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 27/11/2023 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
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Friday, 22 November 2013
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andrew burroughs8:35 PM
Ventnor
I live in south Isle of Wight and can see clearly the lights of Rowridge. But anything on channel 25 is not available. The tuner doesn't even pick it up. Other channels are v strong. I have three tvs, one withmasthead amplified aerial (shouldn't need it !),other 2 are indoor variable gain.
Why is channel 25 so weak - the stats on signal strength don't suggest this, but I am due south of the transmitter.
Anything obvious ?
House is PO382LP
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Saturday, 23 November 2013
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Steve Baker9:53 AM
So the Rowridge VP COM7/8 mystery continues.
I suppose all will become clear in January, so fingers crossed VP is included.
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andrew burroughs: It is the case that the COM channels provide inferior coverage to that of the PSBs.
One of your neighbours reported that he could not receive C28, even with vertical polarisation:
Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Unfortunately the powers that be won't release the radiation patterns - these show how the transmitter throws out the signal in each direction. My suspicion is that the COM channels from Rowridge are directional with little or nothing to the south, whereas the PSBs are not. If this is the case then it is an example of where the COM channels are inferior in coverage terms.
It may be that the COM channel antennas don't point in your direction and that the "bits" of signal you are getting are off the back or edge of them. With that in mind, it is to be expected that the way in which these "bits" are scattered may vary by channel (frequency).
You can try turning your aerial for vertical polarisation, but this didn't help for Colin up the road.
Rowridge broadcasts horizontally and vertically (this being unique among the main stations). The PSBs are 200kW horizontally and vertically whereas the COMs are 50kW horizontally and 200kW vertically. A wideband aerial is not needed for Rowridge. Yagi widebands aren't as good on Group A channels, which Rowridge uses exclusively. If a yagi aerial is used it should be a Group A one.
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STEVE po8 9uw
Im am local to you and know your location well.
Reception in this area is very good, not likely to be too strong unless you have an amplifier on the system.
The issue is not the transmitter or anything to do with you paying a license fee.
The issue must be with your system or equipment.
regards
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jamie's: ...
VP COMS 7 & 8
Digital uk has recently investigate for me wether or not coms 7 & 8 will be on both HP and VP
They have confirmed that they will be solely transmitter on HP at the time of launch using 25kw power (not very good lol)
With this low strength transmission it will only reach upto 70% of properties currently using Rowridge
I would stick with VP and sacrifice the change of receiving these extra coms as VP is far superior to the HP reception.
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Monday, 25 November 2013
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Linda5:25 PM
Hello. My postcode is BH6 4AE and my aerial is on my flat roof. This past week I have had freeview reception only 3 days out of seven and it is very frustrating! I keep retuning and searching for channels and nothing is being found. I have been told reception is generally bad in this area. I have been here 4 years and it has never been this intermittent. (50.7208,-1.7973)
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Hi Linda:
If the TV picture was good before the wind then It sound like the wind has moved the aerial.
I can come out to you free of charge and have a look for you to see what the problem is.
If you would like this to happen please contact me through my website or on Check A trade under UFO Aerials.
Kind regards,
John
UFO Aerials
07885 300160
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Saturday, 7 December 2013
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David Cromwell9:13 AM
Southampton
Does anyone in Southampton use Freeview HD? BBC One HD is on Freeview 101 and BBC Two HD is on Freeview 102 but I'm not picking them up. I've tried retuning our TV (which is "fully HD") using 'autoscan channels' in the settings menu, but it's not downloading any of the Freeview HD channels. According to the Freeview website, the HD channels *should* be available in my postcode. I phoned the Freeview helpline last week and they said there is currently engineering work going on at our local area's transmitter - Rowridge (Isle of Wight). That *could* be the problem. However, I've tried retuning the TV several times in the past couple of months and have *never* been able to access the HD channels. Does my antenna orientation need to be altered to pick up HD? Perhaps it needs switching from horizontal to vertical polarisation (or vice versa?). If so, can anyone recommend a good, inexpensive local TV engineer, please?
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jb389:44 AM
David Cromwell: According to DUK no engineering work is taking place at the Rowridge transmitter and as such there isn't any reason why you should not be receiving an HD signal, therefore in order to double check that your TV is indeed fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner this can be checked out if you supply the model number of the device in question.
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David Cromwell11:36 AM
Southampton
Thank you, jb38.
It's an LED TV made by LG
Model number: 32LN5400
A phone call to the LG helpline had already confirmed it is "fully HD" and should be able to receive Freeview HD channels.
Best wishes, David
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