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 |
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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Tuesday, 9 July 2019
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Tony Parsons9:33 AM
Tony Parsons: I should have said that I am receiving signals from Bristol Ilchester Crescent.
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StevensOnln112:57 PM
Tony Parsons: Keep It Country has closed. It has been replace on satellite by Spotlight TV, which is also available on Freeview as an internet streamed channel on compatible connected TVs.
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Monday, 15 July 2019
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Chris.SE8:01 PM
All:
Please note that there is engineering work at Mendip this week with "Possible weak signal".
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Saturday, 20 July 2019
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Jen8:09 AM
Bristol
Transmitter engineering: no signal channel 55, retune results in losing many channels at BS8 2SR. Please confirm fix date.
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Jen's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
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Chris.SE9:03 AM
Jen:
Has your signal returned now? An Automatic Retune when there is loss of signal usually results in loss of channels, it's best to wait until signals return. The only time this doesn't apply is when there has been a change of UHF Channels (a retune event as there was on July 17th) as part of the 700Mhz clearance where you are generally notified by on-screen messages in the days just before the change.
Depending on your location your may currently suffer loss of signals due to weather conditions affecting propagation of signals resulting in interference and loss of signal.
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Wednesday, 24 July 2019
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Tim Dove6:21 PM
Melksham
Why has true entertainment been stolen from my freeview at sn12 6xx?
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Tim's: ...
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Chris.SE7:15 PM
Tim Dove:
True Entertainment has been moved by Sony to Local multiplexes, if you haven't done a full retune since 17th July then you should do one - first do an automatic scan with the aerial unplugged to clear all previous tuning, then try an automatic scan with it plugged back in. The Local (Bristol) Mux from Mendip is on UHF C30, if you don't get it using an automatic scan, try a manual scan for the channel. However predicted reception at your location - put your postcode into Digital UK - Coverage checker shows that the Local mux reception is "Marginal" so you may not get it steadily at all times. You will probably also need a Group T / Wideband aerial to satisfactorily receive all muxes from Mendip. Old group was C/D.
Note, because of current weather/propagation conditions you may experience interference or lack of reception of several muxes, so may need to retune when conditions are more stable if you lose channels on a given retune.
See also True Entertainment | free and easy about True TV channels.
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MikeP
8:44 PM
8:44 PM
Tim Dove
Please note that there are no local services aimed at any SN postr code su it is unlikely that you will get True Entertainment.
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Chris.SE9:59 PM
MikeP:
There is predicted reception of the local mux at Tim Dove's postcode but it is Marginal.
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Thursday, 25 July 2019
MikeP
8:40 AM
8:40 AM
Chris.SE:
He is highly unlikely to get any usable reception in Bowerhill. I am nearer the Mendip transmitter, being in Trowbridge, and I cannot get those services as the radiation pattern is aimed at Bristol area and not into Wiltshire.
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