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
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, 16 July 2023
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tony7:15 PM
the Rowridge listings are starting to be so confusing..
i am now able to watch HorrorExtra using my Windows box running Hauppauges (sp) Dual HD usb tuner stick, with the WinTV tuner software from Hauppauge.
this station shows up in listing on Kaffeine on my Linux box, it tunes in, sort of, but doesn't play properly. however... according to Kaffeine it is on a Mux being broadcast on 506MHz. but isn't included in the listing above.
how do i find a current definitive listing of what the ...flip.. is being broadcast from Rowridge at this moment?
20:14 Sunday 16th July 2023.
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Steve Donaldson7:46 PM
tony: Freeview has published here is list of all services on the platform:
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
For Rowridge, the multiplexes are:
PSB1 BBC A C24 498MHz
PSB2 D3&4 C27 522MHz
PSB3 BBC B C21+ 474.2MHz
COM4 SDN C25 506MHz
COM5 Arq A C22+ 482.2MHz
COM6 Arq B C28 530MHz
PSB3 and COM5 on C21 and C22 respectively have a positive offset, meaning they are +0.2MHz above the centre of the channel. The receiver may or may not show the ".2", but assume it to mean the same thing.
There is also the local multiplex for Southampton, broadcast on C37 (602MHz) from directional antennas pointing in the direction of Southampton.
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Monday, 4 September 2023
Each week we get a new posting about engineering work on Rowridge transmitter.
this has been going on for some time now. What are they actually doing and how is it going to improve my TV reception. are they likely to boost the power on the remaining 3 muxes.
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Chris.SE12:48 PM
TIM wardlaw:
As far as we know, it's routine maintenance. Arqiva never giver details of what the work entails or how long it will last as some of it may be weather dependant. Clearly such work is better done at this time of year when weather is not so inclement. It's a good ten years since DSO and one would image that most transmitters will need a lot of maintenance checks etc. This isn't the only transmitter where works have been running on and off for several weeks.
It's very unlikely that will be any change in transmitted power as these are subject to international agreements.
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Steve Donaldson11:09 PM
TIM wardlaw: I think the best course of action to "hopefully" get good reception for COM4-6 is to switch to vertical polarity, this if you haven't already done so. The word "hopefully" is in quotes because with reception issues there is never a guarantee, and that in this instance it would seem reasonable to conclude that the higher-power VP signals may solve the issue.
Looking back at earlier postings, you have spoken on the saga of Rowridge HP versus VP. Since COM7 and COM8 were turned off, there is no longer any HP-only multiplex, with the exception of the Southampton Local TV one, broadcast in the direction of Southampton.
You have previously given your location as New Milton, and the Freeview Detailed Coverage Checker does not even suggest the Southampton Local TV multiplex as a possibility for your postcode, hence why I suggest it is probably and open and shut case for switching to VP where HP is not satisfactory.
Rowridge, uniquely, broadcasts with both horizontal and vertical polarity, having done so since digital switchover in 2012. PSB1-3 are 200kW HP and 200kW VP. COM4-6 are 50kW HP and 200kW VP.
It occurred to me at switchover that Rowridge had effectively become VP, with the HP transmissions more for legacy purposes, to serve those whose aerials had not been reoriented from horizontal. Subsequently, of course, the HP-only multiplexes of COM7, COM8 and Southampton Local TV threw a spanner in the works, creating a dog's dinner whereby some viewers would have faced the choice of switching back to HP, and possibly having to sacrifice good reception on one or multiplexes to benefit on one or more others.
The power of 50kW for COM4-6 is in no way "low", many main transmitters not even reaching such. Being so close to the transmitter as you are, I wonder if the trees in your vicinity in the direction of the transmitter are shadowing the signal for you, hence poor or variable reception.
The most likely reason for the lower power HP COMs at Rowridge is because they are co-channel with the COMs of Stockland Hill and Crystal Palace (both which broadcast only HP). The PSBs of Rowridge with these two transmitters are not co-channel.
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Friday, 8 September 2023
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Chris.SE2:41 AM
No "South Today" Saturday 9th September
Essential engineering work affecting viewers of BBC One South on Saturday 9th September 2023 | Help receiving TV and radio
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Monday, 25 September 2023
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R Murchie2:34 PM
Is this engineering work the cause of occasional short-lived dropouts on PSB3 channels from Rowridge with a black screen and a 'no signal' message? I usually get a strong signal so these dropouts are an unpleasant surprise.
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Tuesday, 26 September 2023
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Chris.SE12:34 AM
R Murchie:
As the report says "pixellation or flickering on some or all channels", so that is highly probable.
If the "flickering" is a brief drop in signal, then getting a no signal message wouldn't be unexpected.
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Saturday, 7 October 2023
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Christopher woodnutt 3:25 PM
Transmitter engineering: today 7/10 having virtually no tv reception on freeview channels. Its Saturday usually watch sports. Today nothing. What the hell is going on? I don't pay my TV licence to put up with this crap. So apologise and restore today
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Ashley7:56 PM
Lost bbc2 HD, but bbc is perfect, lost other channels as well, but not all
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