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 22/04/2024 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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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Chris Gilburt: Without knowledge of which transmitter you are using I am going to have to make an assumption and that is that you are receiving from Mendip. If so, then the channels you refer to are broadcast on UHF channel 48. You should go to the manual tuning function (assuming it has one) via your TV's menu and tune to UHF channel 48.
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Pete Green: I gather you are receiving from Mendip for which there are no further changes (until the next change that is!).
According to this list, there are only changes in the north of England and West Midlands on 10th April:
Freeview changes to clear the way for 4G broadband in 2013, updated | 4G mobile | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
I suggest that you may be able to ignore the message.
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Chris Gilburt6:23 PM
Chris Gilburt:
Hi Dave
I've just retuned again and this time all the programs are there.
Thanks for the advise.
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Chris Ward6:44 PM
i've retuned today and now the BBC channels are showing good signal strength but very poor quality. I've just had to turn over to BBC Wales in order to watch the news.
anybody else having quality issues? (BS375YT?).
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Chris Ward: Bring up the signal strength screen on BBC One and ensure that it is tuned to UHF channel 49.
It could, perhaps, be tuned to Ridge Hill on C28.
Do you have a single aerial pointing at Mendip? If it's combined with one on Wenvoe then you may have an issue.
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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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