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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Saturday, 14 January 2012
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jb3812:07 PM
Ewan Marshall: Yes, and once again you are quite correct, as admittedly depending on what you are receiving on (like in your own case) it can make a difference, but speaking in general terms virtually all modern TV / boxes on the market with bang up to date firmware can fully cope with offset problems, albeit I fully accept that some devices purchased as recently as about three years or so ago struggled a bit before they would lock on, although manufacturers software updates seemingly cured the problem on most, or in a partial sense on some depending on the level of signal they were receiving, the problem being worse on weaker signals.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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Richard Gooding9:19 AM
We have a Sony Bravia which is 5 years old. Our aerial is a TRIAYUNIX52WIDE Band fitted in October 2010. Analogue is fifne but the digital sgnal at times breaks up to a very bad degree making programmes impossible to watch. We have two other digital televisions but they are served by a loft aerial and reception is good although we cannot receive the ssame amount of channels.
This aerial is very old. Can you please show any light on this? Will the changeover at Rowridge make any difference?
2019 2PB Thanks
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Colin4:09 PM
Looking at predicted reception in Bransgore, am I right in thinking that after April 18th we will only be able to receive all mux's with a VERTICAL polarised aerial? The DigitalUK website seems to suggest so. It shows only 3 mux's still on HORIZONTAL polarisation after that date. Or am I going barmy?
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Colin: The situation with Rowridge is that after switchover, it will broadcast horizontally and vertically.
The PSBs will be at 200kW for both polarisations.
However, the COMs will be 50kW horizontal and 200kW vertical.
This would explain the reason for the predictor's result.
I would wait and try it, particularly if you're going to have to get someone in to do it. The predictor should be treated as a guide and not gospel. It exists because of the demand for such a system but it's not possible to design such a system with total accuracy.
It's also often the case that a vertical aerial will pick up, to a certain degree, horizontal signals. So it could just be enough to save you having to have your aerial altered.
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KMJ,Derby4:43 PM
Colin: If I could add to what Dave said above, 18th April 2012 is the date when Stockland Hill COM muxes increase power and Crystal Palace begins high power working on the same frequencies. The Vertically polarised option is being transmitted at Rowridge from this date to help deal with interference problems anticipated in overlap areas and at times when the inversion effect allows signals to travel beyond their normal service areas.
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Monday, 23 January 2012
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Colin12:28 PM
Christchurch
Colin: Thanks for your replies - I'll wait & see then! I hope to be able to dispense with the outside aerial and use a loft one instead once the signal levels are boosted. I realise this is a retrograde step but if it works OK it makes it much easier to experiment between vertical & horizontal polarity & to maintain the antenna in the future.
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Monday, 30 January 2012
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Michael Ings5:19 PM
Can I ask a question that I have not been able to figure out. On our Grundig Freeserve box we had "a message" similar to an alternative view, which you would get on a sports channel. Compare this with a Sky setup, a Tennis match - the centre court OR the mixed doubles. In this case, it is press the Red butten or the Back up to cancel the message. What does one do on a Freserve box?
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Michael Ings: Do you mean a Freeview or Freesat box? You can cancel a "Red Button" message by pressing the BACK or yellow button on the remote in most cases.
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
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Jeff Rees9:37 PM
Alresford
I had to retune all 3 TVs tonight as I'd lost BBC on Freeview from Rowridge. I wasn't expecting changes until March. What's occurring?
SO24 9NR (south of the high ground with aeriel pointing south).
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Monday, 13 February 2012
Jeff Rees: Nothing has happened with Rowridge that I know of. Could it have been, and could it perhaps continue to be the case that your TVs have tuned to Hannington? The reason I suggest this as a possibility is because its first stage of switchover occurred on Wednesday, at which point most BBC channels changed channel and increased in power.
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