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, 31 January 2012
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Baker3:44 PM
Pewsey
We have reception via our Freeview box upstairs. But our integral Freeview downstairs has suddenly stopped since last week. We are missing whole sections .Ch 14 -28. ch 28- 33. Ch 32 - 7O Ch 71 -80.
Ch 82 - 102 . Our TV aerial is situated in our loft. Up until the above we have had perfect viewing from our set. We did disconnect the aerial downstairs etc last week whilst decorating. Could that have caused the problem? We have followed all the instructions regarding retuning etc. in the tv. booklet that accompanied our set. Thanks
We do not have Sky.
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Baker's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb388:48 PM
Baker: Although you have followed the retuning instructions on the TV's manual its always best to carry out a factory reset on the TV before proceeding with an auto-tune, as starting afresh gives a better chance of success when any odd problems have cropped up.
If by any chance you cannot see a factory reset option (sometimes called default scan) then first of all carry out an auto-tune with the aerial removed, then once complete reconnect the aerial followed by another auto-tune.
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Is freeview now running at max strength from Mendip or will it be after march? I live in Worle not far from Weston-super-Mare and haven't noticed any power increases!
Regards
Gareth
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Gareth's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Gareth Smart: No, sorry, not until Wednesday 28th March 2012. There was an error in the database flag and it wasn't showing the restrictions.
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
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Jon28044:04 PM
Hi I live in the newforest my aerial is picking up its signal frow rowridge, My system has a 27db mh/amp on it turn up to full when they turn the signal up will this overload the system and have the reverse effect or is it just a case of turning the amp down.
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Friday, 3 February 2012
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angela j hadleigh2:52 PM
I am getting problems with my t.v only on certain channels. Why is this?
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Denise Trask6:05 PM
Yeovil
We had no reception wth Channel 4 and 5 last night, BBC was ok.
Aerial is in the roof space and was perfect before digital. We have retuned several times.
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Denise's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
angela j hadleigh: It's a bit hard to say without knowing which channels! Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for general advice, and your postcode is required for specific information.
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