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?

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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.

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?

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Chissy
7:30 PM
Sandown

Postcode: PO36 9LE

After working for months, Channel 73 (Daystar) has disappeared. tuning list renewed several times over several days. All other working fine, TV operating well and no background machinery . Sometimes poor here on some channels but clears in a matter of hours. Has channel 73 been excluded form the ? Would appreciate some insight into this problem please. With thanks.

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js

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12:03 AM

Chissy: DAYSTAR is now on 790 showing this message:

"Daystar is no longer available on this .

Continue to watch on Channel 583 or Channel 691

www.Daystar.com"

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ganon11000
10:43 PM

I'm having issues with in SO16 after 2 months of flawless signal (through a to 3 USB TV tuners connected to my server) I'm getting continuity counter errors. I have adjusted everything, changed the booster to a passive splitter (which allows the to receive perfect and FM somehow?) to some performance improvement but not perfect. Anyone else having issues or is it a local issue?

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Simon Roberton
10:36 PM

I live in Moors Dorset. My is set vertically. For several years things have been like that and I have received a strong enough to watch all including HD. Sometime last week something changed and the signal I now receive is poor? No HD channels and others drop out.

What has changed?

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jb38

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12:22 AM

Simon Roberton: As no faults are listed against the nor is any work taking place at the , check the connectors at each end of any jumper leads used to couple the into the TV, as these can slacken off in their sockets through time.

If though all appears to be OK, your best policy would be to ascertain if the problem referred to is being experienced by anyone else in the area, as if not, then that could possibly be an indication of an oxidised / corroded joint where the coax is terminated in the aerial junction box.

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Chris
2:06 AM

Hi, living in Winchester and have a installed with horizontal polarisation towards . Normal I get a good signal in a otherwise poor signal area ( hanington provides in this area). Since this morning 31st of Oct, I have lost all signal from rowridge. It seems my signal is being knocked out by CH 23 and ch26, both of which are broadcast from ! Is this atmospherics? Or is there anything else I can to stop this from this transmitter?

Regards

Chris

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8:57 AM

Chris : If by any chance your mounted is being used in conjunction with any form of / distribution , then try bypassing it, as the "only" which "might" possibly be affected under freak conditions are COM4 Mux 25 / COM5 Mux22 / COM6 Mux28, and no others, as 's Mux 23 or 26 will have no effect whatsoever on Rowridges Mux 24 or 27, that is, "if" that's what is suspected?

However, should a booster not come into the equation, then have a check at any jumper leads used to couple your TV into the aerial.

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Shane Wells
8:55 AM

Hi, as a landlord of a few sites in the middle of Bournemouth (Old Road area), we have taken about 10 complaints of no TV from 4 or 5 different addresses now.

Something in the last week has affected the signal, does anybody have any idea what is causing this to happen?

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Ed Hopper
11:57 AM

Hi, Can someone please give some advice to an oldie.I am in Winchester and receive my from via a rooftop horizontally polarised .I am quite happy with the that I get.I've been reading some of the transmission figures on this site for Rowridge and it would seem that the strongest signals are vertically polarised so my queries are as follows-Would it pay me to change my aerial to vertical?,If I did this would there be a noticeable or significant change in reception?,and finally why do I not see more vertical aerials around in my area.Is it the cost of doing so or that the difference in reception is imperceptible?

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jb38

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5:13 PM

Ed Hopper: Whether to change the polarity of your or not really depends on what you are presently able to view, as in the Winchester area is indicated as being a bit patchy dependant on location.

Another factor that has to be taken into account being, are you able to view HD on your TV or box? if you are, then can you see 81 (Talking Pictures) and 112 (QVC Beauty) listed in programme guide? both being transmitted on Rowridges newer horizontal (only) COM7 & COM8 HD Muxes at much less (approx 25Kw) than the other main Multiplexes on horizontal (50Kw), as does the LSO (local) Mux (Thats Solent 8) on an even lower power of only 10Kw.

The point about all this being, if you are presently able to view the aforementioned? changing the polarity of your aerial is likely to result in the signal level received from these Muxes taking a dive to the extent that they drop out of the box, whereas the signal level from the other main non PSB Muxes (COM4/5/6) will rise.

If as you say, you are quite happy with your reception, then you wont actually anything by making changes.

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