Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Mendip (Somerset, 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 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
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 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.
64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
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?
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?
| Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
| Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 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
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Wednesday, 16 March 2022
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Chris.SE2:48 PM
Zena:
The Mendip transmitter is listed for Planned Engineering this week with "Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels", so this is most likely what you've been experiencing.
You didn't say which news channel, but the other news channels aren't carried on the same multiplexes (groups of channels) so may not be affected at the same time.
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Saturday, 2 April 2022
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Peter Robinson4:32 PM
UHF channels 35 & 55 are splitting into wide horizontal bars. The TV program is still there - just split into bands. Other programs other channels are OK. The aerial is in the loft and points towards Bristol. I think I'm off the Mendip transmitter. There is no booster. NP26 5WA Sudbrook (Caldicot).
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Chris.SE11:30 PM
Peter Robinson:
Is your receptionOK now?
I can only assume that is could have been some "passing" interference as the BBC are normally very good at reporting any problems that affect their channels and I can't find any reports affecting BBC channels on the BBCB HD / PSB3 multiplex on C35 from Mendip, or COM7 HD on C55.
I am currently having no problems either and I'm a bit further away than you. Your aerial pointing rowards Bristol is abour right, it should be compass bearing 171 degrees, that's 9 degrees E of due S at your locale.
You are predicted to to get excellent reception of all multiplexes from Mendip (and also Wenvoe!).
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Tuesday, 21 June 2022
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B Fair8:58 PM
Surely viewers living in the drop out zones should receive a TV License rebate? Improving transmission would be one of the cheapest ways to level up society in 2022.
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StevensOnln110:22 PM
B Fair: What do you mean by dropout zones? The TV Licence is not a subscription, it only funds the BBC and S4C who make their channels available as widely as possible, i.e. every national BBC channel is broadcast from all 1,100+ transmitters, S4C is broadcast from every transmitter in Wales, BBC Scotland & BBC Alba are broadcast from every transmitter in Scotland, as well as all BBC regions being available on satellite and iPlayer. Viewers in Freeview Lite areas who don't have satellite or cable are still receiving all the channels funded by the licence fee, the commercial channels that aren't available in those areas don't receive a penny of licence fee funding.
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Wednesday, 22 June 2022
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Chris.SE3:00 AM
B Fair:
If you have been experiencing some breaks in your signals in the last couple of weeks it's because Mendip is currently listed for Planned Engineering with Possible effect on TV reception "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels".
If it's been going on for longer than that (continuously) please provide a full postcode and we can check your predicted reception. Other than that you may of course have some sort of fault on your aerial installation or cabling, check all your coax connections behind your TV.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2022
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Chris.SE4:20 PM
I see Mendip is still listed for Planned Engineering, but information on Engineering work isn't automatically coming up on Transmitter pages.
See https://www.freeview.co.uk/corporate/platform-management/planned-engineering-works
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Sunday, 14 August 2022
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Melita Davis4:55 PM
Having problems with Channel 50. I have tried everything to try and get this Channel to work. No other channels are affected. It keeps coming up as no signal. Have checked the aerial, have tried re-tuning, have tried the lot and still nothing. Strange how no other channels are affected.
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Chris.SE10:22 PM
Melita Davis:
Hi, you say no other channels are affected, 50 (LCN50) is carried on the Local multiplex, do you get the following (also on the Local multiplex) -
LCN7 Bristol TV, LCN52 GREAT! movies classic, LCN61 GREAT! movies +1, LCN68 RealityXtra, LCN207 Tiny Pop ?
If you are not getting any of them then you are not receiving the Local multiplex.
If you are getting any of them, it's possible that LCN50 may actually be in the 800s and your sets memory needs clearing, so unplug the aerial and do an automatic full retune. No channels should be found and this should clear memory.
Plug the aerial back in and do a retune. Hopefully all channels will be correctly restored.
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