Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 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._______
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, 3 June 2018
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StevensOnln15:09 PM
Ivan Butters: You should be able to get the PSB channels from Rowridge, however the COM muxes aren't predicted to have a good signal from Rowrdige at your location. I would suggest that you either talk to a local aerial installer who should know what is likely to be possible or look at getting Freesat.
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Sunday, 10 June 2018
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Rob T9:35 PM
Further to my previous post about having my group A aerial replaced by Freeview, here is an update.
A really nice guy arrived with some serious testing equipment. He noted the signal I was receiving with my current aerial and proceeded to replace it with a Triax wide band hi gain. He checked the signal again and noted that although I could now see the missing channels (and they are there and use-able)my siganl on 21 had reduced and 55 and 56 were not good. He carried out a site survey with an aerial on a pole and noted if my aerial was moved to the front of the house, I would get a much better signal (currently the aerial is mounted to the back wall with a cranked pole as I don't have a chimney).
He said his report would say that the signal was unsatisfactory and that he would need to return to re site the aerial with a new bracket, pole and cable into my loft.
So currently I have the missing channels restored (BBC News HD, BBC Four HD, PBS America and perhaps a few I dont care about!) but the signal is not great. And he's coming back to re site the aerial and I wont have to pay apparently!
I have lost a bit of signal on ch 21 but no blockiness noted. Ch 55 and 56 are both at sig strength 60, quality 58, sym quality 100 and useable but I suspect if the weather deteriorated they would soon suffer break up.
Further to follow..
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Monday, 18 June 2018
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Steve1:10 PM
Hi this is a really good site, the problem my friend in Brockenhurst has a very large tree blocking his signal from Rowridge it is owned by the council who will not do anything about it can anybody come up with any ideas how we can overcome this problem
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StevensOnln12:00 PM
Steve: Can the aerial be repositioned so that it looks past the side of the tree?
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MikeP
3:34 PM
3:34 PM
Steve:
You may also want to consider mounting the aerial away from the house so it can 'see' past the tree. I had a customer with just that problem and by erecting a slim, but fairly rigid, lattice mast in one corner of the garden, the aerial could easily 'see' past the tree. (Do check the planning rules with your local council though.) The coaxial cables used must be of very good quality and be run where it does not create any risks of being caught up by people or machinery (lawn mower?), etc. Consider running it along a wall or fence perhaps? You should avoid having any joins in the external run so that rain water cannot enter the cables.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018
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Frank6:28 PM
Hayling Island
Hi, unable to get Forces tv, from the map above it appears to transmit in a very narrow corridor is that the reason for my problem. Before the recent changes I could get the channel.
PO11 9JH, No 24
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StevensOnln16:59 PM
Frank: If you can't pick up Forces TV from Rowridge by manual tuning on UHF channel 56 then you most likely have a Group A aerial which is not designed to receive the higher part of the UHF band. If you don't have satellite or cable you may be eligible to have a replacement wideband aerial 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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Saturday, 23 June 2018
I am now very confused! I read that Forces Tv Rowridge is on channel 37 Com8.
This is at the high end of these bouquets so perhaps a group c antenna would be appropriate.
I bought a high gain group a which I regretted because the pbs1,2,3 bouquets are broadcast at much higher power. A band c antenna in a fringe area might receive a larger group of stations
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MikeP
3:21 PM
3:21 PM
Tony Dix:
Forces TV is on COM8 but that moved some weeks ago to channel 56 and requires use of a wideband aerial. A Group C/D aerial will not receive the lower channels properly and neither a Group A nor a Group B aerial will receive the higher channels properly. Only a good wideband aerial will cover all the possible channels.
If you got to the Digital UK Coverage Checker, at Digital UK - Coverage checker you will be shown all the current channels being used.
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Sunday, 24 June 2018
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Simon L Bradfield3:26 PM
I live at Romsey in Hampshire and since 4 May 2018 I have been unable to receive the Al Jazeera station and other stations on COM7 HD (ch55). The Rowridge list of stations shows that I should be able to receive this OK. Is there a reason for this?
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