Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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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 
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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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Monday, 29 June 2020
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Chris.SE1:52 PM
Mary Ward:
Sorry, I missed it before I posted, I also meant to ask how long has this been happening? And, the Seagry Court transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible service interruptions".
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Chris.SE2:23 PM
Neil:
All UHF TV aerials are "designed" for Freeview and HD. It doesn't matter if it's analogue or digital, the signals are all Radio Frequency (RF). Those sort of terms "designed for Freeview and HD" etc are nothing more than advertising gimmicks usually used by people that don't properly understand what they are selling and want your to buy a particular aerial.
We need to discover what is going on before you rush off to spend money as it doesn't sound right that this "16 bar" is giving a worse signal unless it's a different type of aerial, so stick with it a bit. It could be faulty for some reason.
Does this bigger aerial look identical to the smaller one just longer? Do either of them have a "reflector" on the back - a larger metal plate/grid?
Your description of the smaller aerial makes it sound like a log periodic.
Do the aerials look something like these -
Log Periodic Tv Aerial for sale | eBay
That's not a hint or suggestion to buy any of them!
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Thursday, 23 July 2020
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bruce tearle5:46 AM
Yeovil
Have lost channels 1 [BBC1] this morning. First channel I can receive is channel 11 [pick]. I have tried the reset instructions and a different aerial input to my system - NOTHING.
Receiving normally from Medip Transmitter, my post code is BA21 4nw
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bruce's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE7:01 AM
bruce tearle:
Your predicted reception is excellent. Are your signals back?
It seems to be up and running with pretty much normal signal levels on all multiplexes. I can't find any fault reports listed at present.
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bruce tearle11:32 AM
Hi Chris
Thanks for response.
The channels I have are:-
1.2.11.12.16.17.19.20.21.25.26.27.30.32 7 44. There may be more above 44 but have not gone there.
Thanks again.
Bruce
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bruce tearle1:23 PM
Hi Chris
Problem solved. It was a problem with my Freeview box. After lots of playing around have got it sorted. The 'good-woman' is not happy as she now has to fins all the programs that she had planned to watch/record!!!
Thanks again
Bruce
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Chris.SE1:52 PM
bruce tearle:
Whoops, let's hope she finds them all! At least the problem is solved :)
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Saturday, 1 August 2020
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Old Giff8:31 AM
New Humax recorder signal strength in Stoke Gifford Quest HD 114 is 76% but channel sometimes drops out. What signal strength should I expect. Replaced old antenna on roof with new hi strength in loft and worked fine on my old Humax until the tuner died. So is the new Humax performing properly?
Thanks Giff
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Chris.SE3:42 PM
Old Giff:
The actual signal strength reading will vary with set/PVR/device, you should be fine with 76% for COM7. What is more important is the Quality figure which should be 100% for the greater part of the time. As long as that figure isn't dropping too low there ought not to be a problem.
Right now you should be finding things fairly stable but there is some variable intermittent "tropospheric ducting" around at present - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec….jpg affecting different areas at different times & not all channels are necessarily affected at the same time or at all. There's likely to be some about for a couple more days but could become more variable and predictions can change.
Whilst you shouldn't have any particular reception problems in most of the Stoke Gifford area if you are still having problems now, we'd need a full postcode to look at the predicted reception at your location.
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Monday, 21 September 2020
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bruce tearle5:41 AM
am using a humax box, can getting nothing on my tv this morning.
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