Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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.
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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 |
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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
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Saturday, 15 June 2019
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GERALD KINGTON1:23 PM
Which channels will be affected on june 19th ,i live in C Hippenham
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Andy7:01 PM
Hi since the most recent rescan we have been getting problems with channel 34. So itv channel 4 e4 etc etc. Picture Keeps distorting and sound screeches. Anyone else having this problem?
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MikeP
10:14 PM
10:14 PM
Gerald Kington:
On the 19th June the COM 7 programmes are moved from channel 36 to channel 55. That is one further reason to use a wideband aerial else it will not receive all the available channels.
Andy:
No one else has reported such a problem. I use Mendip in Trowbridge and do not have any such problem. So please check all you aerial cables for damage and check the coaxial plugs/sockets, unpli=ugging them and refitting to clear any possible oxidation on the contacts.
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Sunday, 16 June 2019
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Chris.SE2:55 AM
Phil:
If you are receiving PSB1 on UHF32 then you aren't receiving the Hutton Relay as it doesn't/& won't be using UHF32. You must be picking up a weak signal from Mendip. I'd suggest you do a Reset & then a manual tune for the Hutton UHF channels (59,50,55) and as already pointed out noting that they change on the 19th to 21,24 & 27.
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Andy3:15 PM
MikeP: the aerial cable is brand new. Have just put film4+1 on and I just have sound no picture and that's becoming distorted aswell
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MikeP
9:43 PM
9:43 PM
Andy:
Then that suggests your TV has a problem. Please check with your neighbours to see if they have the same problems. If they don't then you need the services of a TV enginbeer.
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Wednesday, 19 June 2019
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brian7:44 AM
well
lots of tv channels missing this am, as pre-warned.
But the above list remains unchanged.
WHERE can we get the correct channel nos???
Brisn
19th June 2019
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MossMan9:38 AM
@ brian - yep, same here. Think I finally found the update page we need so I can retune when I get home tonight...
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Annoying that I've had to retune three times in three months on four devices (one of which always gets confused and defaults to Wales so I have to do the whole thing manually - first trying each MUX channel to see what's on it, then a second round to manually tune)! Why not make these recent changes in one go?
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Thursday, 20 June 2019
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StevensOnln19:25 AM
Phelan: Various channels have recently changes frequency at Mendip. If you are also missing Pick, Dave and Really (all are on the COM5 multiplex along with Sky News) and can't get them back by retuning, you should contact the Freeview Advice Line (see link below) who can arrange for a replacement wideband aerial to be fitted, free of charge if you don't have satellite or cable.
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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