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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.

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C25 (506.0MHz)
299mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C22+ (482.2MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C28 (530.0MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LSO
 H -13dB
C37 (602.0MHz)299mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
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 DocksTransposer2 km N city centre50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-132 May 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C24BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C27ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28ArqBArqB
C29LSO
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavescom7
C37com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
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Mark
12:16 PM
Poole

Here at Poole we have a number of properties that cannot receive channels 30 & 31 from Rowridge. My aerial installer has been on the roof of a 10 storey block to test the aerial directly and still cannot receive those 2 mux's. However at Parkstone & Wallisdown areas we can receive all mux's from Rowridge. I know there is transmitter works but I cannot understand the complete loss of ch30 and ch31. Any ideas?

Postcode is BH15 2AX but applies to many areas with postcodes of BH15 1.. or BH15 2..

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jb38
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1:08 PM

Briantist: Thanks for the link Brian, the PDF being stored away for future reference as it makes interesting reading, especially from section 4 onwards.

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Mike Dimmick
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3:08 PM
Poole

Mark: To confirm, do you mean Multiplex A on C30 and BBC One analogue on C31, or do you mean LCN 30 "5*" and LCN 31 "5 USA"?

If you can't get 5* and 5 USA, but you can get LCN 10 "ITV3", the problem is most likely to be in the box itself - do a full reset/full retune/first-time installation.

If it is a problem on the actual frequencies, either there is something in the area also transmitting on C30 - perhaps a Sky box whose RF output has been set to this channel, or another device with an RF modulator such as a VCR - or simply low coverage.

The Digital UK trade predictor shows good reception on Mux A - C30 - at your postcode BH15 2BU, but poor at BH15 2AX. It looks like line-of-sight to the transmitter is blocked by higher ground at 2AX than at 2BU, which could explain the problem a little, although the other multiplexes aren't shown as significantly different.

The engineering work is to build a new mast, which has been erected to the west of the transmitter. I wouldn't expect the tiny difference in direction to have much difference between the two sites, though.

Is your installer orienting the aerial with horizontal polarization, rods going side-to-side? You're expected to get better results from vertical polarization AFTER switchover completes, but only after 18 April next year. Right now Rowridge transmits nothing on vertical polarization.

You should get very good analogue signals from the Poole relay, but it won't start broadcasting digital until 7 March and will then be a 'Freeview Light' transmitter, not broadcasting the commercial multiplexes at all.

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Briantist
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4:58 PM

jb38: I'm glad you found it useful.

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Jeff
11:43 PM

Been no TV signal at all for at least an hour. That's Digital and Terrestrial. Is there any issue with Rowridge?

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Jeff
11:48 PM
Chichester

PO20 2GY

Sorry, in addition to my last post. i forgot to add my postcode.

There is nothing at all coming across the airways :(

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Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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Martin Brown
5:53 PM

Have recently phoned up and complained to the relevent people about the terrible reception we have had for the past few weeks in the BH17 area, we have all ways had times when the picture gets a bit boxy for a few seconds then clears but recently it has been a lot worse with boxing and freezing for long periods, this is not just on my set up but on neighbours too. The guy I spoke to said we receive from the Mendip transmitter and there are no problems, I thought we received from the Rowridge transmitter but again no reported problems there. Another thing I am annoyed about is the fact that we can not receive the HD services on freeview,I have the equipment to get HD, no explanation has been given to me for that. I hope some one can help me with this, thanks.

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Thursday, 18 August 2011
Briantist
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9:29 AM

Martin Brown: There is no Freeview HD service from the Rowridge transmitter until switchover on Wednesday, 21st March 2012.

Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with your reception problem.

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Friday, 19 August 2011
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graham etheridge
9:42 PM
Southampton

so45 6bd at the moment i have to get the terestrial tv signal from hannington because of fawley refinary blocking rowridge signal,i am conserned that on switch over and there is only digital i will loose everything as at present the hannington digital signal i receive is to week to use
any one any suggestions
ta graham

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