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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) mast?
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/09/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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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Saturday, 5 May 2012
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Mark Fletcher2:14 PM
Halifax
Shirl,Southampton.No problem whatsoever.Glad to be of assistance to you !
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Sunday, 6 May 2012
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steve hooper12:01 PM
Sandown
Hy, seem to have same problem as Shirl only difference, I live on the isle of wight my aerial on the horizontal, would i get back all channels if i change to vertical thanks steve h
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steve hooper: I think that the likely answer is yes.
The problem you have is probably due to the difference in strength of the Commercial channels relative to the Public Service ones. The Commercial channels are, after all, 50kW horizontally, which is stronger than some smaller main stations.
The higher power signals could be acting to desensitise your receiver making it more difficult to pick up the (relatively speaking) weaker ones.
You "may" be able to attenuate (all signals) and find a sweet spot where all will work fine, without the need to adjust your aerial. A variable attenuator allows adjustment, and these are usually (up to) 20dB. If you do try this, 20dB might not be enough, judging by your close proximity to the transmitter. You may need another attenuator, say 18dB or 24dB, and have this connected inline with the variable one.
See: Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Attenuators are available for a few pounds from sources such as eBay and Amazon.
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steve hooper5:51 PM
Sandown
Thanks Dave will give that a go. Steve hooper
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Tuesday, 8 May 2012
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david cusworth3:53 PM
No Channel 30, ITV3 etc, yesterday and today. What is the problem.
David Cusworth, Brighton
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012
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Mike11:15 AM
Poole
I want to use Rowridge transmitter I see that HD channels are on 474.2 my Sony pvr shows channel 21 as 474 wil this set pick up this signal location BH15 3RJ
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jb381:41 PM
Mike: The AFC (automatic frequency control) range in your Sony's tuner should be able to cope with plus or minus offsets on a frequency if its a device that's been manufactured within the last 4 years or so, these plus or minus offsets having been made to keep the correct 8mhz spacing between adjacent channels and to avoid any possibility of interference being caused, and with this not necessarily being caused to another channel within the same station but another station located within RF range, albeit that in Rowridges case the use of Ch22 (COM5/ArqA) necessitated it to also have a positive offset on its frequency.
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david cusworth3:21 PM
Channel 30 still off. All other channels OK. Why?
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Thursday, 10 May 2012
If you're using mythtv and find you're missing epg data on some of the channels such as yesterday you'll find you have a missing networkid, full details here
TeccyBlog: MythTV and Rowridge re-tune
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Friday, 18 May 2012
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Harri Ackone12:13 PM
Shanklin
Hi
Would appreciate very much suggestions/help as to why the following is happening. I have a Sony Bravia with built in Freeview tuner and recently on about 4 channels e.g Sky News and Dave etc and keep being told thet are not tuned. However have 2 Freeview boxes in use in rooms upstairs and no problems at all....I should point out all 3 are using same aerial and it is only a recent problem. Look forward to hearing from anybody [please.
Cheers
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