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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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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
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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C33 (570.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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;
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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
Sunday, 27 June 2021
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Kelvin Smith
8:31 PM

Chris.SE: Thanks for your help. Ridge Hill here I come.

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Chris.SE
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10:46 PM

Kelvin Smith:

Don't forget they're only predictions. Get your installer to check the actual received strengths with his meter - actually the same goes for Mendip, sometimes a skight tweak of the aerial can make a difference.

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Thursday, 15 July 2021
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Roy Lewis
9:09 PM

Mendip transmitter
The LBS station for 'Bristol TV' given above as C51 714MHz seems to be in error and out of date.
Currently available as multiplex C30 546MHz and tuning station 7. Agreed?

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Roy Lewis
9:11 PM
Bristol

Mendip transmitter, received at BS48 2UF, aerial in loft.
The LBS station for 'Bristol TV' given above as C51 714MHz seems to be in error and out of date.
Currently available as multiplex C30 546MHz and tuning station 7. Agreed?

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Chris.SE
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10:38 PM

Roy Lewis:

Correct. As has been mentioned several times around this site and now several pages back for Mendip, the site owner has not had time to keep up with the many changes resulting from the 700MHz Clearance programme and this is one of the errors, although the Local mux was recently mentioned just a couple of pages back.

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Friday, 16 July 2021
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9:46 AM

MENDIP transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 16 Jul 08:40 until 16 Jul 08:51. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Kate Mason
11:36 AM

I listen to Classic FM on my LG TV; I live in an apartment and the aerials here are up in the roof space of the building, and cannot be accessed, or tweaked, by residents, only byengineers. The reception of Classic FM frequently breaks down or disappears; I re-tune frequently, last time, 30 minutes ago. Also removed aerial and did another auto retune.. Classic Fm restored, but reception not the best. I live in Mi nehead, postcode TA245DA. I have checked and there are no current engineering works, or known problems. Do you have any suggestions for what else I can do to ensure my reception of Classic FM remains constant, and enjoyable. I have similar problems with Golden Days Radio, which I listen to on my TV, via the internet.
With many thanks for any help you are able to give.
Regards
Mrs. Kate Mason

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Kate Mason
11:46 AM

I listen to Classic FM on my LG TV; I live in an apartment and the aerials here are up in the roof space of the building, and cannot be accessed, or tweaked, by residents, only by engineers. The reception of Classic FM frequently breaks down or disappears; I re-tune frequently, last time, 30 minutes ago. Also removed aerial and did another auto retune.. Classic Fm restored, but reception not the best. I live in Mi nehead, postcode TA245DA. I have checked and there are no current engineering works, or known problems. Do you have any suggestions for what else I can do to ensure my reception of Classic FM remains constant, and enjoyable.
With many thanks for any help you are able to give.
Regards
Mrs. Kate Mason

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Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Chris.SE
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4:59 AM

Kate Mason:

The Mendip transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering and I can't find any current fault reports and the BBC haven't reported any problems with their multiplexes recently.
Classic FM is carried on one of the Commercial multiplexes (ArqA/COM5) see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.

Now, reception in your locale should normally be extremely good, however you could receive signals from Wenvoe (and only the PSB muxes from Carhampton) so check in your TV's tuning section that Quality is 100% and the Signal Strength is high for each Mendip multiplex - as follows -
Mendip's correct UHF channels are C32, C34, C35, C48, C33, C36, C55, C30. That's is the order PSBs1-3, COMs 4-7, Local mux. You probably don't get the Local Mux as you aren't in the correct area. (There's a slim chance you might get a Local mux from Wenvoe on UHF C37 but this will also be very dependent on the aerial set up in your building!).

Further advice, STOP retuning! There is no point in doing that, if there is a problem with a signal, whether it be due to Planned Engineering, weather conditions affecting signals, transmitter faults or aerial system faults then most times all it will do is clear the correct tuning. The only time you need to retune these days is if you get an on screen pop-up because a commercial channel has moved multiplex or a new one has been added (you may get an on-screen message that programme mapping has changed).

If you are not getting 100% Quality on all multiplexes virtually all the time (there's the possibility of some temporary disruption due to current weather conditions) then check with a neighbour if they are having the same issues and if so, complain to the building management that there's an issue with the system.
If you have problems with Internet radio as well it might be worth checking your TV's sound settings in case some thing else is amiss. Also check on a computer or other device, it could be your internet connection being poor.

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Friday, 13 August 2021
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10:49 AM

Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]

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