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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) mast?
Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 withheldSunday, 29 September 2013
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carolb8:21 PM
Abergavenny
Over the last 5 weeks our reception has been getting worse, we have retuned checked our roof ariel, when we retune it says Gloucestershire not ridge hill which is where we have always had reception, we have always had good reception until recently. Our postcode is NP7 8HL, there is obviously something wrong with the signal strength or something interfering with the signal reception. There have been wifi masts put up in the Grosmont area recently could these be interfering with the signal!
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carolb's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
I have had around 30 phone calls over the weekend about signal problems. I live and work in between the Ridge Hill and Mendip transmitters (the latter is having engineering works carried out!)
If so many people are having the same problem it can be only one of 2 things.
1. The transmitter is faulty (engineering works etc) this isn't showing on this site or any other but it's still a possibility
2. Atmospherics. High pressure is usually the one to blame. Loft aerials and aerials that feed amplifiers seem to be the most susceptible as the use-able input signal from the aerial is usually lower than the noise that is generated by the high pressure. Any amplifier will then amplify the noise and make it even worse!
The Ridge Hill transmitter will come up as the Gloucestershire transmitter as that is what it is the regional news is Central which covers most of the Gloucestershire area as well as others.
Andy
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Monday, 30 September 2013
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Justyn Surrall11:16 AM
BBC Hereford and Worcester. We are looking for someone from the county who is having difficulty with their TV signal. Give Justyn a call on 01432 337 273
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C Dukes1:29 PM
Is this to say that BBC H&W know something we don't?
I can't believe that such widespread issues for such a period of time can be anything other than transmitter issues - yes, we've all had the odd weather disruption before, but not for such an extended period of time.
We had better reception in HR6 last night, but it's still not right. We have basically given up on watching TV in the evenings, as signal is currently so poor. Most of the time there is no signal at all, and when the TV does manage to get a signal, it's so poor that the TV is completely unwatchable.
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Betty4:47 PM
Hereford
thank you Andrew for the info on Ridge Hill/Gloucestershire. Our TV seems ok at the moment, but cannot get any channels between 88/169 so no101/104 so there still seems to be a problem there.
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Betty's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
C Dukes: I understand your thinking but this is not the first time this has happened. In the Forest of Dean we had several days over the summer where people had intermittent freeview signal. Last summer was even worse!
Google the Inversion effect (you will probably come back here as Brian has done a whole page dedicated to it!)
Back in the analogue days you had days where the picture would be a bit fuzzier than normal, or you would get ghosting of another channel under your normal picture. It is the same thing only now I am afraid that you can not just watch through the haze, the picture is obliterated due to the noise being "louder" than the signal that you wish to receive.
As I said before, do not rule out that there could be a fault with the transmitter but most of the people I have spoken to in the last 2 days have reported that all faults have disappeared. I checked the pressure charts and they are all back to normal.
If you still have problems then possibly get someone to come and have a look at your aerial system as it could be that even a small change in weather is pushing your signal over the digital cliff edge!
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Sunday, 13 October 2013
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Phil10:46 PM
Cheltenham
Hi, I'm in GL51 0QJ and Youview is missing all channels on COM 5 & 6 . Channels on COM4 are weak (40% signal quality) too. Youview only let's me retune to ' Gloucestershire Central', which I assume is Ridge Hill, or 'Gloucestershire West'. Any ideas ?
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 14 October 2013
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andrewp9:11 PM
Phil - editorially on ITV Gloucestershire is covered by West, whereas Central covers the Midlands, so it's West you want.
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Saturday, 30 November 2013
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bernard hunt3:10 PM
i notice that you have omitted itv-1 west on channel 29 from ridge hill . the coverage is approx' the same as itv-1 central as it is also transmitted at 20 kw. this is a direct relay from mendip.
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