Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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._______
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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Saturday, 17 December 2016
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StevensOnln111:00 AM
Charles Turner: Try C38 as it isn't currently used by any UK transmitter.
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Sunday, 18 December 2016
MikeP
3:24 PM
3:24 PM
JeffR:
Please try Channel 38. That is not currently used by any transmitter and is well clear of the 4G transmissions that appear to be causing your problems.
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Sunday, 25 December 2016
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Graham Scott9:53 AM
I can't get BBC4 HD in Bognor Regis, my fairly new aerial fins are vertical as recommended by installers in this area, I receive your other HD channels fine and have tried retu i g, please advise, Happy New Year
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MikeB11:45 AM
Graham Scott: Look at the top of the page = can you get the other channels on that mux? Check you signal strength - that mux is on much lower power than BBC1 HD, etc.
' I receive your other HD channels fine '. 'Your' channels? This website has nothing to do with any broadcasters...
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ColinK6:59 PM
Actually if Graham Scott's aerial is Vertically polarized as he says then he won't get any channels on COM7 as it's Horizontal polarization only.
That's his problem I would guess.
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Thursday, 29 December 2016
MikeP
4:20 PM
4:20 PM
Ray Bates:
No it's not! But your reception my be suffering from the current weather patterns causing problems.
DO NOT RETUNE.
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MikeP: Cannot get any channels from COM 4 or 5 so no ITV3' Drama, Dave, Food Channel still cetera
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Friday, 30 December 2016
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Ed Hopper11:01 AM
Winchester
Hi,Can anyone please shed some light on an occurrence last night 29th December.I was watching an hour long programme on channel 66 CBS reality Freeview from 10 pm to 11pm.At about ten minutes from the end reception stopped and a message appeared about channel not tuned then some distorted sound and programme returned for approx. 30 seconds only to disappear again.On delving into the tv settings got no signal against this particular channel and it did not return.Other channels unaffected.I receive my freeview signal from Rowridge via a rooftop aerial to a sony bravia tv.I have a mobile phone mast and a railway line near where I live plus of course the recent freezing fog weather conditions.This morning I have done a check on channel 66 and reception is good and in tv settings signal is high.I would appreciate any input into this matter as I am mystified and of course frustrated at missing the denoument of the programme.
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Ed's: mapE's Freeview map terrainE's terrain plot wavesE's frequency data E's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB5:54 PM
Ed Hopper: The signal can vary a bit on any mux - just watch the signal strength/quality on your TV for a while. But 'no signal' means just that - and thats almost certainly because your aerial system is up the spout. CBS is on a relatively low power mux, and its likely thats going to show up a problem first, even if not all the time. Look at the power for the other muxes - they should be 75% to be perfect - they might be much lower than that, but still hanging on.
Weather makes a difference - wet weather might mean moisture in the system, which can kill the signal - but dries out, and its ok again. And always check the aerial lead - might just have come lose.
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