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 |
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 July 2012
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Ben Ward10:17 PM
Lordgeous, thanks for the contact. Kevin was a big help!
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
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T B Jones5:11 PM
We cannot get Film4 nor ITV3 from Mendip transmitter.
I believe we could get them when digital first available. but not now.
We are also able to receive Wenvoe but that doesnt have these transmissions either
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jb385:28 PM
T B Jones: Its impossible for anyone to be able to offer advice without having knowledge of your location, this in the form of a post code or one from nearby, such as a shop etc.
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Sunday, 9 September 2012
Hi guys,
we cannot receive any BBC freeview channels at our house. We have 3 different freeview boxes. We have retuned them and still no BBC.
Can anyone tell me if there are problems in my area in Bristol?
How do I get BBC back on the freeview boxes?
Nige
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nige's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 10 September 2012
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jb3812:22 AM
nige burr: Unless you are located in some horrendous localised black spot for reception then as the Kings Weston transmitter is located at only 1.8 miles away from you its possible for you to be receiving an excessively high level of signal dependant on the aerial system being used, as this can completely block reception by overloading the tuner.
If you are using any form of amplifier then for a test try by-passing it, or alternatively use a piece of wire (about 2 or 3 feet) connected into your equipments aerial socket and carry out a "manual" scan on mux Ch43 (Kings Weston BBC1), if though your equipment does not offer a manual scan option then carry out an auto-tune "after" having blanked out anything stored by auto tuning with the aerial removed.
By the way "if" you are receiving from Mendip then the BBC channel is mux Ch61
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012
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Valerie Sweet8:33 AM
I have been getting a message today from lunchtime to retune. How do I do this on the Hutton reflector/relay please?
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Sunday, 23 September 2012
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Chris.SE5:55 AM
Valerie Sweet: The easiest way do do this (whatever your transmitter)is a full factory reset using the Freeview reset procedure (there is a link below these posts).
If you are only able to receive the Hutton Relay this should be straight forward. If however you can also pick up Wenvoe and have problems with the Welsh BBC1/2 and ITV1 channels in the wrong locations, you would be best doing a manual tune when you get to step 7. If you are having problems with this, try posting on the Hutton transmitter page.
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Chris.SE6:10 AM
nige burr: In your location you should have no problem with reception either from Mendip(aerial rods horizontal pointing South) or from Kings Weston (aerial rods vertical pointing West).
As you say how can you get BBC "back" on your freeview boxes, I assume that you could get them previously. If a full reset using the procedure in the link below does not solve the problem, then you may have some sort of interference (or have altered something in you set up?) so try using the other links below these posts.
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Thursday, 4 October 2012
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Stan2:55 PM
I have a digibox which would always give the Welsh programmes preference. I now know why. With an 'auto scan' I am scanning CH41 & CH44 first and getting an acceptable signal from Wenvoe (as I live between the Mendip & Wenvoe Transmitters). I have at last resolved the issue by doing a manual scan of CH61,CH54,CH48,CH52 & CH56 following a first time install to clear all pre selected channels. My equipment does not support HD so I did not need to instal CH58.
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Monday, 22 October 2012
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Alex Beaujean5:14 PM
I live in north Cardiff, and am the 'wrong side of the hill' to receive transmissions from Wenvoe. The Mendips transmitter gives the best reception, so need to fit an appropriate aerial. I guesss we are about 30 miles or so direct line of sight to the transmitter - should I fit a yagi type CD, a yagi type E or would a log40 broadband do the job?
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