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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Friday, 12 August 2011
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John Osborn1:46 PM
I have lost all stations on freeview several times today today 12 August. Currently not working at 13:40. Analogue is working.
There was no warning of any work taking place!
How long is this likely to be going on for?
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Saturday, 13 August 2011
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Ali9:25 PM
I have lost almost all the stations since early evening today 13 Aug. Film 4 and E4 + 1 seem to have some signal but the rest are all off. I had the same problem on Thursday 11 Aug but it sorted itself out on Frida 12 Aug. My post code is BH220LT.
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Sunday, 14 August 2011
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Solent-Viewer10:04 AM
Why do we get transmitter info AFTER the events??
Would it be too much to ask to get advance warning of work or expected problem.
I am fed up with loosing signal over various digital programmes despite having all my receiving system upgraded .. if this is DVB then we need to keep the analogue setup.
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Solent-Viewer: As the condition is a fault, it is not possible to give advanced warning of something unexpected... it's an unknown unknown.
You have not provided a full postcode so I can't comment about your reception.
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G. Chalmers3:45 PM
What effect, if any, will the proposed wind farm between Swanage and the Isle of Wight have on Swanage TV reception ?
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Monday, 15 August 2011
G. Chalmers: It depends if you are in a direct line between the transmitter and a windmill, as any direct object will effect reception.
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jb389:22 AM
G. Chalmers: And just to add what Briantist has correctly stated, as dependant on the number of the proposed turbines involved, should they be anywhere near (and not necessarily exactly in) a straight line between the transmitter and you then they have the potential to devastate the signal being received.
This was a major problem a few years ago for quite a few hundred people in the East Kilbride (and further afield) areas of Scotland, as a large wind farm was constructed roughly between them and the transmitter and was something that rapidly caused widespread complaints, the only way the problem was eventually resolved was with the power company involved issuing numerous households with Freesat boxes at no costs to themselves, needless to say this gesture not necessarily being graciously received by people who used a few TV's in their houses.
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jb38: I'm not sure about Scottish law, but under the English planning regulations, if a new development causes loss of TV reception, the developer is required for "make good" to those homes that lose their signal.
There is no reason in English planning law for this "make good" to be limited to a single television set, or fail to provide recorders for those who can demonstrate they already have one.
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jb384:17 PM
Briantist: An interesting point! and something I will make some enquiries about to a few of my contacts up in that area, all I remember from the time though was that the householders who were recipients of these Freesat boxes were up to a point given the impression that this was being done as a goodwill measure by the company involved, that said though quite a few of them of the more forceful variety did kick up about it, but I don't really know whether or not it done them any good.
With regards to what you have mentioned of "making good" under English planning law, even although I fully agree with what you say I suppose it really comes down to the intended definition of this clause by whoever decided upon it, as I can see that as being a legally arguable point from people who consider themselves as being on the losing side, these basically being the ones with multiple TV's, as I am aware the no-cost issue of a Freesat box to single TV housholds was to some of the people in the East Kilbride district considered as a bit of a bonus by them, as their reception wasn't that good to start off with, the Whitelee's fiasco providing an excellent opportunity for a "free" upgrade!
Of course the Scottish type of situation is bound to crop up at some point in time here in England, and when it does I will be watching with interest.
(That is unless its already been tested out in the courts!)
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jb38: According to http://licensing.ofcom.or….pdf :
"Local Planning Authorities can take into account the impact of a development on [broadcast and] wireless services when considering planning applications and can choose to put proportionate conditions on developers to provide a remedy if appropriate" ... under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 [in England and Wales], section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 [in Scotland] or section 40 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 [in Northern Ireland]."
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