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
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Wednesday, 2 May 2018
MikeP
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M Davis:
No need for such unwarranted comments. I susopect the owner of this website is current unwell.
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Greg Stewart9:37 PM
Just done a retune on two different TVs and both have lost the HD channels from 107-112 plus a few lower number channels. These are the very channels that Freeview state will be missing if you don't do a retune. Has anybody else had a problem with today's retune (Rowridge transmitter).
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Ryan T10:07 PM
I have also lost all channels on com7 and com8 - no BBC News HD, BBC 4 Hd etc...
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Simon Cole11:47 PM
Greg Stewart: I live on Hayling Island and, in the last week or so, I have lost all channels on com7 and com8, about 24 channels All com7 channels since last night. I have returned many times on two different receivers and get the same on all channels: 0% signal strength.
I started a similar conversation on the BBC4 HD forum and nobody there seems to know what is going on either.
Simon
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Thursday, 3 May 2018
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StevensOnln111:16 AM
Greg Steward, Ryan T & Simon Cole: COM7 changed frequency at Rowridge yesterday. If you cannot restore the missing COM7 & COM8 channels by retuning then you most likely have a Group A aerial which is not designed to receive the new frequencies these muxes have moved to. If you don't have satellite or cable you may be eligible to have a replacement wideband aerial fitted free of charge, which can be arranged by contacting the Freeview Advice Line (see link below).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Greg Stewart1:01 PM
Thanks StevensOnln1, before reading your post, I contacted freeview and they are sending out an engineer on the 21st. I presume he/she will come equipped with a wideband aerial to fit if required, although no mention of free aerial updgrade was mentioned when I booked the appointment.
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Tony Whyman2:06 PM
I have a problem with yesterday's COM7 retune at Rowridge. COM7 disappeared from channel 31 and has failed to re-appear on channel 55. The problem is common to two different TVs. The aerial was replaced in Jan 2018 with a Labgear LHG10T, so I doubt whether this is an aerial problem and both TVs report channel 56 (COM8) with 100% Signal Quality - all the other multiplexes are fine with a similar signal quality and all with good to 100% power levels. Even the LSO on channel 37 comes in at 100% signal quality.
It seems as if channel 55 is being filtered out somewhere - although I am wondering if as we are only Hannington/Rowridge boundary in SO24, the two signals may be cancelling each other out. Although on our side of the hill, Hannington is usually much the weaker signal.
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Tim Forsyth2:36 PM
Following the advice, I phoned Freeview. Prior to the early march and most recently the 2nd May, I had everything working fine and could easily receive COM7/8. (I'm in SO40).
Having explained I'd lost most of my HD channels (4+1/BBC News/Cbeebies etc.) and a few SD ones (Vintage TV/Keep it Country), I was told that decisions by government have meant that the power has been "dialled down" on the multiplexes that deliver these channels.
When I asked if I would need a new Aerial, I was told that there is nothing I can do as these changes will affect everyone using Rowridge and we would no longer be able to receive these channels.
Has anyone managed to get any better information from Freeview?
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Nick Piercey2:41 PM
Hi,
I'm in a similar boat.
Whiteley and pointing to Rowridge.
The earlier retune to ch56 was fine, but I'm getting nothing on ch55.
My aerial was fitted 9 years ago so I assume is the wrong type, but I'm confused as to why I can get ch56 but not ch55?
For info on both my Humax HDR-T2 STBs ch56 says strength 52%, Quality 100%
Cheers,
Nick.
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Friday, 4 May 2018
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AC9:39 AM
Observation for those who have lost channels during early May 2018: com7 and com8 are now shown as HORIZONTAL signals only (I think com8 used to be vertical as well), so if your aerial is vertically aligned you will have lost channels.
I have lost channels so am about to re-align my aerial to horizontal.
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