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, 3 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 12:28 today to 13:44 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:41 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:41 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:41 today, Radio [BBC] MainPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 4 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 12:28 yesterday to 13:44 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 yesterday to 13:41 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 yesterday to 13:41 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 yes [BBC] MainPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 5 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 12:28 on 03 Jun to 13:44 on 03 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 on 03 Jun to 13:41 on 03 Jun, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 on 03 Jun to 13:41 on 03 Jun, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 12:40 on [BBC] MainPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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keith adams10:10 PM
Stourbridge
our freeview reception has become poor over the last week or so. our address is 27, kidderminster road, hagley, DY9 0PZ. have retuned etc. but problems persist. your comment/advice would be appreciated. is ridge hill transmitter ok?
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keith's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dave Lindsay
10:14 PM
10:14 PM
keith adams: Digital UK publishes details of engineering works here:
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works
There are works at Ridge Hill so I suggest that you do nothing until these are complete.
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Sunday, 7 June 2015
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Keith Blackham3:51 PM
For the past 2 weeks TV reception has been extremely poor and I can now only receive 9 channels of very indifferent quality. The TV aerial has been dismantled, checked and reinstalled. Also, the signal amplifier has been replaced and all TV's retuned but to no avail.
Currently no BBC coverage + many more. What is the solution?
Kind regards.
BBC licence payer
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MikeB5:55 PM
Keith Blackham: you havn't included a postcode, so we have no idea of your location, and thus the sort of signal you should get. However, the transmitter seems fine, so its almost certainly your system.
You've had the Tv aerial dismantled and reinstalled. Did this include all the cabling? A poor signal is normally down to a broken or frayed connection, corrosion, moisture, etc. You've had the booster replaced, so that not it. Did you check the fly lead from the socket to the TV? A classic is the cable coming loose or falling out, or perhaps just being faulty.
And the other thing to check is are you actually tuned to the transmitter you think you are? Plenty of people will naturally try to trtune when they get a poor signal. Of course that retuning might mean they lose the original transmitter, and end up with one far more distant, but with a lower channel no., which means it gets picked up first. Check with the transmitter details that BBC1 etc is actually on Channel 28, etc. If its not, your tuned into the wrong station, hence your problem, even though the original fault might have been fixed.
BTW - paying your licence fee doesn't guarantee you can get decent reception, thats down to geography, physics and equipment.
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keith Blackham8:34 PM
Bromsgrove
Further to previous, I reside at B61 9LW and the internal cables are 2- 3 years old together with the aerial. Up to 2 weeks ago all was fine the a full range of channels available.
As you willl note I am not the only complainant in the locality.
Your urgent assistance would be appreciated.
Kind regards
Keith Blackham
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Dave Lindsay
8:55 PM
8:55 PM
keith Blackham: Silly question: Why are you using (or trying to use) Ridge Hill rather than Bromsgrove?
At just under 1 mile away, you would appear to have clear line-of-sight to Bromsgrove:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
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MikeB9:36 PM
Dave Lindsay: Looking at that plot, I'm also wondering why a booster would be needed! Or possibly even an aerial...
Keith Blackham: Remember that the Ridge Hill transmitter covers a large number of homes, so its not unusual to have several people complaining of poor reception.Even if 99.9 percent of people in an area have perfect reception, there will always be some people with a problem. But in the case of both you and Keith Adams, its far more likely to be issues with your system, rather than the transmitter.
Could you check which transmitter your actually on, and what mux's your getting. It might be that your picking up a transmitter much further away, especially if you've got a booster.
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