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 withheldWednesday, 19 October 2011
Ben: No work is listed at the moment, can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help?
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Saturday, 17 December 2011
Film 4 (channel 15) is on low power for last few days [December 13-17th], signal normally full is less than 1/2 that - haven't really checked other channels, Film4 is what I mostly watch
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Darin's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Darin: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice as there is no reduction in signal output on any service at the moment.
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Friday, 30 December 2011
Can't see anything to cause interference - still the same, Pretty far from the transmitter though & there's a sliver that is not covered just to the East of here according to the coverage map. Will just have to grin & bear it & see if it improves in 2012
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Darin's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Darin: You could try moving the aerial as you are predicted to get signals from Ridge Hill, Malvern and Lark Stoke.
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Monday, 23 January 2012
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Mike Pountney6:25 PM
Cheltenham
I seem to be getting a short interruption in transmission at about 18.15 every evening. Observed on ITV1 Channel 3 this evening (23/01/12) and also on 800 West previously. Switching problem???
Pcode GL53 9JJ
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Mike Pountney: No, see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012
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Rich7:45 PM
I have a Sagem freeview+ box and I recieve all the standard free view channels fine, but I am trying to get all the free HD channels too. Every automatic search does not pick them, so I have tried a manual search on channel 22 adjusting the Mhz to 482.2 Mhz as suggested above, and it still does not pick them up. My box tells me that it is using channel 28 with a 65% signal strength and a 98% signal quality from the Gloucestershire network. Should I be able to recieve them firstly? and secondly what do I have to do to recieve them please?
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jb388:40 PM
Rich: Although you mention that the box is Freeview+ model are you sure that its capable of HD reception? as Sagem makes both types, any doubts please give the model number involved.
The other point is, that although you say you are on the Gloucestershire network, where exactly? (pref: post code) as that would enable your reception possibilities to be checked on just in case HD is not as yet being transmitted in your area.
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jb389:11 PM
Rich: Just to say that without knowledge of your post code, if as it appears you are using Ridge Hill then there is no reason you should not be getting HD, that is unless as aforementioned your box is not capable of receiving it, verified by not seeing programme channel numbers 50 - 54 shown in the EPG list.
Have a look at the boxes specifications in your user manual, and if in the tuner section you only see DVB-T mentioned than its not an HD model, HD being DVB-T2.
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