Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W | PO30 4HT |
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
|
|
Sunday, 19 January 2014
S
Sean9:22 AM
Ch19 OK in Horndean. I'm on VP, you didn't say if you're VP or HP.
link to this comment |
S
Solent-Viewer9:24 AM
Chichester
I'm working from a HP aerial and it was new just a year ago. Everything has been fine until yesterday.
link to this comment |
Solent-Viewer's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
S
Solent-Viewer9:27 AM
Chichester
CORRECTION>.> strike yetsreday and replace with Friday. That mux went missing Friday.
link to this comment |
Solent-Viewer's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
S
steve baker8:36 PM
No problems with 19 (or any of that mux) here either, but I'm also on VP.
I did always have reception problems with Com6 when I was on HP though, which is why I changed.
link to this comment |
Monday, 20 January 2014
S
Solent-Viewer3:19 PM
Another full retune this afternoon and that 19 and the rest of mux C28 (530.0MHz) is still entirely missing.
My TV licience is due 28/2/14 and this is one viewer who will not be paying and I'll have my time in court to explain why.
A new aerial and lead with a new TV only a year ago so we should expect better than this p-poor service or rather lack of it!!
link to this comment |
Solent-Viewer: Just to make it clear: you are required to pay the Licence if you can watch any live TV. The law makes no exceptions.
Reception is down to you as a viewer. If you can't get a commercial multiplex properly, then your duty is to pay the TV LIcence and pay an engineer to visit your home.
link to this comment |
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
M
mort8:12 AM
having read, sworn, ignored, then re-read.
It could be the 4G Interference.
I would say is my HD reception is also weaker
as CH19 is on ARQa I thinks this might be the route cause.
I have however noticed that I can tune in the channels during the day, but they are un-viewable by the evening.
link to this comment |
S
Sean6:37 PM
The real answer is probably to switch to VP. I'd be interested to know why you got a HP aerial a year ago. I haven't seen many, so wondering if the average fitter knows about it.
See the info above - the Com muxes are much lower power on hp. We got crap channels subject to interference from France at DSO so the important people in London could have the decent ones. Hence all the VP nonsense.
link to this comment |
I have seen some fitters installing aerials HP still even today.
They must be from a national company and not local to the area.
link to this comment |
jamie's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
R
Rocknerd9:05 PM
Brighton
I think it's a strange choice not to broadcast Com 7 and 8 in VP as well as HP, but if you are going to only use one or the other of HP or VP from a business point of view it makes sense.
Rowridge was traditionally an HP transmitter and therefore the vast majority of aerials are still orientated in HP. The VP option was put in place for areas struggling with the lower powered Com muxes. Therefore if you are not in an area able to receive those adequately, then there would be little chance receiving the new HD channels which are broadcast at half the power of the already low powered muxes.
link to this comment |
Rocknerd's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Select more comments
Your comment please