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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?

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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
 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
Friday, 5 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

MENDIP transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:11 yesterday to 07:51 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:06 yesterday to 04:09 yesterday. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:32 AM

MENDIP transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:06 yesterday to 04:09 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:11 yesterday to 07:51 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 6 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:33 AM

MENDIP transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:11 on 04 Sep to 07:51 on 04 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:06 on 04 Sep to 04:09 on 04 Sep. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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6:09 AM

MENDIP transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:06 on 04 Sep to 04:09 on 04 Sep, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:11 on 04 Sep to 07:51 on 04 Sep. [BBC]

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Saturday, 20 September 2014
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John Dennis
9:45 PM

I have been told that BBC4 is now on channel 803 on Freeview, but get a No Signal when I use that channel. Any suggestions as to how I can get my favourite TV channel?

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Dave Lindsay
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9:53 PM

John Dennis: BBC Four is, and has always been, on logical channel 9.

BBC Four HD is on channel 106, if you can receive it.

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Wednesday, 24 September 2014
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David Newton
5:38 PM

Hi, Re Mendip:
I'm still not getting BBC4 HD on channel 106 in central Weston super Mare
despite retuning, and performing 'first install' ?

Please advise.

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jb38
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6:26 PM

David Newton: As you specifically mention BBC4 HD on 106, are you meaning that 106 is missing from the EPG listings? or is it the case that 106 is seen but selecting same results in a blank screen.

Are receiving the other HD channels on COM7 OK, e.g: 107-108-109 etc, if not carry out a manual tune on Mux Ch33 / 570Mhz.

By the way, its assumed you are aware that BBC4 HD only operates from 1900 - 0530 hours?

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Thursday, 25 September 2014
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David Newton
11:37 PM

Hi, thanks for fast response.

Confirming 106 is missing from EPG listing on every HD device in home.
No channels exist between 105 ->120
As suggested, tried checking Ch 33 on the main Living room TV.
Setup reports "NO SIGNAL - Signal stength/quality 0%"
Reception strength for all existing channels is good.

Do we suspect the old aerial is the culprit ?

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Friday, 26 September 2014
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jb38
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9:03 AM

David Newton : If the problem is evident on all of your HD devices (if "not" all of the same brand) then this does rather suggest that COM7 / Mux33 is not being received, and although your precise location (post code) is not known, a test carried out using the railway station as a reference point indicates reception of COM7 is possible in that particular area.

Although you have already carried out a manual test on Mux Ch33, I would like you to try it again on more than one device, as on many brands (but not all) if search or scan is "not" pressed after having entered the Mux channel number required, then if any signal is being received, no matter how low it might be, the level of will be seen on the strength / quality bar.

If this still results in zero signal being received then try Mux Ch31, this being Wenvoe's COM7 which you might be able to receive on the reverse side of your aerial "if" anywhere near to the test code used, as Wenvoe has a slighter better line-of-sight using the test code location over that from Mendip.

The only reason for requesting this check being, that in cases where a "genuine" zero signal is received from a particular transmitter, changing the aerial does not usually make any difference to the situation.

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