Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
 | Google Streetview |  | Google map |  | Bing map |  | Google Earth |  | 50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W |  | PO30 4HT |
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
|
|
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
M
M Brown7:01 PM
Poole
Poor signal on Freeview. Aerial in loft. Post code BH14 9NA Poole
| link to this comment |
M's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
J
jb387:20 PM
M Brown: Should this just have been fitted (as you haven't mentioned) then have you ensured that the aerial is mounted vertically and is facing 296 degrees if receiving from Poole @ 1 mile or alternatively 97 degrees if its Rowridge @ 25 miles, as indications are that you should be able to have good reception from both stations.
| link to this comment |
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
A
A J BEVAN3:57 PM
My bbc 1 signal from Rowridge Ae has been off briefly the last 2days.Any Xmission reasons plese.Please comfirm Ae on Westcliff Bournemouth should be installed for best signals from Rowridge THank you.
| link to this comment |
R
Rachel9:36 PM
Has anyone else experienced free view reception issues today? We have no problems at all with signal normally but today we have experienced a lot of interference. The picture is periodically blocky with a delay much like if you experience bad weather when using a sky signal.
Someone else suggested it could be related to air pressure, is this likely?
| link to this comment |
Thursday, 26 July 2012
S
Solent-Viewer9:55 AM
I lost all Freeview channels last night towards 23:00hrs but they are back this morning. I have a new aerial vertically aligned at Rowirdge. Did the transmitter fail??
We had excellent analogue reception in Selsey before we opted for a Freeview DVB TV set and the new aerial, but have experienced digital reception problems ever since.
If this is progress they can keep it!! We pay our licence fee in advance and expect good reception every day.
| link to this comment |
RACHEL
many things can cause problems with reception.
The key questions are:
is your aerial good
are the cables and connections good
do you have any splitters or amplifier
what area do you live in
are there specific channels that are not working
With all systems there can be problems from time to time
however all equipment can have a life span of about 20 years.
Just to confirm that Rowridge transmission has been perfect the last few days.
If you provide your location and system details I may be able to provide more information.
regards
Jamie
| link to this comment |
jamie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
SOLENT VIEWER
If you answer these few questions I may be able to help.
1. your location
2. does your system have an amplifier
3. how many connections on the system
4. age of aerial
5. when did your problems start
6. is the aerial mounted outside or in a loft
reception issues can be down to poorly sited aerials or connection and equipment issues.
regards
Jamie
| link to this comment |
jamie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
R
Rachel8:05 PM
Jamie,
The problem seemed to fix itself by about 22:00 last night. I noticed there was a bit of interference earlier this evening but again it is back to normal.
I live in Southampton city center in a flat with a communal aerial (SO14). The building is about 5yrs old.
The cables and connections appear to be fine.
No splitters or amplifiers.
Itv 1, channel 4 and E4 were the worst quality signal.
| link to this comment |
S
Solent-Viewer9:25 PM
Jamie .. The aerial is only weeks old and was installed when we bought the new DVB TV set at the end of Feb this year. It was fine on analogue right up until switchover/off but often lost reception on digital. After full switchover the rigger came and changed polarity to vertical and digital became better on some of the channels but occasionally stuttered on ones such as Pick, Dave, Sky News and some others.
BBC 1,2,3,4 etc was fine until yesterday until all went off and again this evening with the whole lot going off at 21:00
The lead is direct from the aerial to the back of the set and is the same age as the new group A (red ended) aerial.
I called the aerial rigger this morning and left a message but as he has not bothered to reply I can only assume he does not want to sort anything out that is sortable.
If this is DVB than this is one viewer who will flatly refuse to pay his licence next year and it will be great to have my say in court ...GRRRRR!!!
| link to this comment |
J
jb3811:33 PM
Solent-Viewer: Its really quite impossible to give any advice of a constructive nature without knowledge of your locality, this in the form of a post code or at least one from somewhere nearby, as only with this knowledge can the signal levels expected in your area be assessed.
| link to this comment |
Select more comments
Your comment please