Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W

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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.

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

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) South, 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	V max H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	V max H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -6dB V -6dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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 -6dB V -6dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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 -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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
LSO	H -13dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

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 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	BBCtv_waves
C21		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22					+ArqA	ArqA
C24		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C27		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					ArqB	ArqB
C29						LSO
C31		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		com7
C37						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Idris Martin
8:50 PM

jb38:
Hi all
Tried tuning ch 24, then ch 26 strong signal good so must be .
However, my is pointing south towards Lyme Bay somewhere around 220 degrees so must be locking on to a reflected signal.
Thanks for all the advice.

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jb38

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9:20 PM

Idris Martin: Well, although the path from both and is obstructed the terrain indicator shows that the severity of the obstruction is far greater in the case of the latter, this somewhat tallying up with your findings insomuch that Stockland's was received but not Rowridges , albeit that Rowridge's "vertically" polarised PSB transmissions "are" indicated as providing a superior signal to that from Stockland H.

Of course if (as expected) your is mounted horizontally then this could account for nothing being received.

That said, although it does have to be admitted that anything seen on a predictor has to treated with an element of caution, but a point to note is that when carrying out a manual tune for the purpose of signal assessment its always advisable to enter the "C" number into the box but "not" follow this by immediately pressing search or , because on most devices hesitating before pressing same will cause the tuner to act like a proper signal strength meter whereby it will indicate signals down to very low levels underneath that necessary to resolve a , but which are ignored during a scan.

By the way, the info seen by opening the undermentioned link (copy and paste into your browser) provides details of the what's expected in your area, the two following being that indicated on the terrain predictor from both the stations in question.

Coverage Checker - Detailed View

Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location

Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location

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Colin1951uk
4:54 PM
Eastleigh

Can anyone check something for me please.

I'm on HP and I'm getting the RT channel in 4:3 aspect ration whereas it should be 16:9 and also Film4+1 seems to show16:9 in 14:9 ratio.

I'm using a set top box with my tv and I've tried a backup box and get the same result.

This has been going on since last Thursday and I'm beginning to wonder if my tv might be on the blink.

Both these are COM6 so it could be something funny is going on there as I don't have a problem with other channels on that COM so is it my tv or is it them?

Cheers...Colin

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Dave Lindsay

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5:25 PM

Colin1951uk: I don't think the issue is with your equipment.

I have a 4:3 CRT TV with Sony RDR-HXD870 PVR set for 4:3 letterbox and RT has appeared as anarmorphic 4:3 widescreen for several days now - that is the 16:9 it fills the 4:3 screen with no black bars, so figures on the screen are squashed and are tall and thin.

A 16:9 LG TV shows Film4+1 as 14:9.

I receive my TV from .

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Martin Spindler
6:39 PM

Dave Lindsay: we live in brookvale runcorn our free view HD from is interupted every time a plane drops low to land at Liverpool airport have checked on flight radar and visually out of our lounge window.

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Colin1951uk
9:00 PM
Eastleigh

Dave Lindsay: Thanks very much for he check.

It appears this is a nationwide glitch then so I wonder what's going on?

I'll try a bit of Googling and see if I can find anything that might throw some further light on it.

Bit of a relief to know it's not only me anyway.

Thanks again.

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Colin1951uk's: C's Freeview map C's terrain plot C's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage

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MikeB

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9:46 PM

Colin1951uk: As I said on another thread, my CRT/ setup seems to be going to widescreen as , rather than 4:3. Thats fine. However, my wife was recording a programme on 4-7 (Com 6) earlier this evening , and my Sony HXD895 was recording it in exactly the same way that Dave Lindsay described. Since I'm getting signals from , I think your right, its a national thing.

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Rob James
7:34 PM
Bognor Regis

What are the pros and cons of vertical v horizontal polarisation for please?

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Stuart
7:48 PM
Southampton

Hello all,

I'm in the SO30 () area and have had good from until recently when all COM 5 (ArqA) I watch started pixelating and then dropped out. I have tried the full re- on both the Samsung TV and Sagem HDD recorder without sucess. I have looked for causes of single channel but found nothing wrong.

Has anyone else using this experienced the same problem?

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jamie stevens

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9:58 PM

hi,

all muxes have been working fine.

if an obstruction has been built in your line of sight to the this could be causing the issue you are having. if you can access your you should try to move it, even a few feet left or right can clear the view of an obstruction.

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local approved installer :)

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