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, 120 CBBC, 121 CBeebies, 130 BBC News, 131 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, 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, 123 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, 66 CBS Reality, 70 Horror Channel, 80 Blaze, 83 Blaze +1, 92 Quest +1, 122 CITV, plus 18 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, 132 Sky News, plus 12 others
COM6 ArqB	H -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	BT Showcase (not free), 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 25 Home, 31 Spike, 42 Travel Channel, 47 4seven, 64 CBS Action, 71 CBS Drama, 73 YourTV +1, 79 Dave ja vu, 90 Quest Red +1, plus 21 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, 67 CBS Reality +1, 74 CBS Action +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, 124 CBeebies HD, plus 2 others 77 Rishtey, 245 Planet Knowledge,
com8	H -10.4dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	320m	DTG-6	18,400W
	55 5STAR+1, 63 Community Channel, 86 More4 1, 91 Front Runner TV, 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?

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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?

Comments

Friday, 12 May 2017

MikeP
8:56 AM Trowbridge

Alphonso:

The original question I answered was about the of COM7. The BBC do not decide what the power of any is, as stated earlier that is a matter for Arqiva, and international agreements. Others here, MikeB and StevensOnln1 have explained the history of why BBC4 is on COM7. If there was available capacity on PSB3 then it is likely that BBC would use it for BBC4 but there is no spare capacity between 7 PM and midnight (or later) so they cannot provide the service they desire via that . Hence having to pay for use of COM7.

Note that COM7 and COM8 are due to cease in the next round of service allocations.

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Friday, 19 May 2017

Tony Hill
4:23 PM

My recommendation for all the Com7/BBC4 HD problems is to use - as I mainly do.

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Saturday, 20 May 2017

Transmitter engineering
2:35 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:26 today to 05:28 today. [BBC]

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Sunday, 21 May 2017

Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:26 to 05:28 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 22 May 2017

Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 05:26 on 20 May to 05:28 on 20 May. [BBC]

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Thursday, 15 June 2017

Transmitter engineering
2:33 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 11:31 today to 12:05 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:32 today to 12:06 today, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:31 today to 12:05 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:32 today to 12:06 today. FM: Rad [BBC]

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Friday, 16 June 2017

Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM

- : BBC TV Weak from 11:31 to 12:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:32 yesterday to 12:06 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:31 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:32 yeste [BBC]

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Saturday, 17 June 2017

Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM

- : BBC TV Weak from 11:31 on 15 Jun to 12:05 on 15 Jun, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:32 on 15 Jun to 12:06 on 15 Jun, BBC Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:31 on 15 Jun to 12:05 on 15 Jun, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 11:32 on 15 [BBC]

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Sunday, 18 June 2017

david lythe
10:17 PM

Why cant i get com7 ?

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Monday, 19 June 2017

MikeP
10:44 AM

David Lythe:

Can you get COM8 on 31? Plus, do you have a TV capable of receiving ?

If your response to either question is megative then you need a different TV or STB that is capable of recieving such. ( set are not equipped to get the DVB-T2 transmissions, but the display can show HD images.)

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