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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C25 (506.0MHz)
299mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C22+ (482.2MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C28 (530.0MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LSO
 H -13dB
C37 (602.0MHz)299mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
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 DocksTransposer2 km N city centre50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-132 May 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C24BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C27ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28ArqBArqB
C29LSO
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavescom7
C37com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Saturday, 28 April 2012
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Nr Ventnor
8:00 PM

If you're having problems after the last retune it maybe because the horizontal polorisation power has reduced on a number of channels. I've gone vertical and get ALL the channels

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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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John Ormerod
8:13 PM

Hello
This seems the place where someone might know the answer to a sightly tangential question.

Does anyone know if anyone is making, or planning to make, a radio tuner (for plugging into an amplifier) using Freeview?

Seems to me that this would offer better quality than DAB can achieve with its limited bit rates.

I've recorded a few Radio 3 concerts using my hard-drive recorder. Sound seems pretty good even though I'm having to use Sony's probably cheap and cheerful DAC, plus 30 feet of connecting wire from TV to pre-amp.

Another question - I record using the HQ setting, in case this means higher quality for audio - does the audio use more bits in HQ, or am I wasting disk space?

Regards, John

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Monday, 30 April 2012
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Jeff Rees
7:52 AM
Alresford

Which 'free' analogue channel should I use to pipe Sky around the house? I switched to C36 after DSO and recently a wave formation sometimes appears on the upstairs TV. I had this problem before when I used C68.

I am in SO24 9NR south of the hill in Alresford, picking up Rowridge.. I'd appreciate a steer from the experts.

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Mark Fletcher
sentiment_satisfiedGold

9:08 AM
Halifax

Jeff Rees,Alresford.The post code you gave at your location although in Hannington area but you receive Rowridge denotoes three free analogue channels,59,60,61.
Just out of interest you stated you pick up Rowridge,is your aerial a group A type (tipped red) or a group W wideband aerial (tipped black).You may find that if you were using a group W wideband on an all group A mast such as Rowridge in a poor/marginal area you may find that group W widebands have an inferior performance on the group A frequencies on an all group A transmitter as such.Also is the polarity of your Rowridge directed antenna horizontal or vertical.At your location you will find a group A vertically polarized aerial either a Yagi 18A or X-Beam 16A will give perfect results,provided the co-ax cable is copper-copper and the co-ax plug is brass.
If your current situation is perfect then there is no need to change,if not then the above advice i gave is worthy of consideration.


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Martin D
9:08 PM

To PeterC, Waterlloville. I live in Bedhampton PO9, also in the 'Black Hole of Hampshire' that apparently has no Freeview according to the map. Ever since switchover, I've had a nightmare with reception, especially on bad weather days and the 3 commercial MUX.

I have an excellent aerial, but in the loft, connected to some old-looking existing cable and a plug-in booster.

So tonight I followed Dave Lindsay's advice and turned the aerial to vertical and BINGO!! Instead of signal strength averaging about 60% and quality ranging from 10% (Yesterday, Pick) to 100% (BBC, ITV), I have virtually uniform 100% in both strength and quality (lowest is 93%).

I've noticed that everywhere in the area, all aerials except one are horizontal, so I'm happy to be a trailblazer with the vertical alignment (probably doesn't notice so much with a roof aerial in my local area).

I would like to thank Dave Lindsay and others on this page for the tip. The question is why aren't Digital UK publicising this. Thet kept the 3rd re-tue in mid-April a well-guarded secret as well!

To see a picture of what vertical alignment looks like, please go to here:
http://bit.ly/IKM4PE

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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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pompeygeorge
9:17 PM

Anyone else constantly getting reminder pop-ups still? Humax HDR-FOX T2

How do I solve them, before I put a brick through the screen? Have tried manual retunes and power-offs. But no joy.

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Mark Fletcher
sentiment_satisfiedGold

10:27 PM
Halifax

Pompeygeorge.Before you smash your TV's screen with a brick,these pop ups possibly could relate to a retune event concerning Sandy Heath transmitter when the only presently lower powered 20 kw Mux A multiplex on that mast on frequency 31 is forever switched off and replaced finally by a new higher powered 170kw SDN multiplex on frequency 51 in the early hours of Wednesday 9 May 2012.
Dont ask me why,but others elsewhere in the UK have had pop ups as you stated above relating to pop ups/retune events which sometimes is unrelated to the mast you are on.You may have to put up with it,for a short time though,better than forking out hundreds or thousands of pounds to either repair your TV screen which you smashed in frustration concerning pop ups or buying a new TV altogether as a result.
Be patient,hopefully once digital switchover is completed in the UK after Wednesday 24 October 2012 you wont be getting frustrated any more about these pop ups.




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Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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Jeff Rees
9:05 AM

Mark Fletcher:
Thanks for that. Despite our postcode there is a hill which prevents us receiving satisfactory signals from Hannington. Rowridge reception is OK on a group A aerial. Just in case we pick up signals from Hannington from the back of the aerial I wanted to avoid any interference by chosing an analogue channel to pipe Sky which was clear of those used by either of the 2 transmitters. (51.0821,-1.1604) 

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Mrs Thomas
10:42 AM
Eastleigh

Yesterday 1st May we lost CITV72 and 5USA and cannel 5+1. We have gone down from 113 to 83 in all. Anyone know why?



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Geoff Smith
9:07 PM

Hi there,
I live at Kingsley Green just south of Haslemere on top of Fridays Hill. My aerial is a type A and is pointed at Rowridge HP.
Since the DSO I am receiving the 3 PSB Muxes from Rowridge and the 3 Coms from Midhurst. All signal strengths and qualities are 90-100% most of the time. However from time to time, maybe a couple of times a week, I will suddenly lose all signal from PSB1 and PSB3 from Rowridge together with all 3 Coms from Midhurst. PSB2 always remains unaffected maintaining a 95% strength and quality. There is no slow deterioration of signal...it just goes off. It will also come back on as quickly as it goes off...all or nothing! I repeat that PSB2 always remains unaffected so I fail to see that there can ce anything wrong with my aerial connections otherwise everything would go.
My signal has just gone off on these 5 psb/coms at 8:30pm. Is anyone else having difficulties? I suspect there is some sort of transmitter problems. Do the personnel at the transmitters always keep us informed of ongoing problems? And finally I cannot comprehend why I should lose signal from both Rowridge and Midhurst at the same time in the same instance. Can anyone advise?

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