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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Monday, 10 July 2017
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Dave W9:01 AM
Further to my complaint of 6th July, UHF channel 22 became "good" for a while, during which time I rescanned and got back Dave and its cronies. Over the days since then, UHF channel 22 went "bad" again , losing Dave, then "good", then channel 24 went "bad". Obviously something was going on, but today Monday all channels are "good". I think it's unlikely that any aerial amplifier in my B&B could make single UHF channels erratic while leaving the others unchanged. As I got Dave on UHF channel 22, I guess channel 21 must be the HD one that my SD TV wouldn't recognise.
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MikeP
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
DaveW:
There are no known problems with the Rowridge transmitter, indeed others report no problems at all.
There could be a poor connection in your aerial cables and/or plugs. That is known to cause selective problems with one frequency only, as you are experiencing. So please carefull check all the aerial connections you can access.
Do others in your B&B using the same aerial system have the same problem? If not, then the problem is within your part of the property.
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Saturday, 15 July 2017
I am unable to recieve all but bbc programmes in brighston/rowrige transmitter
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StevensOnln15:50 PM
ron: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Please provide a full postcode so we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted signal strength etc. Do not attempt to retune as this will cause all of your correctly tuned channels to be deleted before searching for them again, leaving you with no way of knowing when the problem is fixed.
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Friday, 4 August 2017
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Stuart Tier3:35 PM
Southampton
I have just retuned my TV and digital recorder following on screen announcements about channel relocation. Now I am not receiving any channels on COM7 but otherwise all appears to be OK. I have tried the freeview reset procedure and am confident that there are no problems associated with the aerial (loft mounted) or cabling. Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome. My postcode is SO32 2RR
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Stuart's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln17:01 PM
Stuart Tier: Does your TV have a manul tuning option in the menu? If it does, select C31 and wait a few seconds (most TVs will then display signal strength and quality readings). If those readings are stable try running a manual tune on C31 which should restore the missing channels, otherwise let us know what strength and quality readings you get.
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Saturday, 5 August 2017
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Peter Ball7:49 AM
Southampton
5 Aug 17
Onscreen announcements say retune on Wednesday.
BBC News is still on channel 130 not 231.
What has gone wrong?
SO31 9FG
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Peter's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln111:44 AM
Peter Ball: Try carrying out a reset (make a note of any planned recordings first) by unplugging the aerial then retuning which should result in all your channels being deleted. Then reconnect your aerial and retune again and you should find BBC News etc on the new numbers.
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Stuart Tier3:05 PM
I have carried out the tests suggested by StevensOnln1. The digital recorder gives signal strength 5 (out of 10) and signal quality 0 for c31 (554 Mhz). The TV does not appear to have method of measurement other than through channel (name) selection and as these are missing i can't check. A quick flick through the available channels gives signal strengths around 90% and quality 75 - 90+%.
I'm not too concerned about the TV as most of my viewing is through the recorder.
I have carried out a c31 manual retune on both devices which found no additional channels.
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StevensOnln13:36 PM
Stuart Tier: Is the aerial cable mixed up with HDMI and other cables behind your TV? Try separating the cables and keep the aerial as far apart from any HDMI cables as you can, as HDMI cables (particularly thin ones that don't have much screening) are known to cause interference which can affect one frequency without affecting any others.
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