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.
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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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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.
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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast (39°)
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?
1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | W T | ||||
C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C30 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
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 |
Local transmitter maps
Ridge Hill Freeview Ridge Hill DAB Ridge Hill TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)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 withheldFriday, 22 April 2011
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Alex8:13 AM
Hello. I send the output from my DVD player around the house via An analogue channel 28. Is there anything I can do to change this setting that will enable me to view this channel alongside the digital channels? Thanks
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David Woof9:48 AM
I have solved my problem. The signal path was via my old VCR which was using Ch27 (COM6 channel). This was previously an 'un-used' channel. Hence, this new received channel was not passing through the VCR.
By-passing the VCR has cured this and I can now tune in to the COM6 channels.
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MikeP11:12 AM
Briantist and Chris
Many thanks
In fact I have ITV Central on Ch 3 and West (subject to check when local news is on) on 801
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
David Woof: Glad to hear that you found the source of the problem.
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Granny S.11:45 AM
Gloucester
Hi ( again ) Have sorted out my main tv .....works fine now, thanks , but had a Technika tv for xmas for use in bedroom .....and it just says Freeview ... then , no signal . Unfortunately, I've mislaid the remote instruction booklet ! Anyone know which button to press to retune please ?
Easy instructions please , sorry, a bit old in the tooth !
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Granny's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 24 April 2011
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john2:28 PM
Anyone in Cheltenham experiencing break up on PSB's check to see if your STB/freeview telly has picked up CH's 23 and 26 from Wrekin
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Just echoing Geoff Coupe's message - I live in NW Glos, a junction down the M50 from Geoff towards Ross. My antenna points to Ridge Hill as I have a clear line of sight. I'm fed up though of receiving news from the Midlands.. I don't care what's happening in Dudley/Brum/Stoke(!) as they're miles from me and are in a different region. I could try moving my antenna to point to the Mendip transmitter though I fear I'll have trouble getting over the Forest of Dean. Is there a more local transmitter I can point to which covers the South West region?
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