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 withheldSunday, 10 April 2011
DaveCheltenham
4:33 PM
4:33 PM
Becky - It may be that the signal is too strong as it is now 10 times the power it was on multiplex channel 53. The other point and most likely, is that like one of my early Freeview boxes, it cannot receive the QAM 64 8K mode which is now the standard for high power DVB-T so I have thrown it out. If this is the case, all the other channels will disappear on the 20th April. BBC 3 and 4 plus the BBC radio channels are still being transmitted on multiplex channel 63 until the 20th April. Hope this helps?
Regards
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Dale chaplin10:26 PM
Gloucester
My post code is GL4 8DA. I have been able to recieve Freeview for quite a long time although the "post code lottery" for most of that time said I would be unable to get a signal. I believe that I am recieving Sutton Coalfield even though I am closer to Ridge Hill. How can I tell where my signal is comming from?
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Monday, 11 April 2011
Dale chaplin: If you still have BBC TWO on analogue, then it's Ridge Hill, otherwise it's the Sutton Coldfield transmitter
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DaveCheltenham: Sorry to be picky, but BBC three has never been carried on Multiplex B, always 1.
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becky williams: First check the box is not on the "won't work" list - TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
If you have a booster or amplifier, remove it from your system.
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DaveCheltenham
9:01 AM
Cheltenham
9:01 AM
Cheltenham
Brian - Of course you are right about BBC 3; I should have said CBeebies being on multiplex channel 63 not BBC 3.
Regards
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DaveCheltenham
9:13 AM
Cheltenham
9:13 AM
Cheltenham
Brian - You said "If you still have BBC TWO on analogue, then it's Ridge Hill, otherwise it's the Sutton Coldfield transmitter". BBC TWO Analogue (Channel 28) closed down on Ridge Hill early morning of the 6th April. Is not the channel number a better way to tell as BBC TWO Sutton Coldfield is on channel 40?
Regards
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DaveCheltenham: The poster said there were two options, and only one is now broadcasting BBC TWO on analogue. No point overcomplicating matters, surely?
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Alan3:22 PM
ridge hill HD
ehen will i be able to get HD from ridge hill i get 128ch but no hd, tv has built in hd reciver.
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Dale Chaplin3:24 PM
Gloucester
Dave - Brian thanks for your comments. I still have BBC2 analogue on channel 40 so Sutton Coldfield it is! I think I will wait till Ridge Hill is on full power then try shifting my ariel and retuning to see if I can improve my reception. If no better I shall stay on Sutton Coldfield and hope for an even better signal in September.
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