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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
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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)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
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)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H -6dB
 V -6dB
C25 (506.0MHz)
299mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
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 -6dB
 V -6dB
C22+ (482.2MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
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 -6dB
 V -6dB
C28 (530.0MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
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

LSO
 H -13dB
C37 (602.0MHz)299mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
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?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
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 DocksTransposer2 km N city centre50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-132 May 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C24BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C27ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28ArqBArqB
C29LSO
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavescom7
C37com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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 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

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

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

Comments
Sunday, 30 March 2014
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:05 PM

Idris Martin: Some receivers give network/region names, these names being the principal coverage areas of the transmitters.

Your difficulty may be caused by the fact that the three COM multiplexes of Stockland and Rowridge are co-channel. You don't have line-of-sight with either stations. The Isle of Purbeck is in your way for Rowridge.

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Monday, 31 March 2014
Idris Martin
5:34 PM

Dave Lindsay:
My aerial does not point towards either Rowridge or Stockland Hill that is what is confusing me.

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jb38
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9:25 PM

Idris Martin: You cannot use channels 22 / 25 or 28 for the purpose of determining the origin of the signal you are receiving because as Dave Lindsay has said these channel numbers are common to both Rowridge and Stockland Hill, although as DL has also mentioned some receivers indicate network / region names on a signal strength test.

Therefore the only way of finding out the info required is by carrying out a signal strength test on your BBC and ITV channels, Rowridges BBC-C24 / ITV -C27, Stockland Hills BBC-C26 / ITV - C23.

As far as aerial direction is concerned, should your aerial be facing Rowridge then Stockland Hill will be picked up on approximately (as its roughly 30° out) on the reverse of the aerial, and of course vice-versa, but in non line-of-sight situations such as yours signals can sometimes be picked up at different angles to that expected due to reflections from hills etc.

By the way, Rowridge is located @ 47miles / 85°, and with Stockland @ 31miles / 294°, your reception predictions not being particularly good from either station.

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jb38
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9:36 PM

Idris Martin : Just in case you are wondering, please ignore the A after the degree angle number, as this is something that has automatically appeared in recent times ever since Briantists site came back on after having been off for a day due to a fault having occurred.

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:52 PM

jb38: Sorry, there IS a problem with the UTF-8 encoding system. I need to get to the bottom of it. I have done a temporary fix for the moment.

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Tuesday, 1 April 2014
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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:36 AM

Briantist: Many thanks! much appreciated, as "some" people might possibly interpret this as some technical abbreviation rather than simply being a glitch, it also appearing on pound signs.

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Briantist
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8:19 AM

jb38: I did notice that I got a receipt from a shop the other day that had the same problem. Everything on the site is supposed to be in UTF-8 UTF-8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia but for some reason it gets into the database OK, but the output isn't being treated as UTF-8.



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Idris Martin
8:50 PM

jb38:
Hi all
Tried tuning ch 24, no signal then ch 26 strong signal good quality so must be Stockland Hill.
However, my aerial is pointing south west towards Lyme Bay somewhere around 220 degrees so must be locking on to a reflected signal.
Thanks for all the advice.

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Idris Martin's 16 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:20 PM

Idris Martin: Well, although the signal path from both Stockland Hill and Rowridge is obstructed the terrain indicator shows that the severity of the obstruction is far greater in the case of the latter, this somewhat tallying up with your findings insomuch that Stockland's C26 was received but not Rowridges C24, albeit that Rowridge's "vertically" polarised PSB transmissions "are" indicated as providing a superior signal to that from Stockland H.

Of course if (as expected) your aerial is mounted horizontally then this could account for nothing being received.

That said, although it does have to be admitted that anything seen on a reception predictor has to treated with an element of caution, but a point to note is that when carrying out a manual tune test for the purpose of signal assessment its always advisable to enter the "C" number into the box but "not" follow this by immediately pressing search or scan, because on most devices hesitating before pressing same will cause the tuner to act like a proper signal strength meter whereby it will indicate signals down to very low levels underneath that necessary to resolve a picture, but which are ignored during a scan.

By the way, the info seen by opening the undermentioned link (copy and paste into your browser) provides details of the what's expected in your area, the two following being that indicated on the terrain predictor from both the stations in question.


Coverage Checker - Detailed View



Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location




Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location


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Sunday, 6 April 2014
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Colin1951uk
4:54 PM
Eastleigh

Can anyone check something for me please.

I'm on Rowridge HP and I'm getting the RT channel in 4:3 aspect ration whereas it should be 16:9 and also Film4+1 seems to show16:9 in 14:9 ratio.

I'm using a set top box with my tv and I've tried a backup box and get the same result.

This has been going on since last Thursday and I'm beginning to wonder if my tv might be on the blink.

Both these channels are COM6 so it could be something funny is going on there as I don't have a problem with other channels on that COM so is it my tv or is it them?

Cheers...Colin

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Colin1951uk's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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