Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Monday, 13 July 2015
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Quest 9:31 AM
No signal,aerial is in the loft.
Post code Dt 11 9 eu
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Friday, 21 August 2015
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Christine Green9:43 AM
Po38
have lost mux 2 channels for last 18 hours,neighbours with no sky also affected- freeview don't seem to have a clue why,transmitter apparently ok but due retune on 25th- anyone else having problems?
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D11:53 AM
Christine Green: Having the same problem in St Catherine Street, glad to know I'm not the only one.
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Christine Green12:41 PM
-D: isn't it infuriating that getting info is so hard? Freeview told me at one stage to get an aerial engineer ! - now that its being looked into - so whats the latest I wonder?
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MikeB3:23 PM
Macclesfield
Christine Green: If you looked at this website, the best information was that the transmitter was working normally, and I suspect that 'Freeview' had exactly the same info, so their suggestion was reasonable (I gave the same advice). Transmitters seldom have many problems, but serve a wide area. Even if 99.9% of viewers are getting a perfect service, that leaves a surprising number of people who have a problem. Except that problem is normally their aerial, not the transmitter.
Its only when lots of people note the same problem that its clear that there is a common problem, and by the looks of it, there problem lasted from the early evening until the next lunchtime. These things happen, and it would be interesting to know what the problem was, but its not the end of the world.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 24 August 2015
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Christine Green6:10 PM
MikeB: - no thanks for that-I do know what the difference is between the end of the world and an annoying fault- what is frustrating however is being unable to get info from freeview,and what is also frustrating .is that several neighbours with their own aerials and the same fault,don't seem to deserve any comment other than " try retuning" and " get an engineer.As it turned out there WAS a fault,and oh now BBC channels have been missing for 24 hours instead, Freeview are saying everything they said the other day- so yes I am annoyed,on many levels,as you may just guess,although I am in fact aware,the world has not ended.
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Tuesday, 25 August 2015
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Perry7:28 AM
Dave Lindsay: Good Morning, we seem to have lost signal with BBC1 & BBC2 24/8 & again today 25/8/15. It was off all day yesterday but came back approx 22.30, and gone again this morning.. All other channels ok. We have a roof aerial. Any ideas?
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Dave Lindsay
1:56 PM
1:56 PM
Perry: Lots of people complaining of issues with the Ventnor transmitter, which you will see on its page!
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Friday, 28 August 2015
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Christine Green3:49 AM
Perry: - guess what signal has gone again! is beyond a joke! - spoke to freeview on Monday and they said they had not had reports of a fault and hardly any complaints- unbelievable as so many affected
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