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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Friday, 25 January 2013
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Me9:09 PM
Swindon
Once again lost all BBC TV & Radio
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Me's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mazbar9:50 PM
Me: your problems seem to go back over 5 years when you called out an aerial rigger to check your aerial what did he say the problem was
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Saturday, 26 January 2013
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Simon10:26 AM
I'm in Chippenham and we have been without BBC channels all week. We have no problems with the aerial - all other channels are being received and signal on all is strong. Just the Beeb.
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Bizman11:52 AM
All you people blaming the transmitter for no signal should be aware that I personally have had no interruptions to the Mendip signal here down in Taunton so it must be something else.
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bruce12:32 PM
OK bizman, but what? signal was lost for around 5hrs, but since returning there have been no further interruption. There must have been a problem but why will no one say what or why!!!
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Colin7:37 PM
Minehead
Like Bizman I am on the West Somerset coast and have had no problem except for a 3 second loss of signal during a heavy snow storm. Could the recent weather have something to do with it?
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013
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Dave Bgnell3:25 PM
I Am having constant problems with pixelation from the mendip xmitter on my freeview. It doesn't seem to be dependent on weather and has been happening for several weeks now. I know other people in .Congresbury are having the same problem. Can anyone explain the problem or even a solution. I have tried retuning but to no avail.
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Me8:10 PM
Swindon
lost everything bar BBC1
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Saturday, 9 February 2013
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Bizman7:34 AM
@Bruce, without some local knowledge, geographic conditions, normal signal strength, signal quality, etc., I am unable to give an answer, sorry, but all I can say is what is not at fault.
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Monday, 11 March 2013
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David7:45 PM
Anyone else got problems on Ch 58, very poor signal quality in SN10
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