Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
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 |
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 withheldTuesday, 16 August 2011
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julie Currie7:22 PM
Worcester
Since switchover I have only been able to receive 34 digital channels unable to get any BBC channels. prior to switchover received 98 channels. Changed Aerial but not made any difference.
Any clues or help
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julie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
julie Currie: I would start by looking at Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for suggestions.
If you have an amplifier or booster, you should remove it from your system.
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
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Lucy12:02 PM
Hereford
Moving into house in HR3 5EZ. It has been empty for a while so need to do TV(/internet/phone) from new. Any advice very gratefully received!
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Lucy's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
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Doug3:11 PM
Weird but wonderful! I live in Astwood Bank, near Redditch. I have a stock aerial with masthead amplifier on the roof facing Sutton Coldfield (30 kms directly north) and I receive HD from Ridge Hill (50 kms directly south, mux 22) clear and steady since April switchover even during heavy rain like today! If I have any problems after Sutton switchover on Sep 21 I'll swing the aerial round and tune into Ridge Hill. For sake of interest, what is a typical gain/ loss ration front/ back of a stock aerial? Thanks.
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Doug3:15 PM
I should have said Ridge Hill south-west and Sutton North-East!
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Lucy: You will only get the "Freeview Light" service from the Clyro transmitter, if you are starting from scratch, you would be better off getting Freesat - see Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Chris J8:28 PM
Julie Currie-Which transmitter is your aerial pointing at? The Malverns are in the way of Ridge Hill for most of the Worcester area. The Malvern transmitter seems to cover Worcester but that has DSO 7-21 Sept. Worcester is in the Sutton Coldfield main coverage area which also has DSO 7-21 Sept.The Wrekin transmitter had DOS in April and Worcester is in its secondary coverage area.
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Monday, 10 October 2011
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Over the next week Ridge Hill main transmitter: no analogue TV, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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RIDGE HILL transmitter - Over the next week Ridge Hill main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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Ben11:09 AM
Ross-on-wye
Has this maintenance finished? I have no COM6 signal at all. Other channels fine.
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Ben's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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