 AM
we get our reception via the Oakley Mynd relay transmitter, when will we be able to get more of the freeview channels that we got via freesat and more important when are we likely to be able to get the BT Vision access to Sky sport?
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Mike Dimmick2:28 PM
Roland Johnson: That all depends on the commercial multiplex operators extending their services to more transmitters. They turned down the option to do so at switchover, saying it would cost too much. These operators are focused on profit rather than public service.
I've heard rumours that they may extend to another 8 or 9 sites, but these are likely to be high-power sites that would add significantly to the overall covered area, particularly if populated with a wealthy demographic.
If you provide a full postcode, we can check the likelihood of getting a reliable service from Ridge Hill, or another main transmitter.
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Monday, 18 July 2011
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Roger K10:52 AM
I live just outside Cheltenham and I am infuriated on a daily basis when I watch the "local" news (either channel although ITV is the worst). Why oh why as we live in the RidgeHill catchment area can we not get news from our own region. I am told that we could get news from the SW region (Bristol) how do I do this ? I have freeview. Surely in this day and age its not rocket science to expect (for the money we pay) to get news from our own region !
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