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 29/05/2023 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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Saturday, 26 January 2013
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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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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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Tuesday, 26 March 2013
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Terry Cook7:05 AM
Melksham
Hi - do you know what time of day or night the 27th March retune should be done ? If you have a recorder set to record a BBC programme, it will be necessary to get the timing right won't it ?
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Terry Cook: The deadline that they have set themselves is 6am. I wouldn't be surprised if it's sorted before then.
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Alison
10:19 AM
10:19 AM
Have retuned several times this morning but still no BBC Channels. Anyone know when they're due back? Missing Radio 4 :-(
Thanks.
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Alison: If you're receiving from Mendip then might you be using a communal aerial? Perhaps it needs adjustmet following the change of channel for BBC services.
In the mean time, Radio 4 is available to listen to over the internet or via FM, if you have an FM radio.
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bruce12:38 PM
just how many more times are we going to have to update our receivers. I feel sure that there are many out there who, like me, are fed up. As an OAP who is able to update their sets, I feel sorry for those who are not 'tech savvy'. Digital, fetch back analogue at least we had a guaranteed service except when transmitters failed!
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