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The symbol shows the location of the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 720,000 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 Mendip (Somerset, England) mast?

Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Mendip 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C33 (570.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBS
 H -10dB
C30 (546.0MHz)591mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Bristol,

DTG-8 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 Mendip transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 25km north (3°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north (11°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)

Are there any self-help relays?

CheddarTransposer15 km E Weston-super-Mare1674 homes
LuccombeActive deflector6 km w Minehead38 homes

How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2018
C/D EEEC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C30_local
C32BBCA
C33com7com7
C34D3+4
C35com8com8
C36ArqB
C37C5wavesC5waves
C48SDNSDNSDNSDN
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C51tv_offLBSLBS
C52tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 500kW
Analogue 5(-6dB) 126kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100kW
com7(-8.4dB) 72.4kW
com8(-8.6dB) 69.1kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS(-17dB) 10kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Mendip was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Bizman
9:43 PM
Taunton

@Charles Pochin: I am just down the road from you and I receive Mendip with 100% quality on all Muxes. Stockland Hill is nearer, but there are hills in the way and it is only a relay station. I can also pick up signals from the Wenvoe transmitter.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:49 PM

Bizman: Stockland Hill is certainly not a "relay station", it is a full service, full power Freeview transmitter.

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Friday, 25 February 2011
Saturday, 26 February 2011
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Roger
9:23 AM

We loose channels 10, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38 and occasionally 15 through poor bit rate and signal strength from the Mendip transmitter. I see from the info on this transmitter that A, C and COM6 are transmitting on VERY LOW. We live at Stroud, Glos, and have the correct high gain arial and good connectors. This also appears to happen in poor weather conditions. How can this fault be corrected so we get all channels, also who do we report/coplain about the situation to?

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

10:02 AM

Roger: You don't report it to anyone. You will have to wait for the commercial multiplexes to come up to full power

As above "Mendip SDN and Arqiva A will temporarily operate on channels 62+ and 56+ respectively (both at 10kW ERP) until September 2011. Final DSO channels will then be adopted, though ERP levels will remain limited until early 2012. Arqiva B will operate on channel 59+ (10kW ERP) until January 2011, when it will move to channel 67 at 26kW ERP until September 2011. Arqiva B's final DSO channel will then be adopted, though ERP will remain limited until early 2012. "

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bruce
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12:45 PM

Is this a first, an enquiry not a moan'!!!!

When undertaking an installation [Mendip transmitter] whilst I get the correct local bbc transmission on channel 1, on the bbc news channel 80 I always get the London local news, can this be corrected or will this always be the case??

Will the splendid service you provide continue once DSO has been fully implemented?

Thanks for all the information and good advice given todate!!!

Regards


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The_Highwayman
12:54 PM

WHY is ITV1+1 Mendip actually ITV1+1 Wales ?

Like many people I am curious why I get ITV1+1 Wales (distinguished by WALES local ITV news) on ITV1+1, but nobody seems to have answered WHY this is (see Untitled | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice somebody reply with the reason WHY ?

I've also noticed the Freeview on the Mendip transmitter' web page (https://ukfree.tv/shutdowndetail.php?tx=ST564488) implies it should be HTV West on 33 (PSB2; UHF Channel C54).

All my channels are from the Mendip Transmitter. I get standard HTV West on 3 and I'm sure I'm not the only one who receives ITV1+1 Wales on 33 from the Mendip Transmitter .

(I've also duplicated this post on digital switchover date | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

12:57 PM

Bruce: the BBC News channel is UK-wide and has never had any regional component.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:14 PM

To save money ITV have only provided a limited number of ITV 1 +1 regions, so those in the West and WestCountry get the Wales region on the delay service.

Given the limited regional content on ITV 1, and thhe combination of West, WestCountry and Wales for advertising sales, as long as you see the right adverts I suspect ITV are OK with it.

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alan
5:36 PM

Brian I live in Guernsey and have Toshiba 32wlt66 TV which worked fine and accessed the Digital services as soon as I plugged in the arial but after a couple of weeks it went down and I have no signal at all. I have checked my arial and all seems well. Any ideas

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