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, 5 October 2014
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DavidB12:20 PM
Cheltenham
The EPG on my Sony RDR-HX970 recorder has lost all BBC channels in the past few days. All other channels are showing normally, and the EPGs are fully poopulated on two (Panasonic) TVs connected to the same aerial - one of which gets its signal via a pass-through socket on the recorder. And yes, I've cleared and re-scanned the tuning.
Any ideas, anybody?
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Trefor Owen6:52 PM
Leominster
DavidB: I have experienced the identical problem with my Sony HXD870 recorder. In the past few days, I have lost the EPG to all BBC channels, which are all linked with the same BBCA Multiplex. Aerial is on the roof, and has been working fine for the past few years. The EPGs are fully populated on 2 Sony TVs connected to the same aerial. I have deleted and rescanned the tuning. Location is Leominster
Also, grateful for any help.
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KC8:04 PM
Dave Lindsay, responding to your question about overcoming the undesirable transmission competition. I would expect a standard solution to be incorporated in to the DVB standard for use during automatic re-tuning of a DVB receiver.
In my case, my PVR reports this table of tuned in frequencies:
Channel Frequency Strength Quality Network Mux Type Channels
21 474.0 MHz 60% 100% Gloucestershire COM4/SDN DVB-T(SD) 32
22 482.0 MHz 61% 100% Gloucestershire PSB3/BBC B DVB-T2(HD) 6
23 490.0 MHz 31% 100% West Midlands PSB2/D3&4 DVB-T(SD) 9
24 498.0 MHz 57% 100% Gloucestershire COM5/ARQ A DVB-T(SD) 32
25 506.0 MHz 61% 100% Gloucestershire PSB2/D3&4 DVB-T(SD) 9
26 514.0 MHz 33% 100% West Midlands PSB1/BBC A DVB-T(SD) 22
27 522.0 MHz 55% 100% Gloucestershire COM6/ARQ B DVB-T(SD) 29
28 530.0 MHz 61% 100% Gloucestershire PSB1/BBC A DVB-T(SD) 22
29 538.0 MHz 60% 100% Gloucestershire PSB2/D3&4 DVB-T(SD) 1
30 546.0 MHz 30% 100% West Midlands PSB3/BBC B DVB-T2(HD) 6
32 562.0 MHz 51% 100% Gloucestershire COM7/ARQ C DVB-T2(HD) 10
The undesirable ones received from the Wrekin have the "West Midlands" network id. Only the C23 and C26 instances cause me an issue because the automatic re-tuning (on both TV and PVR) see them before their (more preferred because of less noise) Ridge Hill brothers: i.e. PSB2/D3&4 on C25 and PSB1/BBC A on C28.
So arbitration logic based upon scanning for multiplexors and comparing their network and muliplexor id info, along with signal strength and quality (to me) does not seem beyond the processing capability of a DVB receiver's CPU.
The question should probably be: how big is this problem across the DVB user community? Including the bulk of users that never go passed automatically retuning their sets. Will changing the automatic re-tuning algorithm be cost effective?
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Monday, 6 October 2014
Dave Lindsay
11:45 PM
11:45 PM
KC: I believe that this is addressed with the latest DVB-T2 (Freeview HD) devices. I don't have a copy, but it's been discussed on here a while back about the "D Book" which carries requirements for Freeview equipment:
DTG :: The D-Book
One such requirement is, on completion of the automatic tuning scan, for the user to be presented with a choice of region/network in cases where more than one has been picked up. Does your receiver not have such a preference, either presented on completion of the scan or buried in the menu?
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014
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Ken H7:27 PM
Like David B and Trefor Owen, I have recently lost the BBC channels from my EPG on my Sony DVD Recorder. The channels are ok but I now have to record programmes manually.
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Saturday, 22 November 2014
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Grummpy4:34 PM
Cinderford
I know nothing of how TV works, but I'm not picking up any BBC channels all others are fine like ITV, normally I'd not be bothered & just turn it off till they come back which they normally do but today I want to watch the rugby AT HOME! So frustrating!
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Jonty587:15 PM
I have bbc channels but with major interference, have tried to retune etc, to no avail.
Can any one help. all other channels are working ok
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MikeB8:05 PM
Jonty58 & Grummpy : Whats your signal strength, and what transmitter are you actually tuned to? I know you think its Ridge Hill, but its could the TV has found something else...
Also try swapping out the aerial lead, does it make a difference?
Jony58 - a postcode would really help
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Jonty588:12 PM
MikeB:
G12 3NQ
Excellent signal strength but no quality have tried swapping leads to no effect
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Jonty588:13 PM
Nottingham
Sorry Nike Post code is NG12 3NQ
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