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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Friday, 27 July 2012
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Chris Verrinder1:56 PM
Please can you tell me why we get such a bad picelated reception from this stations transmitter. This has been like this since the change over. When I had the old cheap set top box with terestial transmission I had no problems but this service which is supposed to be the be all and end all is total rubbish.
This service should never been released until it was right.
I live over in West Sussex near Littlehampton and have always had good reception. The channels affected are 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, and 24. At the change over a new areal had been installed and the BT Vision system. Everything comes back to the transmission of signals from Rowridge station. The digital sighnal is transmitted vertically as wel as horizontally so why the problem.
I look forward to you with a solution to this problem.
Regards.
Chris Verrinder.
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Solent-Viewer3:45 PM
Chichester
Post code PO20 0ER and its not just my set, but talking to neighbours either side and the four immediately behind us, we are all suffering loss and at the same time for the same duration.
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Chris Verrinder: The services you identify are carried on the Commercial multiplexes which have a lower transmission power horizontally, so your aerial should be vertical.
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SOLENT VIEWER
Hi,
in my experience your location had a very strong signal even prior to switchover.
As both you and your neighbours are experiencing the same issues I would imagine it is due to TOO MUCH signal being received.
This can only be determined by a system test, however you could try fitting a attenuator to reduce you signal level.
Are your aerials on yours and your neighbours mounted in the loft of externally? this could be another issue.
Information provided by a Digital Approved Installer.
The only true way to find out what is the cause is to have your system tested.
regards
Jamie.
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SOLENT VIEWER.
an after thought.....
as you have a new aerial vertically installed, it must have been fitted since switchover, maybe you should ask the original install company to come a rectify your signal issues.
regards
Jamie.
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SOLENT VIEWER
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I DID NOT SEE YOUR PREVIOUS RESPONSE TO ME :)
In your area it should make absolutely no difference to your reception having a HP or VP installed aerial.
The fact that the installer has came out and changed your system to VP could indicate a couple of things, either
something is obscuring your reception or the install hasnt been done very well.
I would imagine that as your neighbours have the same issue it could be down to location.
Your aerial may need moving to a different part of the building.
Aerial location is key to good reception, sometimes I can spend 1 hour trying different parts of peoples homes to find the best location for reception (thankfully this is not common).
If you have had problems from day 1, I can only assume that the install company did not make much effort to check the aerial was being fitted in the best location!!
If you have no further luck with your original install company, I do cover your area should you require further assistance.
regards
Jamie.
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Friday, 10 August 2012
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Peterc12:53 AM
Waterlooville
I have an aerial on the roof in a vertical setting.
Since the changeover I have had continuing reception problems.
Last two days and specifically today could not recieve BBC reception at all. Engineer checked signal strength two weeks ago which indicated strength was high and installed a reducer.
With or without the reducer still having problems.
Helpless and frustrated. Please help.
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Mark Fletcher2:24 AM
Halifax
Peterc.Waterlooville.What is the colour bung at the tips of your aerial (check during daylight hours) if i may ask ?
Is it a red tipped group A aerial or a black tipped group W wideband aerial ?
If it is a group W wideband aerial then from your abode to Rowridge (all group A mast) at more than 20-25 miles officially a poor reception area,you are using the wrong group aerial for this transmitter as group W wideband aerials are less sensitive to group A frequencies and on an all group A mast even less sensitive further still,performing poorly as a result which is why group W wideband aerials should never be used on an all group A transmitter in a poor reception/marginal reception area within its transmitting range.
Only group A aerials preferably should be used on an all group A mast,although group K aerials (grey coloured tips) can be used as a alternative except in marginal areas.
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jb383:34 PM
Peterc : Just out of curiosity, if you go into your TV's or boxes signal check menu whilst on BBC what do you see indicated as far as strength / quality is concerned? and if the quality is observed for a minute or so is it seen to suffer from rapid fluctuations? and if you have made this check whilst you were having problems then for comparison purposes repeat the test when you are not, giving an update on results.
Also can you receive ITV3 (10) - Pick TV (11) - or Yesterday (12) reasonably well? all three programmes mentioned being on three different mux transmitters and in the case of ITV3 with it being located on the very next mux channel to the BBC you specifically mention as having problems with, and so it wouldn't go amiss to carry out signal checks on these channels as well, as it gives an idea of whether your problem is one caused by the signal level received dropping too close to the cut off threshold, or that its due to interference from distant stations caused by the atmospheric conditions that might be prevailing at the time, the symptoms of this generally confined to affecting a particular channel rather than all of them.
The other point to remember being, that even although the aerial installer carried out an overall signal check that it only represents the findings at one point in time over a 24 hour period, and the result could well have been different if the same test had been carried out a few hours later, preferably towards evening.
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Saturday, 11 August 2012
PETERC
Hi, you may need to get another system test, but at a time which your having issues.
The system needs to have good quality signal which is actually more important than good strength.
If you have any further issues give me a call and I can provide a free system test and diagnosis.
regards
Jamie Stevens
Jays Cabling Services.
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