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 withheldMonday, 17 January 2011
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Bagpuss6:33 PM
@Briantist - thanks for the pointer, but I'm not sure that my washing machine or mobile 'phone is responsible for affecting an area of perhaps tens or hundreds of square miles, let alone for a couple of hours at a time... there's clearly an unpublished transmitter issue or a more widespread EMF interference issue if the reports I'm seeing are all true.
I was merely pointing it out for the benefit of other people in case other folks are scratching their heads at a sudden fault on these channels. It may be relevant.
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Bagpuss: OK. If you don't wish to solve YOUR reception issues, that's fine with me.
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011
DaveCheltenham
3:02 PM
Blakeney
3:02 PM
Blakeney
I tend to agree with Bagpuss Brian as I also referred to your helpful guide but to no avail.
Unfortunately, the problem has been more subtle and I certainly would have liked to solve my reception issues. Hears to the 20th April.
Regards
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DaveCheltenham's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
DaveCheltenham: I simply mean that trying to say that "more people than me have a problem" is no way to diagnose what the problem is.
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
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Robert Foster12:17 PM
Gloucester
£200 for an aerial now after April 20th
existing aerials will work again?
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Robert's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Robert Foster: Yes, your existing aerial will provide the full Freeview service from 20th April, including Freeview HD.
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Monday, 28 February 2011
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 11:25 today to 11:28 today [BBC]
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RIDGE HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Off Air from 11:25 today to 11:28 today [BBC]
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CheltGeorge6:10 PM
Hi, Im in Cheltenham and top floor of 3 storey flats - using an indoor aerial in a direct line of sight to the Ridge Hill transmitter.
I get perfect Freeview with full signal strength and quality on all channels. Bearing this in mind, am I likely to have any issues receiving Freeview HD in April (don't want to pay out for a decoder unnecessarily!)
Thanks
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