Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - 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.

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 22/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels

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Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) South, 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	V max H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast),
PSB3 BBCB	V max H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -6dB V -6dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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 -6dB V -6dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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 -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	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
LSO	H -13dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

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 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	BBCtv_waves
C21		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22					+ArqA	ArqA
C24		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C27		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					ArqB	ArqB
C29						LSO
C31		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		com7
C37						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Andy Hearn
4:59 PM
Bognor Regis

Hi Dave
Thanks for that, this is what I suspected, yes will put on vertical as well in April, appreciate comments re .
rgds
Andy

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John
12:27 PM
Littlehampton

Hi,
My postcode is BN16 1RB (East )
I have a aerial on the pointing at Rowbridge.

I am just installing a Humax HDR-FOX T2 HD+ PVR.

Get all MUXs Ok except for one - , , , and all ok, (HD MUX) at all.

Have checked this on 2 other (non-HD) digi-boxes and both show zero signal on C21.

Prior to the swithover I believe C4 was on C21, and we had no problems receiving this. Any ideas? Thanks.

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John
4:24 PM

One further comment to add to my previous 'no ' problem.
The TV that I have the Humax connected to is not HD or (so obviously I will not be able to watch HD TV!). However I am assuming that the Humax tuners should still be able to 'see' C21 if a transmission signal is being received.

Is there perhaps a signal between an HD TV and a tuner, without which tuning of the HD MUX is inhibited, and hence zero signal level is displayed? This could also account for why my other 2 non HD digiboxes also show zero signal for C21.

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Ray Gustar
11:02 PM

Have just purchased new Samsung tv from Comet which switches itself off after a few minutes. Have contacted Comet about this problem and was told it is a problem with transmission from IOW arial. Are they right about this reason and why is it occuring?
I am making this enquiry on behalf of a friend.
Regards
Ray Gustar

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Gerald C. May
11:37 PM
New Tredegar

John:
To do a Manual search:-
Press Menu, Scroll right
Settings Scroll right
Installation Scroll right
Enter Password Default 0000 (Zeros)
Manual Search Scroll right
Select Chan 21 by Scrolling right & find in the list of .
Press OK
Now scroll down to DVB-T, scroll right and you will see a choice of 2 options.
Select DVB-T2 press OK
Now scroll down to search.
Press OK and the manual search will complete.
4 HD Channels should be found.
Press OK to .
Press exit or Menu to return to TV viewing.
HD channels are 50 51 52 and 54.
Although you don't have an HD TV the Humax will have stored the channels for when you .
Good Luck.

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jb38

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11:38 PM

Ray Gusta: Although some TV's can to standby if no signals are received for a given period of time I think that what you have been told is a bit far fetched to say the least.

What is the model number of the Samsung?

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John
8:38 AM

Thanks for that Gerald, it all works ok now.
I wish the man on the Humax-line had given similar advice when I first encountered the problem. I would have saved myself four hours of trial and tribulation!(He said the must be down!).

Thanks again

John

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Gerald C. May
3:23 PM

John:
Glad that it's now all OK.
Happy viewing!!

Gerald

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jb38

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4:24 PM

Gerald C. May: Just purely out of interest although being fully aware that manual tuning will in most cases succeed where auto-tuning fails, this obviously being the reason that you advised John to carry out that procedure, but did you find that in your own case that you also had to use this method? as it shouldn't really have proved as being necessary as that's the whole point about "auto" tuning, being, that you should not require to enter any details into the box whatsoever to receive anything within the coverage area of the irrespective of whether you are dealing with SD or HD, and with this fact being mostly likely why Humax had told John that the transmitter might be down as its about the only thing that could cause that type of problem, although one that's liable to give rise to suspicion that a problem might exist with the software on that model. (Latest software indicated as version 1.02.20)

Looking forward to your reply.

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John
10:35 PM

jb38:
Perhaps I should explain why I was doing a manual tune. I didn't want any other than those from the Rowbridge . On an auto-tune I was picking up a number of the higher MUXs.
I have previously used a Humax PVR9300, which gave occasional problems with the recording schedule, which Humax put down to having these higher MUXs present. They recommended a manual tune to minimise this problem.

When I spoke to the Humax-line early yesterday re. my problem with , I made them fully aware that I was tuning manually, and that it was the HD channel That I couldn't get.

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