Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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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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Thursday, 28 April 2011
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Cyril Teed9:27 AM
Brockenhurst
'Freeview'Aerial on roof - SO42 7SW
From 7.30PM to 10 PM last night (27.4.11) I was unable to receive ITV1 freeview and a few adjacent channels. Same fault detected on all 3 freeview TV's.
I switched to analogue and ITV1 atarted OK but after a short period the picture had considerable moire - bad enough that it was difficult to watch the Real Madrid v Barcelona match!
Today I investigated the 'fault' but freeview and analogue were OK again.
Presumably a fault at Rowridge?
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Cyril Teed: Not a fault at the transmitter, but good weather over France, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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Saturday, 30 April 2011
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steve mcmahon5:23 PM
Worthing
Has anyone else experienced a total loss of signal strength in the Worthing, West Sussex area since the electric storm of last night?
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
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Pedro dd8:25 PM
Marlborough
You should be on Whitehawk hill, your reception of rowridge is predicted to be non-existent. Are the prongs on your aerial vertical or horizontal?
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Friday, 6 May 2011
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Bob Visanji6:11 PM
Eastleigh
Had new digital aerial fitted couple of years back, cos the analogue aerial was 40 years old and terminal had suffered from water damage over the years. The new aerila worked fine, though signal quality/strength were poor on ch4, uktv history and others. No problems until a few days prior to Royal wedding, picture/sound breakup started first on Ch4, then even to BBC1/2. Completely spurious.Mercifully behaved ok during the wedding. Then few days ago, reception improved markedly on BBC1/2. Ch4 and Yesterday are still very problemattic. Signal strength/quality is all over the place, swinging wildly from no signal to good! Any suggestoions anyone? When the aerial was upgraded, it was not set up using any meters! The installer pointed it in the right direction! Any suggestions please someone.
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Steve7:39 PM
Wrexham
Bob-ji - Are others in the area having same problem? If so, probably weather, or adjustment of transmitters.
If just you, has aerial moved? Should point due south I think.
If you have multiple TVs try connecting one at a time.
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Bob Visanji8:29 PM
Eastleigh
The post code where I live is SO53 5BG
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Saturday, 7 May 2011
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Steve1:39 AM
Bob-ji - I know that from clicking on the links next to your name - which are worth a visit if you have not. As is this.
UK digital TV reception predictor
A Field strength of 52 dBV/m is not super strong, but should be fine.
You do have a rooftop aerial? Is it looking through trees? (LL145HD)
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Sunday, 8 May 2011
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Bob Visanji7:32 AM
Thanks Steve, I do have a rooftop aerial, it does look thru a large oak tree, located about 80 feet away. However, it has been doing so for 40 years and no problems. The recent problem did appear when the tree grew foliage, so I guess that was the straw that broke the camels back, but something else must have caused a signal degradation too. The aerial has not moved as far as I can tell.
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