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.
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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Thursday, 12 January 2017
MikeP
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Kim:
In my many years of experience with both analogue and digital TV, the broadcasters have never announced anything about atmospheric conditions as that is not in their remit - it is a matter for weather forecasters such as the Met Office to report about. In the days of Ceefax/Teletext, booth BBC and ITV had pages reporting about transmitter issues and often included weather effects. Sadly, they got rid of what was a very useful service and replaced it with a very truncated attempt that had nothing about transmissions and conditions.
So the broadcasters are not being secretive at all. It is up to you, me and other viewers to do the research and then to understand the implications of the results.
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Friday, 13 January 2017
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Ed Hopper11:20 AM
Winchester
MikeB: Thanks for your response to my query on 30th December re channel 66 reception.Whatever caused this seems to be a one off as I've been monitoring ever since hence my late reply. All seems to be well,signal strengths high in varying weather conditions. I take your point about cbs 66 being on less power on the mux but but I am a regular user of others such as ch5+1which are on the same mux without problem.
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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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MikeB3:26 PM
Ed Hopper: You didn't give a signal strength for that mux, but you did say 'it was high in all weather conditions'. Check what that 'high' means. Usually, a 'no signal' means just that, but of course you can also overload the tuner - and the breakup/no signal can look much the same. Remember to thick about all the channels on that mux to be the same power - if your getting a problem with one, you should be getting a problem with them all.
If its way about 75%, then look at 'too much of a good thing'.
There is one more possibility - that your system has a lose connection somewhere, but its so small and so infrequent that its hardly noticed - it does happen! Good luck in getting to the bottom of the mystery!
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Sunday, 15 January 2017
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Michael King12:03 AM
Littlehampton
My aerial is mounted externally & above the roof line. My Post Code is BN16 4DH.
Tonight Saturday 14th Jan 17 whilst watching Channel 4 & 4HD @ between 21:00 & 23:30 the sound volume output or difference between levels of he Film being shown & the adverts was massively different.
I have a Samsung Smart TV 1 years old, Normally I would watch normal TV programmes with a Volume setting of 12 or maybe sometimes 15. Watching Films in recent month I have had to increase the volume to over 30. TONIGHT in order to listen to the film "Oblivion" on both 4 & 4HD I had to select sound volumes of over 55. When the adverts come on its simply deafening?
Q, Could you please advise what is wrong with the broadcasting of "Films" & their sound quality?
Thank you in anticipation.
Mike King
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MikeP
4:43 PM
4:43 PM
Michael King:
A lot of people across the country complain of there being a significant difference in sound level between the programmes and the adverts. Generally, in my experience, adverts have a greater sound level than programmes. There is nothing technically wrong with your equipment and all you can do is complain directly to the particular broadcaster concerned (not this website).
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MikeB5:54 PM
MikeP: One other possibility occurs to me. Yes, adverts are louder than problems, I think due to the assumption that we all turn down the volume during ads. But nobody should be going from perhaps 12-15 to 55 on a Samsung.
Michael King - Are you watching the films via the TV or via another box? If its via a another box, check that its volume is up to max, because otherwise your listening to a low volume, but having to turn it up high.
If the volume is off on all media - TV, DVD, internet, etc, than you need to take it back to the shop, because thats very strange.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
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Greg7:32 AM
Verwood
MikeB: Lost reception completely on all freeview devices (2 tvs and one recorder). We are in Dorset (BH31 6NZ) and use the Rowridge transmitter, which doesn't show any faults at the moment. Anybody else lost reception from this transmitter? Could be my aerial of course (still dark, can't check it).
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Greg's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Greg: If the transmitter is fine, logically, what else could it be but your system?
Since it sounds like the TV's are being fed from one aerial, logically, the point at which the signal splits (or before) sounds like where the problem lies. Could be a loose connection, failed booster (do you actually need one?), etc. Your looking for around 75% signal strength - it might be you've still got some signal, its just too low to register.
There does seem to be loads of people at the moment who assume that the transmitter must be at fault, even though all evidence to the contrary. Your signal is fed by a cable which is just 6mm wide, can be put in by anyone, can be any age, and even if its inside, is still prone to the problems of decay, just like anything else. Add to that high winds, moisture, extremes of heat and cold, and just old age, and stuff fails.
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Sunday, 26 February 2017
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Mark Tennent11:38 AM
Recently we keep having problems with BBC transmissions. Our aerial is pointing to Whitehawk Hill and also receives a signal from Findon. On BBC 1 and 2 the signal strength varies between zero and one hundred, and fluctuates wildly between the two. This means we can only watch BBC on HD or iPlayer but not everything is available, especially local news. All other channels receive a steady one hundred percent.
There is an amplifier which has caused no problems and I've also attached a 4G filter to one TV to see if that helps. Any further advice would be welcome.
Thanks
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steve P6:52 PM
Mike T are you watching Whitehawk or Findon for BBC1/2? Whichever, you should have the other wherever your box puts "spare" channels". Is it better?
Are you using the same source for other channels?
If you always use your amplifier, try not doing. You may be getting overload.
Knowing your location would help the wise ones here. (Me Tonto)
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