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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter._______
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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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
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Stuart7:31 PM
Have lost BBC channels in Devizes (mendip transmitter I think) plus a number of others. No amount of retuning seems to help. Can anyone advise? Thanks!
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Paul Blackman7:32 PM
Ive retuned all 3 of my sets in the house and not one is picking up BBC channels! How do i know if i need one of these 4G filters?
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Jon Hyatt7:37 PM
Shepton Mallet
BA4 5XD, within 5 miles of Mendip transmitter but not direct line of sight, newish roof ariel on a long pole.
Well, I've retuned, I've reset the DVR and then cleared the channels and retuned again...
I sincerely hope Mendip BBCA is going to have the signal strength returned to the level it was at befotre the retune today, as mine has dropped from a useable 89% to a miserable 30% on average.
I'm getting massive pixellation, 'no signal' messages and text has just gone. The BBC channels on C49 are just too weak today. If I turn my amp down I get no signal, if I remove the amp I get no signal.
Not impressed so far...
Will it be turned up again or is this the best new digital age I can expect?
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Jon's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Paul Blackman: 800MHz 4G cannot have any effect at your location.
Are you on a communal aerial?
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Stuart7:42 PM
Dave: no just a roof aerial. have tried every kind of re tune I can think of but still no BBC other than the 2 HD channels
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Stuart: Try a manual tune on UHF channel 49 (for BBC standard definition services). Before pressing the button to scan (having entered/selected C49) wait and see if it gives an indication of strength/quality (you may have to give it 5 or 10 seconds to settle).
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Paul Blackman7:47 PM
Dave, no just a roof aerial, just retuned 1 tv and just about picked up a signal for bbc 1, very weak though.
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Tony Ellis7:48 PM
Bath
Post code BA1 5HR, we've gone from 100 channels to 30, losing Film4, 5*, 5USA among others. Communual aerial.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is? Thanks.
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Tony's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Hi, I'm at GL5 2HP with rooftop aerial connecting to Stroud relay. Since today's transmitter work I have v poor (unwatchable) picture for all BBC SD channels. BBC HD channels are fine.
Any ideas what I can do to resolve ?
I'm already pining for BBC News and BBC4!
Many thanks
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