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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
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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
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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Me
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11:40 PM
Swindon

Hmm - just noticed that we had Wales tonight on ITV, always had the West before.

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Thursday, 21 April 2011
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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Graham Marsh
8:31 PM
Radstock

ITV3 Problem.

Before the Easter Weekend I had ITV3. Today
I retuned because ITV3 was listed as No Signal and now it has gone from my list of channels. Has something changed over the weekend?

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Saturday, 30 April 2011
Gareth Smart
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9:13 AM
Weston-super-mare

Hello all! Me again! I have recently moved to Worle near Weston-super-Mare and am now happy as I now have a full range of freeview channels now! Including quest, ITV3 etc. However, this is only on my main telly downstairs in my living room.

Up in my bedroom I can only seem to receive the PSB channels and none of the Commercial Multiplexes. Could this possibly be down to the fact that I may have a poorer quality wall socket in my bedroom than downstairs? I have tried the single frequency interference help guide but sadly to no avail. As far as I can work out, my aerial is in the loft.

But it just seems a bit strange that I have perfect signal for all channels downstairs but upstairs only the PSB ones.

Many thanks in advance all

Gareth

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Sunday, 1 May 2011
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Pete Hammond
2:47 PM
Dorchester

I have a roof top aerial, not sure what band, and a masthead amp. It was pointed at Winterbourne Steepleton and producing a good analogue signal this morning, so I'm fairly sure it is not a wiring problem.

According to the map here, I should be getting a good signal from Mendip, but I have repolarised and moved the aerial and the TV's signal strength meter shows nothing, not even a flicker. I've tried Rowridge too. Am I just expecting too much? I never got much of an analogue signal from either of these.

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Monday, 2 May 2011
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Pete Green
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1:19 PM

Pete Hammond

I you call me on 01934 628757 I can give you some advise. It's easier to talk than sent a message. Pete.

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KMJ,Derby
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3:00 PM

Pete Hammond: The Digital UK postcode checker does not show any reception for Mendip at your location. However you should be able to receive a full service from Rowridge. Use a group A receiving aerial set for horizontal polarisation. Switchover takes place on 7th and 21st March 2011. Winterbourne Steepleton will offer the 3 PSB muxes only. A full Freeview service will be available from Rowridge with the COM muxes switching to high power working on 18th April 2012.Also on this date all six muxes will additionally be transmitted with vertical polarisation which is expected to give better reception at your location.

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Pete Hammond
4:49 PM
Dorchester

KMJ: Thanks for the pointers. It looks like I'll have to wait the year, or mend the satellite receiver. The trouble with Rowridge is there is a hill right next door in that direction (which is presumably why they put the Steepleton repeater in).

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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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samann
12:19 AM
Coleford

Any idea as to why I have suddenly lost ALL channels on the 62, 56 and 67 frequencies when they were working fine before. Is this anything to do with recent switchovers in my area? I live in Forest of Dean but aerial points to Mendip

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