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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?

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.

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;
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
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
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Mike Dimmick
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3:50 PM

Stan Hill: Mendip has never previously used C48 or C52. If you are using a communal aerial, the distribution system might need retuning to amplify these channels instead of the old locations. If you had a similar problem in January when ArqB moved to C67, that's probably the issue now.

You might also or alternatively have another box, such as a Sky box or VCR, with an RF output on a clashing channel, most likely C43 or C47. RF outputs clash with the same channel, adjacent channels, and 5 and 9 channels higher. If you do, try turning it off if it's not used, or retuning it to C21 - this channel is unlikely ever to be used at Mendip.

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3:53 PM

Stan Hill: 813 isn't a standard location for any channel. BBC News should normally be on 80. Anything stored in the 800s is a duplicate of something else, and the order they get stored will depend on the order they are found or the relative strength, when you retune.

It could be an indicator that your box doesn't handle the larger Network Information Table, or other extended service information, correctly. Digital UK have a partial list of equipment known to have problems at http://www.digitaluk.co.u…tnit and more information for specific boxes at Digital UK Retail - Troubleshooting guides .

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Chris.SE
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8:13 PM

James: Sorry, it doesnt look as though anyone has responded to your query. I'm not clear when you last did a retune, but if it was before the 28th Sept. then you need to do another.
It's best to do a complete factory reset/new install, first with the aerial unplugged to clear all previous settings, then do it again with the aerial reconnected. See My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for more information.
If that doesn't solve the problem, remove the booster and try again.

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Chris.SE
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8:14 PM

Gareth: I see nobody has responded, what you've missed is the retune was needed after the 28th, not before!
Follow the advice I've just given for James.

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8:34 PM

Robin barker: You haven't made it clear what you are receiving now or what you were getting before the 28th Sept. There are a number of options depending on which way your aerial is pointing.
In any event try a full factory reset/new install with the aerial disconnected, and then repeat with the aerial connected.
You may have do do a manual install because you may pick up transmissions from Wenvoe.
If so, the UHF channels for Mendip are C61,C54,C48,C52,C67 & if you have HD C58.
If you are still missing the Arq A (COM5) MUX on C67, you may get enough signal from Wenvoe, so try C49.

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8:55 PM

derek gregory: When you say communal aerial
system cabled into the house, do you mean it's supplied by an "association" and you have a feed?
If a full factory reset/new install does not solve your problem (see the Link "Freeview reset procedure" in the yellow box below) then you will need to get onto the owners of the aerial system as it's probably channelised and needs changing. There will be a similar issue in March 2012 if this is the case, and you may have had problems in January and last year during DSO.
As you haven't supplied a postcode, I don't know what other transmitters you nay pickup, so you may need to do a manual retune, if so see the post above to Robin.

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9:03 PM

Stan Hill: It's probable that you are getting some signals from Wenvoe which is confusing the situation.
Try a full factory reset/new install with the aerial unplugged to completely clear all previous setting and channel.
Then with the aerial reconnected, try a new MANUAL install using UHF channels C61,C54,C48,C52,C67 & if you have HD C58.
The link below in the yellow box "Freeview reset procedure" has some details on the reset.

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9:05 PM

Brian: same thing applies to you as to Stan. As you haven't given a postcode I can't say how good a signal you should normally get, but try the reset & manual install as detailed above.

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9:08 PM

Son in Law: you could be getting other transmitters as well. Try the reset & manual install as detail above.

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Wednesday, 5 October 2011
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Gareth
9:21 AM

Chris.SE

Many thanks for the response. I think I may not have been clear enough with my question. A complete factory reset was performed on Wednesday 28th just as you suggested to James and then the retune was done with the aerial connected.

Are there any TVs/boxes that have an issue with channel 67?

Thanks again

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