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, 1 May 2016
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jb3812:07 AM
TIMOTHY GAUNTLETT: On the assumption that you reside in the Rowridge's transmitters coverage area? the question has to be, have you made any alterations to your aerial system? as the HD channels referred to 101 - 104 (no channel 5HD) are all transmitted on 200 Kw, whereas from 106 onwards its only 24.4 Kw.
The point of this being, that HD tuners are extremely vulnerable to high level signal swamping, whereby signals over a certain strength can overload the tuner resulting in no signal being seen.
If you are using any form of signal booster in your aerial system try by passing it.
Further advice based on reply.
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Mike 9:54 PM
Bh242qt area. Sunday evening . Terrestrial TV . . Getting BBC channels OK, not getting ITV channels tonight. Done channel auto tuning , still not working . Aerial in loft, nothing changed.
Any ideas .
Mike.
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Monday, 2 May 2016
TIMOTHY GAUNTLETT: Thanks for speedy reply. I reside in Bournemouth and have not altered any aspects of my aerial or installation. It was only after having new HD tv I discovered that I was unable to receive these HD stations. My aerial was erected in 2005/2006. and my reception is very clean on all other channels HD or not. I am not using a signal booster.
Regards Tim Gauntlett
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Tuesday, 3 May 2016
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jb3810:14 AM
TIMOTHY GAUNTLETT: If the situation regarding 101-104 remains the same and that its not been rectified by carrying out a second retune? as the signal may have glitched during the initial tuning, the fact of you having said that 106 is OK (on a much lower powered Mux) rather indicates that you are receiving a good signal, maybe even too good for your new HD sets tuner!, therefore to test if this is liable to be the case or not try carrying out a signal test on C21, the Mux transmitter channel used by 101-104.
The procedure being to select "manual tune" in the tuning menu screen followed by entering 21 into the box but pausing at this point, because on most Freeview devices if anything is being received the strength and quality of the signal will be displayed on the indicator bars, although in signal overload conditions the indications might only appear for a few seconds or so, if even that!.
Another thing to check being, if you have any external devices coupled into your TV via an HDMI lead? make sure that the TV's aerial lead is kept well clear of the HDMI lead, as the radiation from said lead can sometimes cause problems with reception, this in many cases being frequency selective.
Needless to say, if you do have an HDMI cable running close to your aerial lead, carry out a retune after having repositioned same, as it might have blocked the signal during the initial tuning
procedure.
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MikeB11:35 AM
TIMOTHY GAUNTLETT: You havn't answered JB38's question about signal strength - my parents also live in the area, and their signal is very good, so the higher power HD channels being overloaded sounds a distinct possibility.
So we really need to know the following:
Postcode - which gives your location relative to the transmitter (just put it in the site when you reply, and it does the rest)
Type/model of TV
Signal strengths on the different muxes.
Then we can help more.
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MikeB's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Hi. The MUX that carries the channels such as Really, Sky News etc. is NOT working this evening, Weds 04th May. That is COM5 Arq A. All other muxes are fine. Our transmitter is Rowridge on the IOW and we live in Owslebury near Winchester. All has worked fine up till now. Any ideas what is going on?
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Thursday, 5 May 2016
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Tony Dix8:28 PM
Bridport
I live at DT6 6AH and have problems with reception despite new yagi 16 element antenna and new cabling due I tink to hills behind the house. My best transmitter so far has been rowridge. Today out of the blue the TV said new channels had been found and a scan locked all the ITV channels on Channel 56. Which transmitter am I on r how can i find out ?
The antenna is pointing at rowridge !!
Thanks
Tony
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Friday, 6 May 2016
MikeP
10:31 AM
Trowbridge
10:31 AM
Trowbridge
Tony Dix:
It is definitely not Rowridge as all the signals from there are on channels below 40.
It may be coming from Huntshaw Cross or Mendip. Both use Channel 56 for a full multiplex. Mendip transmits at 100kW so is the more likely source. That means it it is being received via a back lobe of your aerial's receiving pattern.
I suggest you do a full manual tune of the channels listed for Rowridge at the top of this page.
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Saturday, 7 May 2016
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jb3812:06 AM
Tony Dix: Re: problems with reception from the Rowridge transmitter despite having installed a new aerial. Purely out of curiosity, as reception predictors etc would suggest that you reside in a virtually no-go area for Freeview reception, the only possible source of a signal being that of variable (very!) reception of Rowridge PSB muxes, I was wondering if you have ever enjoyed reasonably trouble free reception for any length of time?, as your area is one that Freesat was aimed at.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016
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TIMOTHY GAUNTLETT11:27 PM
Hi there and thanks for your replies. I have in part resolved the problem and it was down to my stupidity in forgetting that the TV is connected via a DVD recorder/player. Disconnecting this and connecting the aerial direct to the TV and carrying out a retune solved the problem and I was able to receive all the HD channels. After then connecting back to the player I was once again missing those same HD channels. The DVD recorder/player is a few years old now so am I likely to suffer the same problem if I upgraded to a new 2016? model.
I live in the BH11 area of Bournemouth/Poole.
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