Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W

PO30 4HT

The symbol shows the location of the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 620,000 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 Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	320m	DTG-3	200,000W 200,000W
	1 BBC One South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 12 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	320m	DTG-3	200,000W 200,000W
	E4, 3 ITV (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast), 73 Sewing Quarter,
PSB3 BBCB	V max H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	320m	DTG-6	200,000W 200,000W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD,
COM4 SDN	H -6dB V -6dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5 USA, 30 5STAR, 37 Quest, 54 5SELECT, 57 Paramount Network, 61 True Entertainment, 63 Blaze, 66 CBS Reality, 70 Horror Channel, 80 Blaze +1, 203 CITV, 211 Ketchup TV, plus 17 others
COM5 ArqA	H -6dB V -6dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	11 pick, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 32 Sony Movie Ch, 38 Quest Red, 41 Food Network, 46 Challenge, 48 Movies4Men, 72 YourTV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 25 Home, 31 5Spike, 39 CBS Action, 42 Travel Channel, 47 4seven, 62 True Christmas, 71 CBS Drama, 79 Dave ja vu, plus 19 others
LSO	H -13dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,
com7	H -9.1dB	C55 (746.0MHz)	320m	DTG-6	24,400W
	67 CBS Reality 1, 82 Vintage TV, 87 Keep It Country, 107 BBC News HD, 109 Channel 4+1 HD, 110 4seven HD, 113 RT HD, plus 2 others
com8	H -10.4dB	C56 (754.0MHz)	320m	DTG-6	18,400W
	55 5STAR+1, 64 CBS Action +1, 64 Freesports, 86 More4+1, 86 More4 1, 88 NOW 80s, 93 Together, 94 PBS America, 96 Forces TV, 106 BBC Four HD, 115 BT Showcase HD (not free), 205 CBeebies HD, plus 2 others 111 QVC HD, 112 QVC Beauty HD,

DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Rowridge transmitter?

BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 24km north-northeast (20°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

Are there any self-help relays?

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How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	years	1950s~85	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2013-18	2013-17	2nd May 2018
	aerial group	VHF	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	W
	C3	BBCtv
	C21		C4	C4	C4	+BBCB	+BBCB	+BBCB	BBCB
	C22					+ArqA	+ArqA	+ArqA	ArqA
	C24		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
	C25					SDN	SDN	SDN	SDN
	C27		ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
	C28				+B	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C29							LSO	LSO
	C30				-A
600	C31		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1			com7
	C32				+2
	C33				+D
	C34				1
	C37				+C			com8	_local
700	C55								com7
	C56								com8

orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th March and 21st March 2012.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	500kW
PSB1\|\|, PSB1≡, PSB2\|\|, PSB2≡, PSB3\|\|, PSB3≡	(-4dB) 200kW
COM4≡, COM4\|\|, COM5≡, COM5\|\|, COM6≡, COM6\|\|	(-10dB) 50kW
com7≡	(-13.1dB) 24.4kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-14dB) 20kW
com8≡	(-14.3dB) 18.4kW
LSO≡	(-17dB) 10kW

Local transmitter maps

Rowridge Freeview Rowridge DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Rob James
12:18 PM Bognor Regis

Dear ,

I live in PO21 3AQ and have a vertically polarised high pointed at . I get Sony Crime +1 on 60 on two Sony TVs reliably. I cannot get it on a Panasonic. All the other expected are present. I've cleared the by restoring to pre-delivery and retuned several times.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Rob

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R Murchie
12:16 PM

Rob James: According to the DigitalUK coverage checker your postcode receives a poor across the board, particularly the local () which I believe carries 60, although at very low power, and no improvements planned through to 2020. It also says that does not transmit this multiplex at all on vertical polarisation so you could try horizontal, although this may compromise on other .

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Jeff Davey
10:42 AM

Good morning.
I think you need to update your info :0)
Mux Com 7 and Mux Com 8 are now broad cast UHF 55 and 56 (Hor Pol')
Loc TV Mux UHF 37.
Kind Regards
Jeff Davey ABC Systems Ltd (CAI+ C1209)

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MikeP
2:24 PM

Jeff Davey:

Once again we contributors have to state that only the owner of this website can update the information and he has not been available for some months.

If you want details of your local , please use the UK Coverage Checker and enter you house number and post code in full.

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Valerie Davies
2:02 PM

Why can't I get pbs 94 on ROWBRIDGE I.o.w. BH188LS

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steveP
10:22 AM

I have had almost 20 emails notifying me of this post

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Andrew Cherowbrier
9:47 AM Poole

I live in BH17 8PZ and have tuned to . with vanes set horizontally .
I can get Rowridge ( many more than Poole) inc HD, though some (eg ) are weak at times.

I am now (28/12/2018) trying to get " 96" which I understand to be from MUX com8 channel 56 at max , which I also understand to be at max power and gives a good even as far as , but my Humax tuner cannot find any channels on it .

I don't understand why not. Can I do anything about it?

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StevensOnln1
12:10 PM

Andrew Cherowbrier: Please provide a full postcode so that we can see your predicted coverage at your location. Do you get any of the other COM8 such as or ?

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