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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) West, 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
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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 (West), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 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 max
C48 (690.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
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 max
C33 (570.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
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 max
C36 (594.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
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

LBS
 H -10dB
C30 (546.0MHz)591mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Bristol,

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 Mendip transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 25km north (3°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
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?

CheddarTransposer15 km E Weston-super-Mare1674 homes
LuccombeActive deflector6 km w Minehead38 homes

How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2018
C/D EEEC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C30_local
C32BBCA
C33com7com7
C34D3+4
C35com8com8
C36ArqB
C37C5wavesC5waves
C48SDNSDNSDNSDN
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C51tv_offLBSLBS
C52tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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 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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
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. Mendip 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
Monday, 22 October 2012
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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:33 PM

Alex Beaujean: Where the reception of digital TV is concerned then very few places exist in the UK where a Log 40 (or even a DM log) would not be suffice.

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Monday, 12 November 2012
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Chris.SE
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9:17 AM

Briantist:
Hi Brian, I'm a bit confused. You said elsewhere that you'd amended the database for Mendip, but ArqA is still showing as C52 here and ArqB as C56 when they should be the other way around ie. ArqA is on C56 & ArqB is on C52.

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Briantist
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1:14 PM

Chris.SE: The page cache needed clearing... it is showing correctly now.

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Monday, 19 November 2012
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David Rowe
2:29 PM
Westbury

I was experiencing poor reception on BBC Programmes (ecept when on HD Channals. The problem is Auto Setup gets me tuned in to The Wales Transmitter rather than Medip - resulting in Welsh local News etc rather than BBC West. How do I do a Manual Retune ?

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Sunday, 25 November 2012
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Chris.SE
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9:37 PM

David Rowe: Follow the Freeview reset procedure with the link at the bottom of the page, then do a manual scan, one multiplex ata time using the following UHF channel numbers -
CH61,CH54,CH48,CH52 & CH56 . If you have HD then also C58.

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Saturday, 1 December 2012
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Bob F
3:49 PM
Stonehouse

I have just seen the following report "Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said an estimated 945,000 households which use signal amplifiers to boost their television reception could be affected, while another 953,000 which rely on communal aerials could have their coverage disturbed".

My post code is GL10 3BJ and I have a signal amplifier and receive Freeview via the Mendip Transmitter.

Should I expect to have a problem. And if so, what would you suggest would be the best solution please?

What is the

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Sunday, 2 December 2012
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Jeff Eastmond
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11:02 AM
Clevedon

On the 'Transmission Frequencies' table above, it does not show what channel the BBCA multiplex is on for the columns headed '2013-' and '2013?' - I hear that in early-2013 BBCA will move from C61 to C49(?) - is this confirmed or subject to change, therefore it's been missed from the table?

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KMJ,Derby
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12:24 PM

Jeff Eastmond: Mux BBCA from Mendip changes to C49 0n 27th March 2013. This is taken from the Digital UK postcode checker site.

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Monday, 3 December 2012
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Rob
5:04 PM

Our signal on the BBC PSB1 mux is erratic and I'm not sure why. Some of the time it's OK at about 70% strength, other times it disappears to 'No signal'. However, all other muxes are fine, usually with 100% signal.

We're high up in the Cotswolds near Stroud, and have good line of sight to the Mendip transmitter. It's 40 miles away, but we're 600' ASL and the ground drops away sharply to the south, so there's no obvious problem, and Megalithia shows the signal path is good. Were in a rural area, so interference is unlikely.

Our aerial is on the same alignment as our neighbours, but is bigger (about 15 elements). It dates from analogue days when it was fine, and I dont think Mendip changed frequencies in the switchover.

Ive just left the digibox on manual search for a few minutes. On channel 61 (BBC PSB1 mux from Mendip) it shows a Signal Quality: Good, Signal Level mostly about 70%, but briefly dipping down to None a few times a minute. However, last night we tried to watch a BBC programme, which was OK for 45 minutes (but with very brief interruptions to sound), and then disappeared for the last 15 minutes. Channel 54 is currently showing Signal Quality: Very Good, Signal Level rock solid on 100%.

All of which leaves me very confused what problem can give an intermittent fault on one channel and leave the others unaffected. Does the larger aerial mean I should try an attenuator? Any help appreciated.

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Sunday, 23 December 2012
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Stewart
3:41 PM

Does anybody know the channel numbers for radio on a freeview from the Mendip traansmitter?

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