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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) mast?

Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/09/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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

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

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
Sunday, 30 August 2020
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Simon Cole
10:00 AM

I live on Hayling Island and receive my Freeview signal from the Rowridge transmitter.

A few years ago I was able to receive BBC 4 in High Definition. Then comeone moved the BBC 4 HD signal to a different channel and I lost the signal.

Are there any plans to reinstate BBC4 HD to my area?

Also, when will local programmes, like South Today, be broadcast in HD?

Many thanks,

Simon

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StevensOnln1
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3:42 PM

Simon Cole: BBC Four HD is still broadcast from Rowridge on the COM7 multiplex on UHF channel 55. COM7 is due to close within the next 2 years (no date has yet been announced) and there has been no announcement regarding what will happen to BBC Four HD. There has been no announcement of any regional version of BBC One HD being launched in England, mainly due to the cost not just of equipping all of the regional studios for HD broadcasting, but also the cost of having to get each different region to the correct transmitters and the additional capacity required to make them available on satellite.

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Monday, 31 August 2020
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Chris.SE
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2:19 AM

Simon Cole:

BBC 4HD has continued to be transmitted since your posts in 2018, no HD channels were "removed" at the time. I note you did get one rather ignorant response from one poster saying this was due to the "government trying to screw as much as possible from the mobile phone companies for releasing bandwidth" when this is part of a European wide change subject to International agreements - the 700MHz clearance programme - What is 700MHz clearance? | Freeview
Did you speak to the Freeview advice line as advised in 2018?
If you provide a full postcode, we can advise if you are predicted to receive COM7 subject to having the correct aerial.
If you didn't speak to them and if you still have a Group A aerial, then that is why you can't received COM7.

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Friday, 18 September 2020
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Ray
11:01 AM

Our TVs and video recorders have the same problem with all channels on COM4. The signal on all COM4 channels is very weak but in most instances the reception is stable, but from time to time there are periods of intermittent instability. This only occurs on COM4 channels.
Can you suggest a fix?

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Saturday, 19 September 2020
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Chris.SE
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11:27 PM

Ray:

Without a full postcode we can't advise what the predicted reception is likely to be at your location.

If this is a recent problem this last few days then there's two things that might be causing your problems.
The Rowridge transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal".

Also there's been a lot of "Tropospheric Ducting" around causing interference, see Effect of tropospheric ducting on Freeview | RTIS for a simplistic explanation.
It's likely to continue for a day or two more.

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Monday, 9 November 2020
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Ian Tompkins
6:45 PM

My HD channels always start recording 15-20 minutes before the actual program starts - which means I lose the last 15-20 minutes. All ok on non-HD channels. Is there a solution to this? I live in Bournemouth. I use a Humax 5000t for recording programs.

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Chris.SE
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10:13 PM

Ian Tompkins:

I'm not familiar with the 5000T but I seem to recall one of Humax's helpful suggestions for any problem is to do a factory reset! Hmm.

A few questions which may help with further responses -
Do you have the latest firmware? - UKTFAE 1.03.51
Does this problem occur with all HD channels or just certain ones, if so which ones?

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Tuesday, 10 November 2020
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Ian Tompkins
2:57 PM

Chris.SE: It only happens on HD channels - all the rest are ok. Maybe a factory reset is the answer. I've checked the latest software updates and it tells me I'm up to date. Thanks for the feedback.

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Thursday, 12 November 2020
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Chris.SE
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1:19 AM

Ian Tompkins:

So all channels 101-107 inc. 111-114 inc., and 204/205 then.

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Saturday, 23 January 2021
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Alan Bromage
12:12 PM

Unable to get Sony classic from Rowridge, channel 51 ?

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