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?
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 withheldMonday, 29 May 2023
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Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 5 June 2023
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Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/06/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 June 2023
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Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 22 June 2023
TV lost signal for 2 days now ridge hill showing planned engineering works when will these be complete ? and signal restored ?
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Chris.SE1:59 PM
kevin bond:
Arqiva never state how long particular works may take or what is involved.
It is highly unlikely that there is no signal otherwise there would be thousands of complaints around various forums.
Also, there has been some quite variable weather related Tropospheric Ducting in recent days which can affect reception because of interference being received from more distant transmitters in Europe or the UK - not all multiplexes are necessarily affected, but this isn't normally sustained for any lengthy periods, nor is there normally any lengthy interruptions to transmission during engineering and even if they are on reduced power for a while, or the reserve antenna are being used you should still be receiving signals unless you are in a weaker signal area.
As you haven't provided a full postcode we can't advise or comment on that.
Did you perchance Retune at any point when you may have had no signal for a short while either due to Interference or Engineering? If so this very often clears your correct tuning. It's not advised to retune when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures if you were initially correctly tuned.
If you did, and you don't know if your tuning has been cleared, your best best will be to do a Manual tune for Ridge Hill's UHF channels.
They are C28, C25, C22, C21, C24, & C27 that's in multiplex order -
BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6
If perchance you want the West ITV Local news instead of Central you need to tune C29.
All the above assumes that you've checked all your coax plugs are plugged in, no power loss to any amps/splitters and your aerial hasn't fallen down etc. these are obvious things to do.
It's always worth checking with a very near neighbour if they have lost signal (and NOT retuned).
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Friday, 30 June 2023
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Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/06/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 2 July 2023
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B Booker 9:20 AM
Transmitter engineering: Hi, I have been experiencing tv picture freezing , pixelation for a week or so, at first I assumed it was down to weather but now think the ridge hill work may be responsible. How much longer is it likely to last?
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Chris.SE1:53 PM
B Booker :
You are right about the weather, there has been some quite variable weather related Tropospheric Ducting recently which can affect reception because of interference being received from more distant transmitters in Europe or the UK - not all multiplexes are necessarily affected, but this isn't normally sustained for any lengthy periods, but that should have now pretty much disappeared for the time being.
As far as transmitter maintenance goes, Arqiva never say how long such work will last or what it entails, some of which can be weather dependent. It looks as though it is still listed for next week. Typically we've noticed that such work on Main transmitters in recent time has taken around 4 weeks. But unless transmission is all being done from the reserve antenna at present you should not have continuous problems.
As you haven't given a full postcode we can''t advise how good a signal you'd normally get, if you are in a weaker signal area this won't help.
Obviously check all you coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads can be a common problem, try swapping them.
See what signal strengths (if any) and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section, this might indicate potential issues with your aerial or downlead.
If you have a distribution amp/splitter, check that it still has power and check the connections to it.
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Monday, 3 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:07 AM
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Ridge Hill transmitter - Ridge Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 03/07/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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