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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter._______
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
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 6 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 yesterday to 12:56 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 yesterday to 08:13 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 on 05 Feb to 12:56 on 05 Feb. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 on 05 Feb to 15:29 on 05 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 on 05 Feb to 12:56 on 05 Feb. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 on 05 Feb to 08:13 on 05 Feb, BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 on 05 Feb to 15:29 on 05 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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Friday, 13 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:10 today to 07:16 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:10 today to 07:17 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 14 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:10 yesterday to 07:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:10 yesterday to 07:17 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 15 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:10 on 13 Feb to 07:16 on 13 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:10 on 13 Feb to 07:17 on 13 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 02:39 yesterday to 11:22 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:30 yesterday to 02:39 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 01:30 yesterday to 02:39 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 01:30 yesterday to [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 02:39 on 31 Mar to 11:22 on 31 Mar, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 01:30 on 31 Mar to 02:39 on 31 Mar. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 01:30 on 31 Mar to 02:39 on 31 Mar, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 01:30 on 31 Mar to [BBC]
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Monday, 1 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - MainPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 10:18 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today. [BBC] MainPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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