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 18/09/2023 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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Friday, 29 March 2013
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John Crabb11:05 AM
Dave,
I am just a bit suspicious of a more general problem when I read the posts that say they have no C49 in Taunton, Wellington and Street.
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John Crabb: I see what you're saying; there are quite a few reports on the south-west side of the transmitter.
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Alison: All the very best to you as well.
Maybe you can use a piece of wire (if you don't have a set-top aerial. A wire maybe 30cm long into the inner part of the aerial socket.
You may be able to use the aerial lead in the back of the set and put your bit of wire in the end of that. That way you might be able to affix the wire to the window where you get better reception. A wire coat-hanger may do, although I think that some are coated in something which might act as an insulator. You may be able to put a file to it to remove the coating on the end that is inserted into the aerial socket. There is no need to file away the coating elsewhere.
See:
Digital UK - Coverage checker
Enter your postcode and tick "Detailed view". This will give suggestions for transmitters. "BBC A" is the BBC standard definition TV and radio, which you are missing. If you can't pick up C49 from Mendip then maybe there is another transmitter that you can pick up in the mean time.
Near the top, under "Digital transmitters", it gives the bearing of each transmitter. The one(s) to try first are those for which the side of the building you are on face.
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Sam1:39 PM
I do not have any bbc channels in longwell green.
Lots of retunes no joy.
Any suggestions?
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louise3:30 PM
We have all channels but extremely bad receptionsince thr retune. Have retuned 100s of times but uts still aweful. Seems to be every channel. Pulling our hair out!!! Help
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K Searle3:50 PM
Bristol
No channels from 1 through to 9. Ariel on roof.
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K's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dave - Thanks again for the tip. Guess what - friend has found a set-top aerial in the cellar and have now got one TV going - everything now even including ITV3 and 5* - signal a little unsteady though. Will give the coathanger a go on the others...
Alison
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Alison's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby7:03 PM
louise: If all channels now give poor reception when they were all OK prior to the re-tune it suggests that possibly you are storing the channels from an alternative transmitter with each scan; Wenvoe most likely in the Bristol area or more towards the South of the region Stockland Hill or Rowridge could be delivering alternative signals. Check the frequency for each mux that you have stored, often shown on the relevant info screen. For Mendip BBC1 should be on C49, ITV should be C54, QVC (C48), Sky News (C56) and Film4 (C52). You could try doing a scan with the aerial unplugged for the first part of the scan in order to miss out alternative transmitters on lower frequencies, making sure it is plugged in before C48 for the Mendip frequencies.
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chloe7:43 PM
So i take it those of us in the Taunton, Wellington area are not to have BBC for the foreseeable future then as no one seems to be taking us seriously about there being a problem?
Ive tried all the channels you suggested to others but nothing is picking up, I've set the tv back to factory settings, there's just no BBC channels!
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Ron10:57 PM
Hi,
Ilive in Warminster and since March 27th cannot get bbc channels back after many retunes.Have a portable ariel which is working okay with digibox.
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