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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.

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Which Freeview channels does the Mendip transmitter broadcast?

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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.

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
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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
Friday, 17 May 2019
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Brian Newcombe
9:22 AM

To whom it may concern:

Mendips is still sending out a signal on c49.

1) this is a waste of electricity.

2) My old Sony vcr DOES NOT have a manual digital channel search (it has one for analogue...) which means the auto search always locks on to c49 first, over-riding the new BBC1 channel (c32).
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Please will someone do something about this??
Brian 17 May 2019

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StevensOnln1
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10:59 AM

Brian Newcombe: There's nothing anyone on this website can do as no one here has any connection with any broadcaster or the transmitter company (Arqiva). There are further frequency changes due at Mendip on 15th and 19th June so perhaps the additional mux will be switched off on one of those dates.

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Thursday, 23 May 2019
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Chris.SE
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4:42 AM

StevensOnln1:

Typo there ;) The retune dates are 5th June & 19th June.

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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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A Lambart
7:27 AM
Taunton

Postcode = TA1 1UU. For past 8 weeks unable to receive channels 1 & 2 and others via BT TV box - channels 1 & 2 up until 4/6/20 on channels 751 & 752. Multiple retunes carried out with BT directions. Separate TV with no BT box ok up until 4/6/20. On 5/06/19, change over day for Freeview, multiple channels totally missing after further retune. Advised by Freeview to retune by way of "in-out-reach-in" method - i.e. retune TV with no aerial connection to reset/remove previous frequencies. Asked "what tv aerial" would be req'd if old aerial not compatible. Freeview would not answer this specific question. All Freeview communications webpages etc does not give info of what aerial needed if replacement req'd. Courtesy of gov't decision yet again the individual will no doubt have to pay for an upgrade somewhere along the line - i.e. a new aerial./engineer. Communication and engagement with customers is appauling. I have spent hours with BT and Freeview trying to sort this out.

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MikeP
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9:42 AM

A Lambart:

If you do nothave cable or satellite, you may be eligable for a free aerial upgrade. Contact Freeview helpline.

You probably need a wideband aerial and it would be wise to have one fitted to cope with future planned changes.



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Gary Law
11:13 AM

I am from Swindon postcode SN1 2DL. I can receive all the signals except the BBC SD and radio channels. UHF Ch 32 is showing a signal but there is zero signal quality. Does this mean that we may no longer be getting these channels on UHF 32?

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MikeP
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8:45 PM

A Lambart:

Look at Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview for information.



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Peter Hancock
9:02 PM

Hi,

if the frequencies are being lowered to the 30s for Mendip fv in order to free up space for 5G, then why have/are they moving two of the HD multiplexes back up to 55 & 56?

Thanks in advance,
Peye

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StevensOnln1
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10:31 PM

Peter Hancock: COM7 & COM8 are temporary multiplexes and are due to close in the next few years. They have been moved to UHF channels 55 & 56 which form the centre gap of the new 700MHz mobile band in order to continue broadcasting beyond the completion of the 700MHz clearance, as the mobile networks are not expected to start using those centre gap frequencies for at least another couple of years, at which point COM7 & COM8 will close. More details can be found at the link below:

Maximising the benefits of 700MHz clearance - Ofcom

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Thursday, 6 June 2019
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Zahida
3:39 PM
Cwmbran

Gary Law: Hi there. I am not recieving bbc channels or any itv channels after retuning. Channel 4 and my5 has also dissapeared. Please help. How do I recover them? Thanks

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