Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Tuesday, 27 November 2018
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steveP10:22 AM
I have had almost 20 emails notifying me of this post
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Friday, 28 December 2018
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Andrew Cherowbrier9:47 AM
Poole
I live in Poole BH17 8PZ and have aerial tuned to rowridge. with vanes set horizontally .
I can get Rowridge channels ( many more than Poole) inc HD, though some (eg quest) are weak at times.
I am now (28/12/2018) trying to get "forces tV Freeview 96" which I understand to be from MUX com8 channel 56 at max power, which I also understand to be at max power and gives a good signal even as far as Weymouth, but my Humax tuner cannot find any channels on it .
I don't understand why not. Can I do anything about it?
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Andrew's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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StevensOnln112:10 PM
Andrew Cherowbrier: Please provide a full postcode so that we can see your predicted coverage at your location. Do you get any of the other COM8 channels such as Freesports or BBC Four HD?
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Thursday, 14 February 2019
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Bruce Jones5:54 PM
why ohh why are we not getting a signal tvs a completely dead checked all connections ????
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MikeP
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
Bruce Jones:
Please provide a full post code. That's needed so we contributors can check your reception conditions.
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Friday, 22 February 2019
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Christopher Luckhurst10:26 PM
The TV signals have been breaking up all today. This evening all the ITV stations went off air from just before 10pm till 10:10.
We had a new Arial with boosters last year to gain the benefits of The Isle of White transmitter?!
Please advise as to how reception can be improved and why we have these problems.
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
MikeP
10:23 AM
10:23 AM
Christopher Luckhurst:
There are no reported faults at the Rowridge transmitter. However, there are many reports of the high pressure affecting television transmissions again. This happens regularly when there is high pressure around. As it is a well known and completely natural phenomenon there is nothing anyone can do about it. Just be patient and wait for the weather pattern to change.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019
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Graham Dolphin7:14 AM
On a number of occasions I am unable to get a picture on my TV early in the morning 6am onwards till round 9am, after that it is fine, this does not happen every day but is paticularly bad at this time of the year, usually no problem in winter!!
Why please? I live in Christchurch Dorset and presume Rowbridge is my transmitter.
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Bill Payer8:21 AM
Graham Dolphin: During the times your central heating is running...?
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Monday, 13 May 2019
Dave Hunt
4:01 PM
4:01 PM
Can't get 4 music on ch 29 and others since the update this may rnorning doing a manual search with my LG TV
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