Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W

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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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	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)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	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)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -6dB V -6dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	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?

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	BBCtv_waves
C21		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22					+ArqA	ArqA
C24		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C27		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					ArqB	ArqB
C29						LSO
C31		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		com7
C37						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Dave Lindsay

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12:01 PM

Tim: That page states "Supports HDTV/AC3 for high definition and high audio experience (DVB-T only)", so it only receives standard definition (DVB-T) off-air.

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Tim
12:03 PM
Southampton

So in other words only HDTV via Normal DVB-T eg Mpeg 2 and not Mpeg 4?

Blast it!

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Dave Lindsay

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12:17 PM

Tim: I don't know the answer to your question, but you can't pick up .

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Dave Lindsay

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12:19 PM

Kev: That is correct. The three Commercial multiplexes remain on low and on their pre- until 18th April on which date another retune will need to be carried out in order to continue to receive them.

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Dave

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12:37 PM

Tim as I have found out will show for an HD mux unless you have a compatable DVB-T2 or TV

The link you give for a DVB-T will be useless for HD in the UK

This one will pick up the HD though

TBS PCI-E DVB-T2 Quad TV Tuner Card High Definition: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Or this one :-

PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e nanoStick HD TV Tuner - Watch, Pause & Record Digital Freeview Hi Definition and Standard Definition TV on your PC. Stream LIVE TV to your iPad, iPhone, PC or MAC.: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

(BN18NL)

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Tim
1:32 PM
Southampton

Heres the log from the tuning. It finds strength, but no . So does this mean its definitely not DVB-T2 Compatible?

thanks for the, looks like ill have to for one of those tuners!

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Tim
1:33 PM
Southampton

<tuning>
<type>DVB-T</type>
<locator>
<frequency>474200</frequency>
<bandwidth>32</bandwidth>
</locator>
</tuning>

2012-03-21 10:23:16.941 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@1
2012-03-21 10:23:16.941 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@2
2012-03-21 10:23:16.941 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@3
2012-03-21 10:23:16.941 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@4
2012-03-21 10:23:16.949 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@5
2012-03-21 10:23:16.949 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@6
2012-03-21 10:23:19.390 [DEBUG][1] DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@7
2012-03-21 10:23:19.392 [DEBUG][1] Calling LockChannel()
2012-03-21 10:23:19.414 [DEBUG][1] locked=0, present=0, strength=48, =0 (took 31ms to check)

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Derek Green
1:50 PM

Sorry to hear some of you have problems, but I am a very happy bunny!

I took my and two boosters OUT and connected a to the aerial in our and got 61% signal strength on all stations and 100% . I then rotated the aerial to vertical polarisation and got 91% strength and 100% quality.

Then I wired the distribution amp back in to feed all rooms and wow all Freeview receivers work well (100+ ). The 4 channels on our Sony Bravia 40inch is perfect, no breakups, solid signal.

Why have we been waiting so long?

I others sort out their problems soon. Try vertical polarisation? I did not expect it to be that much better. The April 18th changes will just on some minor channels. I will not notice any difference.

Whooppeeee..........

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Kev

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1:53 PM

For interest, I'm on the fringe for (due to a hill in the way); I use a diplexer into a amp to combine RR & Transmitters.. and then feed the from that through my V+ box (so I can see VM TV on all TVs)..

Here are the details of _my_ signal levels, just thought it may be of interest or use to someone. This is on a £18 scart_stb. My Samsung TV appears to only currently pick up a subset of these as I stated earlier...

Also I have no idea what's transmitting on (!)

ROWRIDGE
- [HD]
57% 88%
55% 81%
46% 68%
45% 60%
44% 65%

TXER ???
C45 46% 70%

POOLE
53% 93%
53% [HD]
56% 95%

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Tim H

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2:53 PM

Kev

I think your possibles for ch 45 might be:

--BBCA?

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