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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) mast?
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
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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Monday, 30 January 2012
ROWRIDGE transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 07:56 yesterday to 09:50 yesterday [BBC]
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ROWRIDGE transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 07:56 yesterday to 09:50 yesterday [BBC]
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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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Tuesday, 31 January 2012
ROWRIDGE transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 07:56 on 29 Jan to 09:50 on 29 Jan [BBC]
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ROWRIDGE transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 07:56 on 29 Jan to 09:50 on 29 Jan [BBC]
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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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Jeff's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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Saturday, 18 February 2012
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colin1951uk4:55 PM
Eastleigh
I notice on the Digital UK site that we now have a third step for retuning Roweridge on the 18th April (to retain existing services). It looks to be mandatory but I'm not sure.
First I've heard of it..is it worth adding to this site Brian?
Colin
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colin1951uk's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
colin1951uk: It's for the commercial (COM) multiplexes which remain on their pre-switchover channels until 18th April. It is also not until the same date that the COMs' vertical components are introduced and at the same time the horizontally polarised signals are boosted.
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