Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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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._______
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
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Sunday, 26 January 2014
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Brian Baverstock2:34 AM
Portsmouth
Why am I getting Meridian south east instead of Meridian south when I live in Portsmouth? Can I retune my Freeview box to get the correct station
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Brian's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby10:13 AM
Brian Baverstock: If you are talking about ITV HD there are only a few ITV regions at present which are equipped to deliver HD content on the local news broadcasts. The whole of the Meridian region is currently fed the South-East option in HD. Meridian South news is transmitted in SD only for the time being.
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> The whole of the Meridian region is currently fed the South-East option in HD. Meridian South news is transmitted in SD only for the time being.
How much longer will this be the case ie when will we see Meridian Tonight in HD ?
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Dave: I doubt any time soon. See here for an explanation as to why ITV HD has more than one variant in the first place:
On the tenth day of Christmas Auntie brought to me ... five more HD channels | High definition | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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I see the new HD mux'x are only 25kw, is this for good or will they go to the same power as the rest of 200kw ?
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Dave: No, it will stay as it is. Digital UK indicates that it is at 23.4kW. Unusually the power is apparently slightly lower than previously anticipated (the owner of this site is waiting for confirmation as to the powers).
The new HD multiplex is available from 30 transmitters only, and on lower power than the other channels. There is a second "new" HD multiplex to follow.
The plan for these 30 transmitters has been drawn up and will not change before the end of 2018 at the earliest. At that point frequencies for TV may be replanned which might increase coverage of these quasi-national HD services.
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Monday, 27 January 2014
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Gaye GOLDNEY4:24 PM
For the last few days, the volume on all three of my analogue radios keeps dropping for a few seconds and then coming back. All three radios are of excellent quality ( Bose, Roberts and JVC) so I am wondering if it is to do with the transmitter signal.
Is it possible, and if so, is it temporary?
Thank you.
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Thursday, 30 January 2014
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Ginger9:48 PM
Brighton
Are the new HD channels on air yet?
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Ginger's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Ginger: No, and when they do come they will be on lower power than the other channels, so I think you'll be pushing your luck to get them. Whitehawk Hill, adjacent to Brighton Racecourse, will not be carrying these channels.
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Friday, 31 January 2014
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Bill from Fordingbridge2:22 PM
Fordingbridge
OK, what's been going on. For the past 6-7 weeks (since the first high winds in December) I have had variable, usually terrible, reception on all Rowridge muxes, except BBCA on Channel 24. That has been OK for 90% of the time. It has affected all my TVs (4 plus Humax), fed from a horizontal aerial through a MHA. My location is SP6 2HA, where there is no direct line of sight to any transmitter.
I began to think it was my rooftop system playing up (areial, cable, amplifier). I have arranged for the aerial to be realigned to vertical and the cable replaced with copper/copper/copper, but that has yet to be carried out.
Then suddenly, today, I have 60% plus signal strength and 100% quality on all muxes. I have changed nothing, the weather has not changed, my line of sight has not changed. Could it be the problem has been with the transmitter itself and the engineering work this week has rectified a hitherto unrecognised fault?
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Bill's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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