Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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 withheldMonday, 19 March 2018
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Nigel Bufton3:41 PM
Hi on all my TV's there's a lot of channels not there have 115 b for work was dune on ridge hill i had 130 before that work not sure if work is still going on or not I tried rescanned and factory resets still 115 my aerials are ok I rely on my TV being disabled anyway thank you n b Bufton ps my postcode is hr1
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Monday, 26 March 2018
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Grahams9:19 AM
Com7 com8 on channels 55 and 56 seem to be ok now. I retuned yesterday and picked up bbc 4 hd,, bbc news hd, ch4+1 hd and 4/7 hd without any problems. Suggest anyone who had issues after the channel changes tries a retune now.
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Sunday, 29 April 2018
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Mr B Smith9:54 PM
Gloucester
Since April 2018, I lost several useful HD channels and VintageTV(SD), Gloucester GL4 5FJ. Re-scanned my Sony Bravia many times, missing channels are never found. Disappointed and not happy. Subscribed here for updates and awaiting a resolution.
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StevensOnln111:20 PM
Mr B Smith: Which HD channels are you missing? Vintage TV is carried on the COM7 mux which changed frequency at Ridge Hill several weeks ago and can now be found on UHF channel 55.
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Saturday, 5 May 2018
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Mr B Smith8:04 AM
StevensOnln1: Yes since April 2018 I am missing many previously stable HD and SD channels, everything currently listed as COM7 and COM8 in this area.
COM7 now missing: BBC News HD, Channel4+1 HD, Channel47 HD, RT HD, Aljazera HD, CBSreality+1, 5USA+1, ViVa, VintageTv, plus a few others.
COM8 now missing: BBC Four HD, 5STAR+1, More4 1, Freesports, Forces TV, CBeebies HD, plus others.
Now a full rescan on a 2 year old Sony Bravia only tunes 147 channels (all Radio and Tv) with solid stable quality. I've fiddled with this n that but cannot recieve any COM7/COM8 channels on any of my Freeview TVs and boxes.
I can upgrade my antenna and better mount externally but it is annoying that the services used to work but no longer do for COM7/COM8. Can you post a link for better antenna options/info to consider in this area?
Regards.
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StevensOnln111:03 AM
Mr B Smith: You most likely have a Group A antenna which is not designed to receive the higher frequencies now used by COM7 & COM8 from Ridge Hill. If you don't have satellite or cable you may be eligible to have a replacement wideband antenna fitted free of charge, which can be arranged by contacting the Freeview Advice Line (see link below).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Monday, 11 June 2018
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Nigel Owen7:48 PM
Why am i having so much trouble recently with CH27 - COM6 522MHz. Could it be weather related. Had a new aerial fitted recently plus amp and still CH27 is off intermittently. I do live a long way off in HR3 but it is so hit and miss. Any weather/transmitter related suggestions?
Thanks
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018
MikeP
3:31 PM
3:31 PM
Nigel Owen:
Please provide a full post code so that we can see where you are in relation to the possible transmitters and what the expected reception conditions are likely to be.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Two nights running Ridge Hill Transmissions have stopped, very suddenly tonight. Last night it failed but by morning the signal had come back.
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StevensOnln111:21 PM
Andrew Bullock: Given that no one else is reporting any problems, it is most likely to be something at your end. If it is happening at the same time each night, you're probably suffering with electrical interference from something operating on a timer (probably something with an electric motor).
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