Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter which serves 270,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) mast?
Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Ridge Hill 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ridge Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast (39°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Whitton | Transposer | 35 km NW Hereford | 40 homes |
How will the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | W T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| 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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, PSB2 iw, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7 | (-9.8dB) 10.5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| com8 | (-10.1dB) 9.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 28 September 2016
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Steve O12:33 PM
StevensOnln1: Thanks for your note. However I know for a fact at least half a dozen other residents of the village of West Malvern (high on the West side of the Malvern Hills) expereinced the same issues last night. This morning (Wed 28th Sept 16) service is restored. I have not changed any wiring or devices. Perhaps we are served by a different transmitter and not Ridge Hill. Is there a way I can check which transmitter we are using?
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revs12:41 PM
I had a similar issue, but not until 4am. All channels lost reception. Channels returned this morning with no alterations made to my aerial or Freeview box.
I am pretty sure I am served by Ridge Hill (based on direction of Aerial)
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Mark L12:43 PM
StevensOnln1: Ridge Hill was definitely unavailable to residents/neighbours in Pershore yesterday evening (27/09/2016). This was from early evening to at least 10:30pm. We normally have a strong signal here.
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
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jb3812:14 AM
Mark L / et all: The reception problems experienced by not only yourself, but numerous other viewers residing within the coverage area's of both Caradon and Ridge Hill etc is more likely related to atmospheric pressure problems rather than anything connected with a transmission fault, which there isn't!, as a series of high pressure zones started sweeping across South Western areas of the UK from West to East since late Monday evening, the intensity / pattern of said zones constantly changing, this invariably resulting in spells of patchy (or no) reception in a variety of areas.
Checks made on the pressure maps (ack: William. R. Hepburn) forecasting the situation as not really changing until late tomorrow (29th) evening before unfortunately returning around the 3rd October, albeit on this occasion in a sweeping upwards (South to North) fashion.
Needless to say, absolutely nothing can be done to help alleviate this type of situation except to wait until it clears, the main thing for anyone to remember being to refrain from being tempted to carry out a retune during these conditions, as all that achieves is to wipe out everything stored in the tuners memory system the instant "search or scan" is pressed, this then requiring a series of retunes in an attempt to recover the channels, whereas normally they would have returned of their own accord when the signal level lifted to normal.
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Sunday, 30 October 2016
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Ben10:42 PM
Anyone having freeview issues, postcode hr74st which Pencombe near Bromyard. Lists all BBC and he channels only some itv and channel 4 channels working
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Monday, 31 October 2016
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Derek Nuttall12:09 PM
Hi
Unfortunately I lost all my freevew channels last night at around 9_00 pm. This was on 2 recorders and on my TV.
I lost parts or my recordings
Tried this morning at 8_00 am and everything works fine.
Please could you advise what went wrong?
My postcode is B601HH but I can't receive from the Bromsgrove transmitter because we are too high. Normally I get very good reception with no troubles. My aerial is on the roof.
Many thanks
Derek
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MikeP
12:42 PM
12:42 PM
Derek Nuttall:
It is likely to be due to the high pressure currently over parts of the UK. There is nothing anyone can do but be patient. Do NOT retune your equipment.
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Sunday, 20 November 2016
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Betty Hurcombe10:49 AM
Hi I live atHR2 0AG and I am having trouble with tv problems only getting 21 channels have had over 100 before yesterday, have tried reloading a number of times, is there a problem at all. Thanks Betty
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Betty Hurcombe11:54 AM
Betty Hurcombe: hi just tried some more retuning now up to 121 programmes so hopefully recovered. Thanks
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MikeB7:05 PM
Betty Hurcombe: Check your system - your most likely losing channels as a problem with it appears and then recovers. Most likely explaination is that there is a break in a connection somewhere or a crack where water can get in. When its damp, it kills most of the signal, but then recovers when it dries out. But long term, its going to fail.
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