Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 51.237,-2.626 or 51°14'12"N 2°37'33"W |  | BA5 3LB |
The symbol shows the location of the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 720,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Mendip (Somerset, England) mast?
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
_______
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 Mendip 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 Mendip transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north (11°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
| Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-6dB) 126kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-8.4dB) 72.4kW | |
| com8 | (-8.6dB) 69.1kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-17dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
|
|
Saturday, 26 November 2011
A
Adam Fothergill7:04 PM
Salisbury
Hello,
appear to be having problems with reception, have reset TV and put it on a mains filter, tv is less than a year old as is the ariel setup affixed high to the side of the house, mostly affected are the HD channels, they freeze and loose sound every 5mins or so, signal strenth reads 96 and bit rate error reads between 240 and 400, on standard TV signal is between 80 and 90 and loose sound intermittantly once every 25mins only been happening for the last week or so. 26/11/11
| link to this comment |
Adam's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 1 December 2011
B
bruce5:08 PM
Yeovil
Moving to house on post code ba22 7pa. I know that this house picks up from Stockhill transmitter but wonder if it would be possible to get a signal from the mendip transmitter?
| link to this comment |
bruce's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
P
pete green6:12 PM
Weston-super-mare
bruce.
You shoud get mendip O.K. but mendip needs a group c/d aerial.
| link to this comment |
pete's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Hi Adam
I dont take jobs in at your location so cannot comment on what the signal quality to exspect but the errors within the signals your receving are way to high even for standard TV reception your bit error rates need to be zero or at very least close to for best performance.
You need to talk to a local engineer and go from there.
Regards
Dave
| link to this comment |
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
A
Andy Beckett8:53 AM
Re. Comment by Jeff Glynn 25th Nov
Yes we've most definitely noticed the drop off in signal on channel 52 (BBC1 etc) to the extent that we entirely lost reception of these channels. We live in a weak signal area 44 miles from Mendip Tx, due to ground topography it is the only Tx we can see. Freeview had been perfect since digital changeover until about 4 weeks ago when the problem arose. This prompted me to entirely replace our aerial set up top to bottom. New high gain antenna, new masthead amp, new cabling, better and higher antenna location.
Result, we got Channel 52 back, but it is still marginal, markedly lower signal than chan 54 which is booming in. Conclusion, something has changed at the Tx end.
| link to this comment |
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
D
David S.8:29 AM
Warminster
Here in BA12 9LT, sat on the 125m contour line, we still receive tv signals from Plymouth, Mendip and SWales - evidenced by the fact that we can watch all the BBC local news transmissions from those areas. The Wales signal appears to be the strongest as that is the one picked up as No.1 on the EPG. The other two come up as 801 and 802. We also experience pixelisation on all three from about 22:00 each evening and sometimes in the morning on the integrated set in our bedroom.
| link to this comment |
David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 12 December 2011
J
Jim Dee11:33 AM
1. What has happened to Sky News, Pick, Dave and possibly others, suddenly unavailable in the West of England?
2. Why can't you leave the channels alone instead of constantly moving them around (to make room for more commercial rubbish?) ?
| link to this comment |
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
S
Stuart2:34 PM
Gillingham
Hi,
i live in sp8, and tune to the Mendip transmitter. Ive got 100% on most channels, but only 40% on the HD ones on CH58. The freeview sites suggest CH58 is at 100% strength. Ive checked my cables and aerial and all look good. what other things might be the cause ?
| link to this comment |
Stuart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 16 December 2011
R
Rod Roberts3:15 PM
Since the change over i experience a lot of interference on most channels,i have retuned a couple of times but the picture still breaks up or freezes i had no problems before change over.
| link to this comment |
Rod Roberts: You have not provided a postcode so it hard to be sure, but I would have a look at Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please