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.
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 25/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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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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Chris.SE5:10 PM
Alan Bromage:
The Sony Classic channels (and some of their others) are on Local multiplexes, see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
The Local multiplex at Rowridge is on UHF C37 and your aerial needs to be horizontal polarisation. The Local multiplex is not transmitted in vertical polarisation from Rowridge (neither is COM7).
It will depend on your location as to whether you can receive the multiplex. Try a manual tune on C37, if the signal is weak, an automatic tune may not find it.
If your provide a full postcode, we can look at the predicted reception in your locale.
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Monday, 29 March 2021
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Nick2:56 PM
Ch22 and others out of Rowridge IOW are completely dead
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Tuesday, 30 March 2021
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Chris.SE6:05 AM
Nick:
Have your signals now returned?
If not, check all your connections etc. and that your aerial is still intact and pointing in the correct direction.
There is currently some variable "Tropospheric Ducting" around due to current weather conditions which is affecting reception for some viewers. You might be getting interference from the Crystal Palace transmitter.
Have a look in your TV's tuning section and look for the signal strength and quality figures and compare each of the multiuplexes which may help identify any issues.
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Friday, 7 May 2021
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PJS5:06 PM
My elderly aunt in Emsworth has lost all the channels transmitting on channel 27 on her human box. They were fine last week but now say channel scrambled or unavailable. Her TV is fine as are all the other multiplexes on the humax. Any ideas?
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Chris.SE7:09 PM
PJS:
According to a Freeview report I've just seen, there is apparently Planned Engineering at Rowridge although it's not on the main list!!
This is the most likely cause of the channel loss. These sort of things don't normally last for very long, have her channels returned?
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