Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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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 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Chris.SE10:03 PM
Mike: (and all)
see my 2 posts above
Freeview on Mendip TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Chris.SE10:23 PM
Malcolm Brooks:
As you live in a block of apartments, the distribution system will no doubt be channelised and a filter will need changing with the channel change, this is why you experienced things working correctly after a week last time - the length of time the Management took to get the aerial contractor in to change the filters. I'd be asking for a refund on some rental or maintenance fees!!
Amphy:
If you live in flats, you may have the same issue as Malcolm Brooks.
However, if you have an aerial amplifier, it is also possible you may have too much signal. If it's an internal one, try taking it out of circuit.
Bizman:
Whilst it's possible that Alison Armshaw may have too much signal it is also possible that her PSB1/2/3 muxes have tuned to the local Bath repeater as these are lower UHF channel numbers - she didn't specify which programmes she had problems with!
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Chris.SE10:37 PM
Alison Armshaw:
If you are still having problems then do a full factory reset of your TV/box as described at the top of this page 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
At step 6, I would then leave the aerial unplugged until the scan has got to about say 40% or above UHF channel 30 depending on your display. If that doesn't work, do the clear/reset again and the do a manual retune using UHF channels C61, C54, C48, C52, C56 and if you HD C58.
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Chris.SE10:41 PM
Sue:
Have you had any channel loss with any of the previous retunes that have eventually got resolved? If so, you may have a channelised system as I mentioned to Malcolm Brooks.
If not, try the reset I've just mentioned for Alison Armshaw.
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Saturday, 7 April 2012
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Ben Ward11:42 AM
Melksham
Dave Lindsay, you said "Check that the receivers are tuned to the channels used by Mendip and not Bath." How do I do this exactly, please?
Thank you,
Ben
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Ben's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Ben Ward11:56 AM
...and Mike Dimmick, is this a suitable attenuator do you reckon? Adjustable 0-20dB attenuator, coaxial connector version: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
Thanks!
Ben (SN126BF)
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Ben Ward: Hopefully the signal strength screen gives the UHF channel that the receiver is tuned to (most do, although some don't).
As services are transmitted in groups known as multiplexes or "muxes", you only need check one service from each mux.
Bath only transmits only Public Service channels (BBC, ITV1, C4, C5 etc) so if this is the problem then it will only affect them.
BBC One should be tuned to C61 for Mendip and not C25 for Bath. ITV1 should be tuned to C54 for Mendip and not C28 for Bath. If any of these receivers are HD, then BBC One Hd should be tuned to C58 and not C22.
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Ben Ward: If this does turn out to be the case, run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged up to 50% and you'll miss out channels used by Bath and those immediately above it but be plugged in for Mendip.
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Sunday, 8 April 2012
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Chris.SE12:40 AM
Ben Ward:
The attenuator you have asked Mike about should be fine.
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Im in street. Today we seem to be experiencing very bad break up on the bbc channels i recently rescanned them following the advice on here. Anyone got any ideas?
Ive tried doing a rescan on c61 for the bbc channels.
Cheers
Ed
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