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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


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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
Sunday, 1 September 2013
M
MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:53 PM

Bob F: Further to what Michael said, it is always wise to check that an 'HD' TV does have an HD tuner - they all should do in this day and age, but (amazingly) Toshiba contines to make a 2013 model without one.

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Saturday, 7 September 2013
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Nicholas Willmott
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

2:52 PM

I've recently found out from the internet that the Cheddar self-help relay is no longer in use, and Cheddar is served by Stockland Hill, thereby giving it the south west regional news (BBC Spotlight) rather than the more appropriate west regional news (BBC Points West). If the Cheddar relay served 1674 homes, why was it a self-help relay in the first place? Surely a relay serving 1674 homes should have been an official one; many official ones were built around the UK to serve around 1000 homes, or even less.

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Monday, 9 September 2013
Andrew Brown
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

4:29 PM
Cinderford

seem to have a lot of customers who have lost or are finding it difficult to receive bbc channels at the moment. any ideas why?
Andy

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Friday, 13 September 2013
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Ian Watkin
9:54 AM

Transmitter engineering: We are served by Mendip transmitter. All four freeview channels have lost signal with only occasional picture and sound. I am connected via aerial. All other channels are fine. Re-searching does not resolve. Tested again 0940 Friday 13th 2013, and problem persistes.

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Monday, 16 September 2013
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Dave
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

10:02 AM

Hi Andy
We have found over the last couple of months customers in fringe locations like parts of upper weston bath etc experiencing intermittent problems with ch49 and 54, after extensive monitoring where by muxes as well as signal strength are giving erratic readings we are pretty convinced its down to transmitter problems and advised customers to hang on and wait.
Worth taking note if doing new installs in these locations as you could end up barking up the wrong tree if you get my meaning.
regards

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Andrew Brown
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:25 PM

Dave: Thank you very much I had a funny feeling that this may be the case as it is very rare to have a lot of people with exactly the same fault! (although it does happen!)
Thank you for the reply
Andy

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Monday, 23 September 2013
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Scope
9:13 PM

This the engineering work posted earlier today explain the complete drop in signal twice already this evening (all freq)? Both for a couple of minutes..? Anybody else experience this? Or is it my aerial ?

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Saturday, 28 September 2013
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HoodedOracle
5:11 PM

We have lost all signal of tv since they started working on the transmitter. Even with a signal booster no joy. It was fine before that. Had to buy a sat box instead.

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Sunday, 29 September 2013
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Ray Smyth
4:25 PM
Swindon

I just don't have reliable Freeview service from the Mendip transmitter. Constant break up, frequent loss of channels and even more than one multiplex totally dead.

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HoodedOracle
4:48 PM
Weston-super-mare

Does anyone know when these disruptive works will be finished. It is really annoying that I had to buy a sat box just to view tv when I pay loeads of money for BTVision. Should I ask for rebate on lake of service?

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