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.
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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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Sunday, 30 August 2020
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Simon Cole10:00 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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StevensOnln13:42 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.SE2:19 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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Ray11:01 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.SE11:27 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 Tompkins6:45 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.SE10:13 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 Tompkins2:57 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.SE1:19 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 Bromage12:12 PM
Unable to get Sony classic from Rowridge, channel 51 ?
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