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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 11/11/2024 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
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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
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
MikeP
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4:12 PM

Greg Harper:

Further to that said by StevensOnln1, a laptop aerial is unsuitable for TV reception. It is designed to operate with WiFi signals in the 2.4 GHz band whereas Freeview digital TV is broadcast in the 450-800 MHz range. That means your WiFi aerial is not of the correct dimensions for the TV signals to get satisfactory reception. The size of the elements is critical for good reception.

In Kingswood, not all homes can get signals from Mendip due to the terrain and so there are smaller local transmitters nearby. Giving a full post code would reveal those that may be beneficial to you. You should also invest in a proper log-periodic aerial that is specifically designed for use with Freeview signals that are currently broadcast and also for the planned future changes.



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Saturday, 28 January 2017
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Mike
5:45 PM

Hi
Firstly we are very pleased to say we have a really super reception on the Freeview channels in Dorset, via the Mendips Transmitter. We have an up to date HD/4k ready top box, and a smart TV. The only reason I mention this is, we cannot understand (after seeing this advertised on Freeview) why it is we cannot get the "True Movie channel", advertised as channel 74 on Freeview. I checked my software updates and rescanned my box to no avail. Si I contacted Freeview.co.uk who has advised me The Mendips transmitter has not subscribed to this channel. Can anyone tell me why this is please?
Thanks Mike

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StevensOnln1
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7:12 PM

Mike: True Movies is broadcast from Mendip on the local TV multiplex alongside Made in Bristol, which has most of its signal focused north towards Bristol and the surrounding areas, with only a limited amount of signal in other directions. You can see the coverage area if you click the LBSH label on the coverage map at the top of this page.

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MikeB
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7:43 PM

Mike: We need a postcode, but if your tuned to Mendip, even with a HD tuner (btw - what is a 4K ready set top box?), your not going to get it, because, as their website says http://truechannels.tv/TV…vies , its available on only Sky, Virgin or Freesat.

So if you do want that channel, unless you subscribe, you'll need a dish.

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StevensOnln1
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11:12 PM

MikeB: True Movies has been on Freeview LCN 74 on local multiplexes since October (initially rebranded as True Christmas). The channel listing on this website for the local muxes is extremely out of date as it still lists QVC Extra which ceased broadcasting on Freeview local muxes in September 2015.

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Sunday, 29 January 2017
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Chris.SE
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5:49 AM

Mike: as mentioned by StevensOnln1, True Movies/Christmas is being broadcast on the Local TV Mux (LBS UHF Ch51), so if you can't get 'Made in Bristol' (LCN 7) or 'True Crime' (LCN 60) also Kix (LCN 127) then you won't get True Movies. Not only is the LBS signal directional but it is also lower power.
MikeB: The listings here by Briantist: are out of date I'm afraid.

Others reporting occasional loss of channels/muxes - propagation conditions can affect the received signal strength of some of the muxes if you don't have a strong signal, particularly the LBS (Ch51), COM7 (Ch33) and COM8 (Ch35) so if your received signal is marginal you will experience occasional loss especially if interference from other transmitters on those UHF channels gets stronger.

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Chris.SE's 4,358 posts GB flag
Thursday, 2 February 2017
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Col
7:04 AM
Stoke-sub-hamdon

We are experiencing reception problems yet again in our area. We all have to use boosters or else we receive next to nothing, but for the last couple of days we have lost Itv Ch 4 & Ch 5 and various others. The Bbc channels are picked up on a rescan but pixelated and un watchable. For some reason Dave is ok but not Dave Ja Vu. Can you advise if there is a transmitter problem as our signal quality has dropped to 1 or 2

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Col
7:07 AM
Stoke-sub-hamdon

We are experiencing reception problems yet again in our area. We all have to use boosters or else we receive next to nothing, but for the last couple of days we have lost Itv Ch 4 & Ch 5 and various others. The Bbc channels are picked up on a rescan but pixelated and un watchable. For some reason Dave is ok but not Dave Ja Vu. Can you advise if there is a transmitter problem as our signal quality has dropped to 1 or 2. The aerial is on the roof and I have checked all the connections,. Having consulted with my neighbours , they are all experiencing the same issues,and therefore any help in reporting this would be appreciated.

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MikeB
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9:28 AM

Col: Look at the links your postcode has brought up - there is an obstruction about a km from you, but other than that, your 35km with a clear signal path, and Digital UK reckons you should be fine.

You havn't said what the signal STRENGTH is - very high or very low? If it was always low because of the obstruction, then a booster isn't going to help that much - personlly, I'd just go Freesat. But if your signal is actually fine, then the booster might be causing more problems than its solving. If your all using boosters, and your all having the same problem, then it might the fact that your all using boosters that IS the problem. And if the booster etc isn't working properly, then that would kill your signal.

Yes, your neighbours are having problems, but are they the same problems? If they are, then could it be a high pressure system? But that would lead to a lot of people losing signal. The transmitter seems fine, so its not that. You might have a problem with your system, but it might be a different problem from the others.

Check your signal strength, and the same goes for the others. If its very high, try taking the booster out of the circuit - and then see what strength/quality is like. In the meantime, search for 'too much of a good thing' on this site.

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MikeP
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6:21 PM

Col:

As I use Mendip as my primary source I know there are no transmitter problems that would cause the symptoms you state. Follow the advice given by MikeB.



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