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Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter which serves 270,000 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 Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter.Which Freeview channels does the Ridge Hill 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.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ridge Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Whitton | Transposer | 35 km NW Hereford | 40 homes |
How will the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| years | 1968~85 | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30th Jun 2018- | |
| aerial group | VHF | A K | A K | W | W | W | W | A K | |
| C6 | ITV | ||||||||
| C21 | +SDN | +SDN | +SDN | BBCA | |||||
| C22 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | D3+4 | ||
| C24 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | BBCB | |||||
| C25 | ITV | ITV | ITV | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | SDN | ||
| C27 | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ArqA | |||||
| C28 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ArqB | ||
| C29 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C30 | _local | _local | _local | ||||||
| 600 | C32 | C4 | C4 | C4 | com7 | ||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5 | C5 | |||||||
| C42 | C | ||||||||
| C45 | D | ||||||||
| 700 | C51 | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C53 | 1 | ||||||||
| C57 | 2 | ||||||||
| C60 | A | ||||||||
| 800 | C63 | B |
orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 6th April and 20th April 2011.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, PSB2 iw, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| com7 | (-9.8dB) 10.5kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| com8 | (-10.1dB) 9.8kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldWednesday, 28 December 2016
All TV channels off today. I have checked our connections and done a reset. Aerial on roof with mast head amp - power supply fairly new and has power light on it. DAB radio signal also not working - it usually is a bit weak.
We are right at the extreme edge of reception so presuming it is atmospheric effects. Postcode HR3 6EY, Rhydspence right on the Powys / Hereford border.
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N's: Freeview map terrain plot frequency data R&TI Service digitaluk trade DAB coverage
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
GL504JN Cheltenham. Been having problems for a few days now with reception can you please help?
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Thursday, 2 February 2017
Mr Hibbs: Please describe the problems you're having. Are channels breaking up? Are you loosing them completely? Does it only affect some channels and not others? Have you checked all the cables and connections behind the TV to make sure nothing is loose or damaged?
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MikeP
6:23 PM
6:23 PM
Mr Hibbs:
You also need top give a full post code for your exact location as there are several possible transmitters serving the general area of Cheltenham.
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Currently we appear to be having Reception issues in Dursley (GL11 6HE) with Freeview through an Ariel. Channels. Intermittent breaking up of picture , a couple of times had Service is not running, or No Signal message on screen.
Have switched off equipment and turned on again, reinstalled channels (and lost some).
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Gareth's: Freeview map terrain plot frequency data R&TI Service digitaluk trade DAB coverage
Gareth Markey: If your tuned to Ridge Hill, you should have a very good signal, so check your system, because its almost certainly a problem with that.
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Friday, 3 February 2017
We have a signal 1 day in 7 if it's cold ,windy or frosty or foggy we get NO signal at all. This is very unsatisfactory . Post Code HR5 3 RE please contact us by email or telephone 01544331602 Or mobile 07917353648 thank you.
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D.'s: Freeview map terrain plot frequency data R&TI Service digitaluk trade DAB coverage
Should of read 1 day out of 7 we get reception all the rest of the time NONE
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D. Radbourne: Firstly, never ever give out your telephone number, etc - this site is clearly not an 'offical site', and nobody is every going to email or phone you personally - you've just opened yourself to malicious people on the web.
And since its not an offical site, nobody here can do anything to fix it.
Next - since you've put in your postcode into the site, the links below your post show if there is anything in the way of your signal, direction of transmitter, an estimate of the signal quality, transmitter status, etc. You can clearly see that there is something between you and Ridge Hill about 15km away, but DigitalUK reckons your fine overall.
Since the transmitter seems to be working normally, then that just lives your own system. And almost certainly thats where the problem lies - could a be a lose connection, water getting into a cable, frayed wire, etc, but thats the likely problem, and you need to check it.
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MikeP
7:34 PM
7:34 PM
D. Radbourne:
Just a little point of semantics, your post should read "Should have read" as the colloquial short form of 'Should've' actually means 'shoukld have' and not 'should of'. Sorry to be pedantic but proper use of UK English is important.
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