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, 19 March 2018
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Gary Colby7:12 PM
Bristol
My postcode = BS34 5SJ
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Gary's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Gary Colby8:48 PM
StevensOnln1:
Thank you very much for the feedback. The aerial in use has been in the loft for at least 10 years, so maybe a new purchase for a wideband aerial is needed.
Interested in what you said about contacting Freeview advice line as I don't have satellite or cable, just Freeview.
Will let you know how things progress, especially in the light others are complaining about the same problem.
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Gary Colby8:57 PM
StevensOnln1:
Freeview advice line ? Can't find the link to that. Could you please post that link.
Many thanks in advance. Gary.
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StevensOnln111:15 PM
Gary Colby: Details of the Freeview Advice Line can be found at the link below. You should be eligible for a free replacement wideband aerial if you don't have cable or satellite and are unable to restore the channels you've lost via manual tuning.
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Tuesday, 20 March 2018
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Chris.SE4:51 AM
Gary Colby: Just to add what has already been said, you shouldn't have any trouble with reception once your aerial has been sorted. AFAIK there's no new buildings in the Concorde Rd area of the trading estate that might obscure the signal, and especially as you've implied you aren't having any issues with the other UHF channels from Mendip.
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Graham Richards7:44 PM
I live near Dursley, north of Bristol, and manually tune my devices to avoid picking up Welsh channels.
Recently i've noticed a problem with no signal on the bbc news hd channel 107. This is on 2 Panasonic tvs and a panasonic hdd recorder. Ie none show 107. However, a talktalk youview box which was tuned automatically does show107.
This website shows 107 being on channel 33 or com 7, but there seems to be a big discrepancy between the stations you indicate here and what i actually got after factory resetting and manually tuning to the channels you list for the mendip mast. Eg 107 and 108 et al are not picked up but 12 which should be on 56 is.
Is your lusting up to date and should i be tuning into other channels?
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Tuesday, 27 March 2018
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Chris.SE9:43 AM
Graham Richards: The listings at the top of this page are indeed in need of a major update. Please see my post on
Tuesday, 6 March 2018 Chris.SE 3:55 PM on page 171.
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Friday, 30 March 2018
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phil 4:04 PM
All the advice regarding loss of comm 5 ,is nothing related to the aerial size . modern sn=mart tvs tune automatically to the strongest signal ,when they retuned the signal to 33 it fell below the auto scaning range. so you cant receive sky new ,pick etc.
the fix is simple and cheap go to the tv manual setting and search for 33 then it will restore the lost channel.
I spent a lot of time any money changing aerials to no avail from advice from this site.
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StevensOnln15:52 PM
phil : Manual tuning will only restore the missing mux if you have a strong enough signal, although it is certainly worth trying. Many viewers will require a new aerial, which should be available free of charge to those who don't have satellite or cable.
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Sunday, 1 April 2018
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Barrie Wreford10:29 AM
Newport
Since com7 has gone to ch 36 I am having problems with it pixellating and sound cutting out when checking the signal on my you view box it was a lot weaker than ch 33 and ch 35 is the transmitter output on ch 36 at much lower power than the other two thirties channels.I can see the mendip mast on a clear day from my downstairs lounge window and have a professionally installed log periodic roof aerial. my postcode is np11 6qx.
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