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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Mendip (Somerset, England) mast?

Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) West, 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
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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 (West), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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 max
C33 (570.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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 max
C36 (594.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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

LBS
 H -10dB
C30 (546.0MHz)591mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Bristol,

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 Mendip transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 25km north (3°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
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?

CheddarTransposer15 km E Weston-super-Mare1674 homes
LuccombeActive deflector6 km w Minehead38 homes

How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2018
C/D EEEC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C30_local
C32BBCA
C33com7com7
C34D3+4
C35com8com8
C36ArqB
C37C5wavesC5waves
C48SDNSDNSDNSDN
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C51tv_offLBSLBS
C52tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Mendip 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.

Comments
Thursday, 25 July 2019
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Chris.SE
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11:25 AM

MikeP:

I'm well aware of the radiation pattern shown above.
Does the Digitaluk checker show any predicted reception of the Local Mux at your location Mike?
If so, perhaps (not surprisingly) it's not as accurate as one might hope!

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MikeP
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9:22 PM

Chris.SE:

It shows as poor reception, which is as expected. In fact it is unreliable to the extent that is is virtually unusable.



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Friday, 2 August 2019
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Bob
1:45 PM
Stonehouse

Our Tv reception from Mendip Transmitter has been excellently reconnected by James Kettle of the Freeview Home Support Team. He removed a combiner and an old aerial that was pointing to the Ridgehill transmitter and fitted two filters to our aerial that is pointing to the Mendip Transmitter to ensure the new G4/G5 mobile signal would not conflict with our reception. The Freeview advice line is 08081000288, Opening hours 9am-6pm Mon to Fri, 9am-5pm Sat and closed on Sunday. He advised the Manual settings for Mendip are now 30,32,33,34,36 and 48. (my Post code is GL10 3BJ)

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Chris.SE
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11:15 PM

Bob:

Glad to hear that you've been sorted out ok and had some good help through the Freeview Advice line, we only tend to hear the bad reports about them!

Nice that you are getting some signal from the Local Mux on UHF30. I take it you don't have an HD set/tuner as you haven't mentioned the HD muxes BBCB(PSB3) HD on UHF35 although it's unlikely that you'll get the COMs 7&8 muxes from Mendip (you may possibly - no guarantee - get them from Ridge Hill if the aerial has a side-lobe in it reception pattern in he Ridge Hill direction - but that likely will be pure chance.).

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Tuesday, 6 August 2019
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david
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2:46 PM

how do i get dab transmitter coverage maps

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MikeP
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9:08 PM

David:

To the left of the page display is a menu option. In this scroll down to the DAB Transmitters option and click on that. Select the transmitter of interest and click on it. That should bring up a page with a map showing the area of reception.



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Wednesday, 7 August 2019
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Chris.SE
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11:40 AM

MikeP: & All:

I've noticed that the DAB coverage doesn't seem to be displayed if Pro Mode is enabled on DAB maps, are you getting the same? Also I'm not getting a DAB coverage map for Mendip!

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Thursday, 8 August 2019
MikeP
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10:42 AM

Chris.SE:

Sadly, the transmitter listing at All UK DAB radio transmitters | free and easy does not include the Mendip transmitter. Something Briantist needs to address.

All of the other transmitters I've tried, not all of them of course, do show the coverage maps in the non-pro mode, which is indicative of the coverage for most purposes.



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Sunday, 11 August 2019
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Richard
10:53 AM

Hi Since last re-tune on Mendip transmitter "LBS" signal has moved to ch30. I am unable to receive it I had a medium signal when it was on ch51 I have a wide-band log periodic aerial

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Chris.SE
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7:31 PM

Richard:

It might depend on which log periodic you have, but they all tend to have slightly less gain at the lower end of the band. You might just be too far away, check the predicted reception putting your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker

It's always worth checking that you don't have any extra loss in your system due to cable or connection deterioration, unplug your coax plugs, check all connections are clean and reconnect.

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