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 withheldFriday, 7 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday to 12:44 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday to 12:44 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, Radi [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:08 PM
12:08 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 today, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today, Radio 3 F [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:08 PM
3:08 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today, Radio 3 F [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:08 PM
6:08 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 today to 14:40 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today to 14:42 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Sign [BBC]
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Saturday, 8 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to 14:42 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to 14 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:08 PM
6:08 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to 14:42 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep, Radi [BBC]
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Sunday, 9 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:08 AM
12:08 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 yesterday to 14:40 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to 14:42 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep, Radi [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 07 Sep to 14:40 on 07 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 07 Sep to 14:42 on 07 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 07 Sep to 14 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:08 PM
12:08 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 07 Sep to 14:40 on 07 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 07 Sep to 14:42 on 07 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep, Radi [BBC]
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Monday, 10 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:08 AM
12:08 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:11 on 06 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:03 on 07 Sep to 14:40 on 07 Sep. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 07 Sep to 14:42 on 07 Sep, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 07 Sep to 14 [BBC]
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