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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

50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W

PO30 4HT

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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?

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.

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 17 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	320m	DTG-3	200,000W 200,000W
	3 ITV (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 14 More4, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 24 ITV4 +1, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast),
PSB3 BBCB	V max H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	320m	DTG-6	200,000W 200,000W
	45 Film4 +1, 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
	10 ITV3, 20 Drama, 21 5 USA, 26 ITV Be, 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5STAR, 34 ITV3 +1, 37 Quest, 44 Channel 5 +1, 54 My5, 58 ITV Be +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 61 True Entertainment, 63 Blaze, 66 CBS Reality, 70 Horror Channel, 80 Blaze +1, 92 Quest +1, 203 CITV, plus 19 others
COM5 ArqA	H -6dB V -6dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	11 pick, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4 +1, 32 Sony Movie Ch, 38 Quest Red, 41 Food Network, 46 Challenge, 48 Movies4Men, 68 truTV, 69 Tru TV +1, 72 YourTV, 233 Sky News, plus 12 others
COM6 ArqB	H -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 25 Home, 31 Spike, 39 CBS Action, 42 Travel Channel, 47 4seven, 71 CBS Drama, 73 YourTV +1, 79 Dave ja vu, 88 Quest Red +1, plus 22 others
LSO	H -13dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,
com7	H -9.1dB	C31 (554.0MHz)	320m	DTG-6	24,400W
	56 5USA +1, 57 VIVA, 64 CBS Action +1, 67 CBS Reality +1, 81 Talking Pictures TV, 82 Vintage TV, 87 Keep It Country, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC News HD, 108 Al Jazeera Eng HD, 109 Channel 4+1 HD, 110 4seven HD, 113 RT HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others Rishtey,
com8	H -10.4dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	320m	DTG-6	18,400W
	Community Channel, Front Runner, 55 5STAR+1, 86 More4 1, 95 Freesports, 115 BT Showcase HD (not free), plus 4 others

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
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 24km north-northeast
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?

Portsmouth Docks

Transposer

2 km N city centre

50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

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	30th Jun 2018-
	aerial group	VHF	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K	A K
	C3	BBCtv
	C21		C4	C4	C4	+BBCB	+BBCB	+BBCB	BBCA
	C22					+ArqA	+ArqA	+ArqA	D3+4
	C24		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA	BBCB
	C25					SDN	SDN	SDN	SDN
	C27		ITV	ITV	ITV	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4	ArqA
	C28				+B	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C29							LSO
	C30				-A
600	C31		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1			com7
	C32				+2
	C33				+D
	C34				1
	C37				+C			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

Other local maps

Rowridge Freeview Rowridge DAB Rowridge AM/FM Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region) DAB in Isle Of Wight AM/FM in Isle Of Wight

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?

MikeP
10:35 AM

Peter Ball:

The symptoms you describe are a classic indication that the PVR has a fault and needs internal attention. Alternatively, it may need to be replaced.

But try disconnecting it from the supply for at least five minutes. Then plkug in again and wait a further five minutes to let reset completely. Then try turning it on and checking its response.

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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM

- : HD TV Off Air from 14:35 today to 15:05 today, HD Digital TV Wrong from 15:05 today to 15:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:35 today to 15:05 today, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:05 today to 15:37 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM

- : HD TV Off Air from 14:35 to 15:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong from 15:05 yesterday to 15:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:35 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:05 yesterday to [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM

- : HD TV Wrong from 15:05 to 15:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:35 yesterday to 15:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:05 yesterday to 15:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:35 yesterday to [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
5:34 AM

- : HD TV Off Air from 14:35 on 30 Aug to 15:05 on 30 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong from 15:05 on 30 Aug to 15:37 on 30 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:35 on 30 Aug to 15:05 on 30 Aug, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 15:05 on 30 Aug to [BBC]

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Peter Ball
9:48 AM

MikeP:
de Peter Ball
Thanks for the reply Mike.
I switched off, as you suggested, did a full retune and deleted the that I would not wish to view.
So far the response time is back to normal and at least two programmes have recorded as I selected in the guide.
The PVR had been behaving itself upto the time I did the previous retune which made me suspicious it was the retune that was at fault. So many useless channels these days.
Kind regards

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MikeP
10:43 AM

Peter Ball:

Glad it's all working properly again.

A retune will never affect the PVRs ability to record unless the is not available because of either an fault, quite common, or a 'lock up' of the PVR. The process of switching off, waiting 5 minutes and switching back on forces the PVR electronics to restart and usually, but not always, clears such faults. If the supply in the PVR has developed problems the fault could occur again. That would then suggest a replacement would be needed.

You do not ned to delete any , even if you never watch them. Having 'unwanted' channels does not affect the way the device works and merelt serves to confuse the software system as it expects to have a full listing of the available channels. If there are channels you don't watch then don't select them on the remote. No matter what you do, they will always appear in the channel guides, but if you delete them you will never know what programmes they were offering thast some of your visitors might want to watch.

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