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 04/12/2023 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 withheldFriday, 9 March 2018
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MikeB10:27 PM
Richard Baylis: Could you put your postcode into a reply - because I'm slightly surprised that you'd totally lose those channels, unless your signal was very marginal. Have you checked your system?
And of course if you do want a more reliable reception and all HD channels on Freeview, then Freesat would be an effective way to get that, with possibly a minimal outlay, depending on what equipement you already have.
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Monday, 12 March 2018
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MarkO12:20 AM
I receive my Freeview TV from Ridge Hill and I too have lost out on the COM7 and COM8 multiplexes as a result of the frequency move. However I have two television sets connected to the same antenna, one of them receives a perfect signal on C55/C56 and I get BBC Four HD, BBC News HD perfectly. The other television set shows zero signal strength. This implies to me that the change has involved not just a change in frequencies but also a change in the modulation of the signal - one of my sets can cope, the other cannot. Can anyone shed any light on whether a new modulation is being used on C55/C56 from Ridge Hill?
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018
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StevensOnln112:00 AM
MarkO: The only change that has been made to COM7/8 from Ridge Hill is the frequency that each multiplex is broadcast on. Both still use the same DVB-T2 modulation that they have used since launch. Does your second TV pick up COM7/8 if you swap it with the TV that is able to receive them?
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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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Dave11:20 AM
I also have lost com6 and com7 from ridge hill. My postcode is Gl526yz , aerial on post above roof and I got these channels until recently.. what is going on.?
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StevensOnln16:09 PM
Dave: I assume you mean COM7 & COM8 (there have been no changes to COM6 at Ridge Hill). Have you retuned since the frequency change on 1st March?
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Friday, 16 March 2018
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GrahamS5:21 PM
Worcester
Hi
I have also got problems with Com7 & Com8 following the change of channels from Ridge Hill to 55 & 56. My Sony TV refuses to show any signal at all whilst my Panasonic Freeview HD recorder shows perfect signal strength & quality as does the Samsung TV in the kitchen. Since my postcode is WR8 9JJ my main TX is Malvern and I use a seperate aerial & amplifier for Ridge Hill through a diplexer (rewired to reflect the frequency changes). Prior to the channel changes I had a perfect signal on Com7 & Com8.
I was beginning to pull my hair out in trying to understand why some TVs can't pick up the signals whilst others can - I'm relieved to find I'm not alone!
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GrahamS's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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js5:28 PM
Richard Sutton: I dimly remembered this:
"when I do a manual scan on mux 29, all three devices only show one TV channel on mux 29 which is ITV"
Which Freeview channels does the Ridge Hill transmitter broadcast?
Now with Com78 National we see this odd D3&4:
D3&4
ONID.TSID = 233A.201D
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
--- 204C 01 ITV
)
with only ITV on it!
My dump of the Com78 National network: All of the free TV channels on PGSTART790 in the UK
jb38 linked to this: Freeview HD channel list | British Isles
Perhaps even stranger, there is full EIT for ITV3 on this multiplex even though ITV3 isn't in the SDT.
Here's the EITpf:
noname2066, Fri 16 Mar 15:15 - 15:45 : Coronation Street
Sally doesn't like the way Gina flirts with Kevin. The Websters have a phone installed at No.13. Curly decides to let Shirley have the flat. [S]
DVB subtitles (normal) with no monitor aspect ratio criticality (eng)
MPEG-2 video, 4:3 aspect ratio, 25 Hz (und)
MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio, stereo (2 channel) (eng)
crid = /1001337753, Type : 31 (item), crid = /264704183, Type : 32 (series)
eventID = 9862, RST = 4, ONID.TSID.SID = 233A.201D.2066
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Saturday, 17 March 2018
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Barry Sharples1:39 PM
Assuming that the main BBC and commercial channels will eventually reappear on the Ridge Hill transmitter, has anyone got news on whether BBC 4 HD and Al Jazeera HD will ever return. They were on COM 7 and COM 8 which are now gone. I am living in Ledbury.
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Barry Sharples1:45 PM
I meant to say the main BBC and commercial HD channels. The standard digital channels are working.
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StevensOnln15:09 PM
Barry Sharples: COM7 & COM8 haven't disappeared from Ridge Hill, they moved frequency on 1st March and are now on UHF channels 55 & 56 so you will need to retune.
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