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 04/12/2023 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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Saturday, 7 December 2013
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jb381:19 PM
David Cromwell: Apologies for the delay in replying, the reason for being that although I do have the manual for this set its unfortunately up to the standard of most LG manuals, insomuch of being totally ambiguous to the extent that it doesn't positively state that it can receive DVB-T2 transmissions, and although the LG customer service department may well have said that its fully HD capable this does not necessarily mean that its fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner which is necessary for HD reception, the term "fully HD" generally meaning that a device is capable of displaying a full HD image via an external device when coupled into its HDMI input sockets.
The other point being, that by the set being a discontinued model it makes it somewhat difficult to get bang up to date information, but going by the various comments made by people who own this model would strongly suggest that its simply a standard Freeview set and not one capable of receiving UK HD transmissions, this being backed up by what you have reported.
I will though make further enquiries.
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jamie stevens: Re your posting of Saturday 23 November 2013 4:46PM about COM7 and COM8 only being broadcast using HP: You really couldn't have this up!
What a total and utter shambles. Common sense told us that since switchover, aerials were better vertically polarised. Now some will find that they will either have to change back and others will have to decide whether they want COM7/8 *or* COM4/5/6.
The same question can apply to the Local Southampton multiplex, which according to Digital UK Coverage Checker, is only going to be HP.
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David Cromwell: The page for it on the LG website desribes it as "Freeview" rather than "Freeview HD":
LG 32LN5400 Televisions - 32 LED TV Full HD , INTELLIGENT SENSOR AND HDMI CONNECTIVITY. - LG Electronics UK
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jb386:00 PM
David Cromwell : If you open the link provided by Dave Lindsay then click on "view all 60 reviews" the review made on October 8th by user name: "snitch" on the bottom of page 12 confirms that this model is not fitted with a DVB-T2 HD tuner, the reviewer admitting to having made an incorrect assumption about the meaning of full HD and with LG having said that a Freeview HD box would be required for reception of HD programmes.
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David Cromwell7:09 PM
Southampton
Dave Lindsay & jb38: many thanks for your helpful explanatory comments. Much appreciated.
Best wishes, David
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB8:55 PM
David Cromwell: Its always wise to look at a TV, especially one at this price, to see if its actually Freeview HD.
I notice that a number of the customers had bought that model via Argos or Asda Direct, and often these places tend to feature the 'Full HD' part on their websites, without explaining what that actually means. The TV itself looks fine, and if you have an HD equiped recorder, then you should be fine using that for the HD (which is exactly what my parents do).
An excellent Smart LG 32in with Freeview HD and wifi would be the N575, which is currently available for £299.95.
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Sunday, 8 December 2013
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David Cromwell8:04 AM
Southampton
Thanks MikeB - good suggestion about using an HD equipped recorder. As you say, the LG TV is itself fine. Hadn't really thought in advance about Freeview HD but will be "fully" aware next time I replace our TV. :)
Thanks again everyone.
David
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 9 December 2013
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Steve Baker10:40 AM
If Rowridge VP isn't actually getting the new T2 COM muxes, why is the site still showing them as coming from Jan 2014?
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
STEVE BAKER
That is because this site is WRONG.
:)
Apparently I receive my signal from FINDON, lol, I can only see Rowridge from my location.
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jamie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 15 December 2013
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