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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter._______
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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Thursday, 27 January 2011
distressed: No transmitter faults are reported, can you please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Gareth Smart
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Distressed: You to are not alone on this one! On the PSB multiplexes I to have found them to be unwatchable recently. The BBC one was always 100% strong for me. Now it's only about 20% with pixleation break up if I'm lucky. So now I've decided to get my TV from Wales which ironically, is coming through stronger with my aerial pointing almost 180 the wrong way!
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Mike Dimmick2:44 PM
Reading
Gareth Smart: I suspect your percentages are from the 'signal quality' meter rather than 'signal strength'. This meter is typically useless, as it usually shows the number of uncorrected errors, and you can see those - if the picture is perfect it will show 100%, any less than 100% and you're getting some picture or sound breakup.
I think it's most likely that your problem is too much signal. The first thing you should do is remove any amplifiers. If you don't have any, or that doesn't solve it, consider adding an attenuator.
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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john tovey3:25 PM
Bristol
ihave retuned still no signal
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Friday, 28 January 2011
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Tonyn11:52 AM
Briantist : Thanks for reply, but if you read my original post carefully, you will see that I have already done the full clear down procedure you recommend (several times in fact) but problem remains.
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sbmarlborough2:14 PM
I have tried making a complaint to Digital UK about the recent channel change and loss of power but after a couple of emails they say they only advise and pointed me to making a complaint about reception on the BBC website, despite the fact the lost channels aren't BBC ones! I then go to the BBC website and it states that Digital UK are RESPONSIBLE for the leading the switchover!!!! Aargh.... As usual its pass the buck time!
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Saturday, 29 January 2011
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Chris Holmes2:58 PM
Bristol
I'm having problems with the TV in the house that relies on an aerial - so who did what and when to screw-up my reception?, because I've changed nothing. To try to fix the problem, I've now retuned, but BBC et al is still pixellating; Sky channels seem OK
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