Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 620,000 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 Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Rowridge transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 24km north-northeast (20°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
Are there any self-help relays?
| Portsmouth Docks | Transposer | 2 km N city centre | 50 homes Estimate. Group of houses' |
How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2 May 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LSO | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | com7 | |||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| 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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| PSB1||, PSB1≡, PSB2||, PSB2≡, PSB3||, PSB3≡ | (-4dB) 200kW | |
| COM4≡, COM4||, COM5≡, COM5||, COM6≡, COM6|| | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com7≡ | (-13.1dB) 24.4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| com8≡ | (-14.3dB) 18.4kW | |
| LSO≡ | (-17dB) 10kW |
Local transmitter maps
Rowridge Freeview Rowridge DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011
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Mark12:16 PM
Poole
Here at Poole we have a number of properties that cannot receive channels 30 & 31 from Rowridge. My aerial installer has been on the roof of a 10 storey block to test the aerial directly and still cannot receive those 2 mux's. However at Parkstone & Wallisdown areas we can receive all mux's from Rowridge. I know there is transmitter works but I cannot understand the complete loss of ch30 and ch31. Any ideas?
Postcode is BH15 2AX but applies to many areas with postcodes of BH15 1.. or BH15 2..
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb381:08 PM
Briantist: Thanks for the link Brian, the PDF being stored away for future reference as it makes interesting reading, especially from section 4 onwards.
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Mike Dimmick3:08 PM
Poole
Mark: To confirm, do you mean Multiplex A on C30 and BBC One analogue on C31, or do you mean LCN 30 "5*" and LCN 31 "5 USA"?
If you can't get 5* and 5 USA, but you can get LCN 10 "ITV3", the problem is most likely to be in the box itself - do a full reset/full retune/first-time installation.
If it is a problem on the actual frequencies, either there is something in the area also transmitting on C30 - perhaps a Sky box whose RF output has been set to this channel, or another device with an RF modulator such as a VCR - or simply low coverage.
The Digital UK trade predictor shows good reception on Mux A - C30 - at your postcode BH15 2BU, but poor at BH15 2AX. It looks like line-of-sight to the transmitter is blocked by higher ground at 2AX than at 2BU, which could explain the problem a little, although the other multiplexes aren't shown as significantly different.
The engineering work is to build a new mast, which has been erected to the west of the transmitter. I wouldn't expect the tiny difference in direction to have much difference between the two sites, though.
Is your installer orienting the aerial with horizontal polarization, rods going side-to-side? You're expected to get better results from vertical polarization AFTER switchover completes, but only after 18 April next year. Right now Rowridge transmits nothing on vertical polarization.
You should get very good analogue signals from the Poole relay, but it won't start broadcasting digital until 7 March and will then be a 'Freeview Light' transmitter, not broadcasting the commercial multiplexes at all.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Jeff11:43 PM
Been no TV signal at all for at least an hour. That's Digital and Terrestrial. Is there any issue with Rowridge?
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Jeff11:48 PM
Chichester
PO20 2GY
Sorry, in addition to my last post. i forgot to add my postcode.
There is nothing at all coming across the airways :(
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Jeff's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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Martin Brown5:53 PM
Have recently phoned up and complained to the relevent people about the terrible reception we have had for the past few weeks in the BH17 area, we have all ways had times when the picture gets a bit boxy for a few seconds then clears but recently it has been a lot worse with boxing and freezing for long periods, this is not just on my set up but on neighbours too. The guy I spoke to said we receive from the Mendip transmitter and there are no problems, I thought we received from the Rowridge transmitter but again no reported problems there. Another thing I am annoyed about is the fact that we can not receive the HD services on freeview,I have the equipment to get HD, no explanation has been given to me for that. I hope some one can help me with this, thanks.
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Jeff: No, no problems. Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
Martin Brown: There is no Freeview HD service from the Rowridge transmitter until switchover on Wednesday, 21st March 2012.
Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with your reception problem.
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Friday, 19 August 2011
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graham etheridge9:42 PM
Southampton
so45 6bd at the moment i have to get the terestrial tv signal from hannington because of fawley refinary blocking rowridge signal,i am conserned that on switch over and there is only digital i will loose everything as at present the hannington digital signal i receive is to week to use
any one any suggestions
ta graham
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