Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter which serves 270,000 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 Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Ridge Hill 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ridge Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast (39°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Whitton | Transposer | 35 km NW Hereford | 40 homes |
How will the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | W T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| 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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, PSB2 iw, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7 | (-9.8dB) 10.5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| com8 | (-10.1dB) 9.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 5 January 2013
Jon Norris: There is a check list to follow here - High definition | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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jb387:46 PM
Jon Norris: Or in addition to the link supplied by Briantist you could just provide the brand / model number of the TV in question and its specifications can be checked out, should of course they be available as it depends entirely on the brand of the set.
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Friday, 18 January 2013
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Jon Norris5:19 PM
Hereford
Jon Norris: jb38 & Briantist. Sorry for delay and thank you for your help. TV is Samsung LE 40 N 87 BD. it was bought as HD ready. Of course, like a nonce, my freeview box is probably not HD! I thought it just passed signals through to the TV but maybe it needs to be HD capable too.
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jb386:23 PM
Jon Norris: Yes, as far as the latter part of your comment thats exactly it! although if it was HD capable then it would require to be coupled into your TV via an HDMI lead, as HD signals cannot pass through a scart cable.
Just out of interest what model of Freeview box are you using? I would have specifically asked this but was unaware that you were using a box for reception and not a TV.
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Jon Norris8:26 PM
Hereford
Jb38: called a Sagem HDMI and I am using an HDMI cable. It does often need rebooting nowadays so may have to replace anyway if I can work out which is best
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jb389:13 PM
Jon Norris: It depends on whether or not your receiver (a PVR recorder?) its one of the RTI 90 series? because the fact of a device having an HDMI connection facility does not necessarily mean that its an HD capable box but just one with a high quality connection, and if you click on the undermentioned link it illustrates the various hard drive sizes of Sagem HD models within the RTI 90 range.
Freeview HD+
This second link is to a selection of Humax Freeview HD PVR's a little more pricey but top quality devices with excellent tuners, the HDR-FOX T2 grade "A" model being a particularly good price, although obviously there are lower cost HD devices made by Bush and such likes around and which also give reasonably good results, although I personally find it difficult to recommend them on the grounds of reliability.
Search results - HUMAX UK Direct Sales Website
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Jon Norris10:01 PM
Hereford
Thank you. Humax it is! Many thanks for your time and patience.
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Hi,
I have just made 'the big switch' back to BT ... phone, TV and Broadband ... and they have supplied a new router and an HUMAX box.
I still retain my SKY box on 'special deal' price - because I'm a VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER - and they bribed me with a price reduced deal for about 6-9 months.
I expect to get 'fibre' from BT by September this year.
At that point I plan to switch off SKY, change to Fibre, and take the final segment of my planned BT deal - namely 'Sky Sports 1&2' and BT Infinity.
My aerials point to Astra 2 and Ridge Hill; and, so far all my connections seem very satisfactory.
My problem is ... I'm no TV guru and wouldn't know what problems to anticipate - short of a complete missing channel or such like.
Is there anything obvious I need to look for ?
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
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andrewp 6:56 PM
Barrie - one thing you will not get, unless you use your Skydish for it, is the right BBC regional news for your area. Ridge Hill only carries midlands BBC news (whereas it does carry ITV west).
Coleford has a west relay, and if that is out of reach, then Mendip is receivable in other parts of the town. Both of these transmit BBC West, which editorially covers the Forest.
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Barrie Etherington: Ridge Hill is a full-freeview transmitter (it broadcasts Public Service [PSB] and Commercial [COM] channels).
Sky Sports on digital terrestrial, for use with BT Vision, are carried on one of the COM channels:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
The COM channels from Ridge Hill are on lower power than the PSBs, so if you find them to be an issue you may need to replace your aerial, either with another on Ridge Hill or one on Mendip.
Mendip will give you BBC One West and ITV West. Ridge Hill will give you BBC One West Midlands, ITV Central (South) and ITV West (it carries two PSB2 multiplexes, but only the West Midlands PSB1 one).
If Mendip isn't a possibility and you want BBC One West then you will probably have to pick it up from the Coleford relay, but it only carries PSB channels (so no Sky Sports). In which case, diplex (combine) it with the Ridge Hill one, if you can get the COM channels from there else there's not much point, unless you want to have access to West and West Midlands programming.
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