Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) mast?
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
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.
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?
| 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?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2 May 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LSO | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | com7 | |||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| 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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
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
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Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Sky are updating software on stbs in October, this update will take away the option to turn off/on rf2.
Does anybody know if this will make the rf2 permanently ON or OFF??????
This could affect everyone that uses a magic eye!
regards
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
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Mel3:47 PM
Waterlooville
Hi, over the past week our freeview channels are saying no signal we live in po8 9uy. I have tried retuning it but still no signal. We only had a new digital aerial fitted a yr ago. Thanks
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MikeB4:55 PM
Mel: Firstly check your aerial - a broken connection, loose cable may be the problem.
Also look at the terrain plot for your postcode - there is a big something sticking up about 6km away from you between the transmitter and your location, which is possibly a problem. perhaps one of the reception gurus can add more.
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MEL.
Hi, I am an installer local to you and know your location well.
It is very good for reception, so there must be something wrong with either the aerial, the cabling, the tv or if the aerial feeds multiple rooms it could be the splitter/amp.
If you don't get a resolve and want a free assessment the please contact me.
I am an approved RDI installer.
regards
Jamie Stevens
Jays Cabling Services
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jb388:46 PM
Mel: Please also note that engineering works have been (and still are) taking place at the Rowridge transmitter over the last couple of weeks or so and which could result in the disruption of services, e.g: possible weak signals or breaks in transmission etc, and if anyone carries out a retune whilst any of those two possibilities mentioned are actually taking place then this is very likely to result in no signal being received.
It should also be pointed out, that if at any time selecting a programme channel results in a blank screen then you should resist the temptation to carry out a retune, as all that's achieved by "not" doing is the wiping out of everything already stored in the tuners memory, this then creating the situation whereby its necessary to carry out rescans in an attempt to recover the lost channels which would have returned of their own accord anyway.
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Friday, 13 September 2013
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simon field2:45 AM
I live in Broadstone Dorset BH18 and recently have been having trouble receiving Channels broadcast on the COM5 Mux. Regular auto scans to retune my TV Set (Samsung Smart TV) either don't pick up COM5 channels at all or if it does they are unwatchable. All other channels/Muxs are perfect. Is there an explanation for this please?
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Monday, 23 September 2013
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twyfry10:36 PM
Poor intermittent reception in SO21 tonight Mon 23/9, 9pm onwards.
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Derek11:00 PM
twyfry: Ditto here in DT10. Mendip is okay I think.
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013
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Nick8:44 AM
Noticed yesterday that intermittent reception on CH22/COM5/ArqA
Assume this to be engineering even though no updates for today. No channels at all today on CH22
Location - west of Worthing BN12
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Thursday, 26 September 2013
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Will1:20 AM
Does anyone know how long this engineering is going on for?
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