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

PO30 4HT

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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David Donnelly
8:06 PM
Waterlooville

Lost 1 to 5 tonight at around 7:00 PM, still out 1 hour later. Postcode PO8 0hn.

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Dave D
9:45 PM

1 to 5 back on around 9:30............Website said no reported transmission problems on the Rowbridge ??

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R Murchie

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1:36 PM

Problems from in the Eastleigh area (SO50) with 106 (BBC Four HD) and 205 since the change in and rescan on 18 January. Stations missing or breaking up, no information from BBC, blaming domestic equipment as usual despite good on all other channels, no response from Arquiva so far. Annoying attitude to fee-paying customers.

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StevensOnln1

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2:37 PM

R Murchie: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? What strength and readings do you get on BBC 4 HD? Please provide a full postcode (the first half isn't enough) so that we can see where you are in relation to the and your predicted coverage etc.

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R Murchie

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

11:47 AM
Eastleigh

StevensOnln1: Checked connections, direction, rescanned TV and PVR but no COM7 found so on BBC4 HD. Previously before the recent change it was 100% signal , 50% signal strength (due to low broadcast ), other stations 70%. Postal code SO50 4SA, in the middle of good signal all zone for .

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StevensOnln1

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3:59 PM

R Murchie: The new version of BBC Four HD is on COM8 (the one on COM7 is the old version which will soon be removed). COM8 is shown to be lower strength at your postcode than COM7. Can you receive the BT Sport Showcase HD channel on 115? What signal strength and does it show?

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R Murchie

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

10:10 PM
Eastleigh

115 not received. I will write to about this incessant meddling with frequencies - what is the point in the BBC making dramas and wildlife films with high production values and then broadcasting them at a miserable 18kW?

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StevensOnln1

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11:46 PM

R Murchie: The BBC don't decide the and don't have any say over which are broadcast on which commercial . COM7 & COM8 are temporary which have been made available from 30 transmitters using 6 spare frequencies which were kept clear after digital completed in 2012 and were brought in to use by reusing old pre- transmitter equipment in order to provide additional capacity for HD channels on Freeview (if COM7/8 didn't exist BBC Four HD would probably never have been available on Freeview at all). It was always stated that coverage of these services would be limited to around 75% of UK households for reasons of cost and availability of clear frequencies. Broadcast power also has to be limited on some transmitters such as (and various other transmitters near the coast) in order to avoid causing to existing services in northern France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Republic of . According to Digital UK, of COM8 from Rowridge will improve at your postcode when it moves to UHF channel 56 on 21st March, with further improvement early next year when changes are due to take place at other transmitters.

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J Whitney
12:07 AM
Waterlooville

I live in a bit of a hollow (PO7 8QG, Waterlooville) and so I have a TV on a tall with an . With this set up I am able to receive all the main HD TV . I watch BBC4 HD a significant proportion of my viewing time. I was able to receive BBC4 HD when it was on Com7 (and the other HD channels on Com7) but near the /error rate limit. Following the move to the Com8 on channel 37 neither of my TVs have been able to tune to the channels of Com8, so I have now lost BBC4 HD altogether which is very annoying. I assume the combination of the lower power of Com8 and the roll off of my Band A aerial means the signal is now below the threshold. From R Murchie's posts this is not limited to me.

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StevensOnln1

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10:37 AM

J Whitney: UK's for your postcode shows a weak on COM7 and nothing on COM8 for . Unfortunately it looks like you could loose COM7 too when it moves to UHF 55 in spring/early summer.

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