Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 720,000 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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Mendip 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 Mendip transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north (11°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
C30 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
Analogue 5 | (-6dB) 126kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
com7 | (-8.4dB) 72.4kW | |
com8 | (-8.6dB) 69.1kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-17dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 16 January 2019
MikeP
5:24 PM
5:24 PM
Zoi:
Make your comments to the operators of the transmitter, Arqiva. They can be contacted by lkooking at Contact Arqiva General Enquiries, Sales, Press and Media
This website has no connection with any broadcaster not operator.
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Thursday, 17 January 2019
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Chris.SE4:36 AM
Zoi: (and others)
I agree with you it is very annoying when this happens (even when you know it can/will). Unless you complain to the operator as MikerP has suggested, nothing will change! The muxes all came back shortly before 0330.
Advice to you and everyone, re-tuning should ALWAYS be the LAST RESORT and only then if you have checked all else.
If you have lost signal to more than one set then retuning should NOT be carried out (unless you know a transmitter re-tune event has occurred and they are usually messaged on-screen days before the event and can be checked on-line).
IF you seem to have lost signal, the first check to see if ALL channels/muxes have lost signal. If some are still being received, this reduces the chances it might be your aerial system or connections, BUT movements in aerial and bad connections can sometimes have this effect. Use your set tuning system (where possible) to check the strength and quality of the signals you are receiving, if they are normal, then check for transmitter maintenance or faults. Also plug out and in any aerial connectors/flyleads which may help if there's a "dirty" connection. Also consider swapping/replacing a flylead in case it's gone faulty - it can happen.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019
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AntD8:12 PM
I'm on the Mendip Transmitter.
Freeview
The last 2 or 3 weeks I've noticed that when using the series link for BBC 2 HD Newsnight, the start and finish signal is not sent anymore.
The end of the programme is now missed.
Any idea if there is a problem somewhere?
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Friday, 15 February 2019
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Robert8:46 AM
Cant receive C32 and C34 since last night. All channels on these frequencies have disappeared. Have tried retuning and there's no signal quality.
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StevensOnln110:27 AM
Robert: According to Digital UK, UHF channels 32 and 34 are not currently used by Mendip. PSB1 will move to UHF C32 on 4th April and PSB2 will move to C34 on 5th June. Are these the multiplexes that you've lost? They are currently still on C49 and C54 (retuning was a bad idea as you've now lost the tuning data for these muxes when they were previously correctly tuned). Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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Tuesday, 19 February 2019
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Chris.SE8:32 PM
AntD:
This maybe a question best address to BBC Engineering, try 03700 100 123 as it seems no-one has come up with some ideas.
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Lordgeous10:24 PM
I too have been having trouble with freeview (from Mendip) not adjusting start and end times anymore. Most annoying and frustrating. I have two different top end Humax PVRs and smase has been happening with both.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2019
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Clevedon Resident12:20 AM
Intermittent loss of freeview signal from w/c 18/02/2019 confirmed by other Clevedon residents.
What's happening?
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B Daniels Mr9:17 AM
I have a phone number for you of 01752 663322 but is this right please as I can't raise you?
I have been getting short bursts of no signal o BBC1 latterly and wondered if this was common.
Thank you.
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Lordgeous9:49 AM
Yes, I've been getting "No Signal" bursts too for some weeks now. I also find the freeview programme guides very slow to load (same on 3 TVs and 2 PVRs. Never used to have these problems.
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