Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Mendip (Somerset, England) mast?
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 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 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.
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?
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?
| Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
| Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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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
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Richard James: But clearly once the powers that be had one retune, it became a bit like an itch that has to be scratched.
You may be able to miss out Wenvoe by having the aerial unplugged for the first 55% of the scan. If you have the aerial out too long, you may miss out BBC from Mendip which a manual tune on C49 should sort.
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Chris Gilburt5:19 PM
I've just had to retune my television and a number of channels have disappeared. How can get them back.
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Chris Gilburt: If you're looking for an answer then which channels are they? Are you receiving directly from Mendip? If not, which transmitter are you receiving from? Are you using an communal aerial system?
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Chris Gilburt5:26 PM
A notice kept coming up on the screen saying that I must retune my television on the 27-3-13.
I have now done this and a number of programs
have disappeared such as 5* and 5USA. How can I get back.
Thanks.
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Pete Green5:27 PM
Dave Lindsay.
My Sony TV and boxes don't have manual tuning so I have to mess around 4 times. Now a message the screen to say a re-tune may be needed on the 10th of April.
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Chris Gilburt: Without knowledge of which transmitter you are using I am going to have to make an assumption and that is that you are receiving from Mendip. If so, then the channels you refer to are broadcast on UHF channel 48. You should go to the manual tuning function (assuming it has one) via your TV's menu and tune to UHF channel 48.
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Pete Green: I gather you are receiving from Mendip for which there are no further changes (until the next change that is!).
According to this list, there are only changes in the north of England and West Midlands on 10th April:
Freeview changes to clear the way for 4G broadband in 2013, updated | 4G mobile | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
I suggest that you may be able to ignore the message.
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Chris Gilburt6:23 PM
Chris Gilburt:
Hi Dave
I've just retuned again and this time all the programs are there.
Thanks for the advise.
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Chris Ward6:44 PM
i've retuned today and now the BBC channels are showing good signal strength but very poor quality. I've just had to turn over to BBC Wales in order to watch the news.
anybody else having quality issues? (BS375YT?).
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Chris Ward: Bring up the signal strength screen on BBC One and ensure that it is tuned to UHF channel 49.
It could, perhaps, be tuned to Ridge Hill on C28.
Do you have a single aerial pointing at Mendip? If it's combined with one on Wenvoe then you may have an issue.
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