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 04/12/2023 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 |
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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
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Tuesday, 5 December 2023
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Chris.SE12:22 AM
Peter Salmon:
Despite being predicted to get good reception in normal circumstances, you are most likely correct as your line of sight to Mendip is obscured by the local hills in any event.
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Thx for reply Chris.SE, my postcode is BA14 0EY, i did check the signal strength on affected channels, and there down alot from usual, there around 50% and bit error level like 3 to 7, usually there ok(strength 80 and no errors), so will just wait for them to be put on normal power, thx
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Wednesday, 6 December 2023
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Chris.SE12:27 AM
Christopher Sercombe:
Hi. Your postcode should have clear line of sight to Mendip and you shouldn't have any problems getting a good signal. The aerial should point at compass bearing 254 degrees, that's slightly W of WSW for your postcode, with the rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal.
That's on the assumption that you don't have any very local obstructions, large buildings, trees, scaffolding, other metal objects, etc. Such situations will be made worse if the aerial is low down . If in a loft, water tanks, metal flues, lead flashing, solar panels could all cause problems.
Have you had a postcard from Restore TV?
I put your postcode in here https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/ to check and it says Yes, you should have had one, but we know many cases where people haven't had them.
If there's a new/upgraded phone mast near you, it could be causing interference problems, cause desensitisation of your receiver tuner and give the sort of symptoms you see when the transmitter is on reduced power.
If you haven't got a filter, get in touch with them and request a free filter to see if that helps.
If you have a pre-amp/splitter to feed more than one TV, the filter should go before the amp.
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Chris.SE
Thankyou for reply, yes we have a really large tree literally in line with aerial right next to us, but its been there like 20 years, not really caused a problem, i did get a filter sent from restore tv last year, also my amplifier has a built in filter that is meant to do same job, i have had issues last 5 years on and off, but just been worse lately, i bought new aerial and cable the other month, but no difference really, whats mad is, some days/wee or so it can be perfect, thx for reply.
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