Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Sunday, 21 October 2018
MikeP
11:39 AM
11:39 AM
Barry:
Please provide a full post code (not the address) so we can look up the expected reception conditions at your location. Also check all your aerial cables and connections, unplugging all coaxial plugs and sockets, refitting them after checking they are in good condition. That will eliminate any possible corrosion/oxidation on the contacts that is a well known source of the problems you report.
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Monday, 22 October 2018
Why does BBC4HD just disappear? Works one day, gone the next. Then periodically comes back. Then goes again. And so it goes on. And on. And on.... (No, there's nothing wrong with my aerial).
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Tuesday, 23 October 2018
MikeP
10:59 AM
10:59 AM
Maccers:
The transmitter does not suddenly stop transmitting just one of the programmes within a multiplex, so there must be a poor connection within your aerial system, which is a well known cause of such problems. That can give rise to a signal level that is marginally weak so check what signal strengths are shown on your TV, the ideal is between 60% and 85%. Less or more will give rise to intermittent loss of some channels. So check all the connections and unpliug any coaxial plugs and sockets, refit them and check again.
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Sunday, 28 October 2018
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Anne6:45 PM
I live in Ferndown BH22. What angle does my aerial need to pointing to pick up signal from Rowridge?
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StevensOnln111:31 PM
Anne: We need a full postcode to access your coverage prediction. The first half of your postcode covers a wide area and won't give any results for the coverage checker.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
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Rob James12:18 PM
Bognor Regis
Dear Briantist,
I live in PO21 3AQ and have a vertically polarised high gain antenna pointed at Rowridge. I get Sony Crime +1 on Channel 60 on two Sony TVs reliably. I cannot get it on a Panasonic. All the other expected channels are present. I've cleared the channel list by restoring to pre-delivery and retuned several times.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Rob
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Friday, 2 November 2018
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R Murchie12:16 PM
Rob James: According to the DigitalUK coverage checker your postcode receives a poor signal across the board, particularly the local multiplex (C37) which I believe carries Channel 60, although at very low power, and no improvements planned through to 2020. It also says that Rowridge does not transmit this multiplex at all on vertical polarisation so you could try horizontal, although this may compromise reception on other channels.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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Jeff Davey10:42 AM
Good morning.
I think you need to update your Rowridge transmitter info :0)
Mux Com 7 and Mux Com 8 are now broad cast UHF Channels 55 and 56 (Hor Pol')
Loc TV Mux UHF channel 37.
Kind Regards
Jeff Davey ABC Digital Systems Ltd (CAI+ C1209)
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MikeP
2:24 PM
2:24 PM
Jeff Davey:
Once again we contributors have to state that only the owner of this website can update the information and he has not been available for some months.
If you want details of your local transmitter, please use the Digital UK Coverage Checker and enter you house number and post code in full.
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Sunday, 25 November 2018
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Valerie Davies2:02 PM
Why can't I get pbs channel 94 on freeview ROWBRIDGE I.o.w. Transmitter BH188LS
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