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
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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Nick M10:17 PM
We are exceeding fed up with losing he ITV1 signal this evening and the disruption to BBC1. What is happening??????????????????
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Bournemouth_resident10:37 PM
Started losing the freeview signal here in Bournemouth BH2 around 5 minutes ago. This is happening on an almost daily basis now.
We have a notoriously bad reception here in the town centre (high churches with lead rooves, tall buildings) but this is happening too often now.
I've checked the cables.
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karenaksoyweeks11:04 PM
Lyndhurst
I bet it is the inversion effect again! I am sick of this every time we have good weather. Bad weather effects freeview too! Is there anything that doesnt effect it? lol
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karenaksoyweeks's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Nick M/karenaksoyweeks/Bournemouth_resident: Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
| ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Honest John3:25 PM
Poole
Well, whadyer know!! Since my last post all my freeview channels have returned - it seems on a 24/7 basis, touch wood. They have been there for about a week now and after a couple of retunes I have finally managed to get a complete set. Not only that but my aerial pointing at Rowridge has started to pick up signals from Mendip, so that I can now get West as well as South regional programmes. All is forgiven - but what will happen if it rains? I think father is doing better as well but I can't be sure because I'm not monitoring him that closely.
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Honest's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Honest John: Much as you might expect with the weather conditions.
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Sunday, 24 April 2011
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John Ormerod9:31 PM
Rowridge: picture quality and signal power relationship?
Mux1 and MuxB are shown as max power, yet BBC1 and 2 have a blurrred quality (analogue wins hands down), though BBC4 is fine. Yet Mux 2 is shown as low power, but Ch4 picture quality is fine. I had been assuming that BBC1/2 poor quality was due to low power signal that would improve when analogue is turned off. Now, I wonder if this is as good as it gets?
This is Winchester, external aerial, using a Sony tuner/hard drive recorder, into a Philips 28in CRT set.
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John Ormerod: There is no relationship between the signal strength and picture quality. See How digital television works | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and How signal stregth, quality and bitrate relate | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
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Paul Smith3:08 AM
Eastleigh
I currently have an 'A' class loft aerial & I get 100% signal strength on my freeview reception. Will my signal strength improve after the swithover in March 2012 & will I still be able to get all the freeview channels + the HD channels?
My postcode is SO53 5PP
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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