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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.

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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
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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

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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, 15 April 2012
Briantist
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7:53 PM

john: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . I can't say what your transmitter would be as you didn't supply a postcode.

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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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topcatsss
1:23 AM
Chichester

Hmm ok so i think finally they have finished messing with the digital TV stream.
At 1:30am in the morning after a retune i can not get all the channels i used to get.
PS nice weather outside

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Derek Green
8:43 AM

Up until today (yes I have retuned today from factory resets!) I got good signal on most channels, even all the HD ones. This morning 08.40am all BBC TV and Radio channels are breaking up badly on two different Freeview devices. The same applies to most commercial channels. Odd. Is Rowridge at low transmitter power temporarily after final step? If so, hopefully they will boost up to full power.

Anyone else got problems?

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Phil K
10:07 AM
Poole

Signal level seems as usual here (Holton Heath, horizontal aerial), but we've lost SDN/COM4. Have tried retuning, including manually on C25. Anyone else having problems?

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Pete W
10:36 AM

Just done the retune for Rowridge. Lost programs associated with Com5 on internal aerial. Move the aerial to vertical and hey presto all signals coming in with no variation as people move in front of the aerial. Excellent.
No problems with loft aerial but will move to vertical soon.
PO11 area

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Sean Marshall
10:39 AM
Halifax

My channels appear to be OK so far after the final change, but I have got less than full signal on some of the COM channels. Here's my enquiry I sent to Digital UK on 7th April:

I note from your reception predictor that my probability of receiving the 6 muxes are currently 99,99,99,99,77,84 (and working well). But after the re-tune on April 18th this will reduce to 99,99,99,21,20,21. Are these figures correct? If so could you please explain why the figures are so much lower after the re-tune? Will I need to have my aerial turned to VP orientation to reliably receive the COM muxes after April 18th? Even with VP, your site still predicts lower than now. Thanks.

And their reply:

Thank you for your email dated 7 April regarding Switchover in Meridian.

Your postcode is PO8 9xx which means you are likely to receive your TV signal from the Rowridge transmitter which switched on 21 March 2012.

Our postcode checker predicts that there may be a less reliable digital signal for your postcode after the retune event because in some cases this can be due to interference from nearby transmitters, both in the UK and in neighbouring countries.

The mux reception on 18 April is only a prediction of variable reception on those three muxes. I would therefore strongly recommend you wait until after switchover to see if your home will actually be affected to avoid having unnecessary work done, i.e. realignment for Rowridge VP transmitter.

You would need to consult a reputable local aerial installer for advice on this option and that of course might incur a cost. If this is your preferred route, I would recommend that you use a Registered Digital Installer (RDI) identified by the 'digital tick' logo. To find a RDI in your area please visit: www.rdi-lb.co.uk.

If you have any further enquiries regarding the digital switchover please visit our website at www.digitaluk.co.uk or call us on 08456 50 50 50.

...So it seems to me that they've kept the power levels the same, but expect interference from France on the new channels. Now we see why they felt the need to introduce VP - they've given the clear channels to London!

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Briantist
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10:40 AM

Pete W: That is very interesting to hear.

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Sean Marshall
10:45 AM
Halifax

...and to avoid any confusion I'm not in Halifax as it states at the top of my previous post.

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Geoff Smith
10:47 AM

Derek Green: Hi Derek...I'm way across the country from you in Haslemere, Surrey. I seem to have the same problems apart from Channel 27..ITV. I've lost 21,24 and the new 3 allocated COMS. The signals have been coming and going all morning since about 7:30 on all 5 freeview devices in my house. The signal strength is either 0 or 87%.(And in a few instances "Too strong" on channel 22) I am assuming that all is not going to plan at Rowridge. It's really frustrating that the weather is so bad today as well..difficult to assess whether it's Rowridge, weather or what!

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