Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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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 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
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 Rowridge 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 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 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LSO | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | com7 | |||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_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
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Monday, 21 March 2011
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Simon Pain8:58 PM
We have just turned everything off,(Reset Procedure,) and done a search with ariel unplugged...then retuned with the ariel in and we have TV, recommend you try.
There seems to be some new channels how nice of them to tell us!!! B*stards
Simon, Colehill/ Wimborne Dorset
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rosserd9:32 PM
Bournemouth
Just tried rescanning as I had probelms with ITV. Now the ITV channels and channel 4 have disappeared. My post code is BH6. Any suggestions ?
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rosserd9:44 PM
Bournemouth
Tried full scan again and all OK
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Mr N Pyke10:05 PM
Lost BBC 1, 2 ITV Channels 4 and 5 and other channels (only 40 channels found. Aerial in loft. Have tried turning everything off full scan and now have 46 channels but not ITV channels 4 and 5 and others.
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Paul G10:11 PM
Lost all channels until 25 minutes ago....now have 46 channels but no itv and ch4. In PO10 area.
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No BBC channels tonight. Have tried retuning, A scan of MUX 1 returns no channels. Other multiplexes are very weak signal. What is going on?
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
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Colin2:04 PM
Last night in Bransgore - lost channel 37 almost entirely - some programmes just working e.g. BBC News but others no signal e.g Sky News.
All OK this morning.
Was Channel 37 on low power after 10pm last night?
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Monday, 28 March 2011
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David Cusworth1:41 PM
Brighton
No signals in Brighton now. Why?
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Honest John6:14 PM
Poole
For the past few days my father at BH15 2QE and I at BH14 8HJ (Poole) have both lost all BBC Freeview TV and radio channels for long periods of time. We both have new Panasonic Viera TV's, his connected to a newish communal aerial - not sure where it is pointing, and mine to a newish aerial which I thought was picking up Rowridge. Strangely my old Sony connected to a small aerial sticking through the bedroom wall is much less affected. I have been told the problem is because the French have turned up their signal strength and there are no plans for us to do likewise until next year. In the meantime it may be possible to retune on to Mendip aerial but this means I will lose local news programmes. This seems no way to run a switchover. It would have been nice if someone official had publicised what is going on - but perhaps this was done on the BBC South News when I couldn't receive it!
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KMJ,Derby8:43 PM
Poole
Honest John: According to the Digital UK postcode checker reception from Rowridge is marginal to poor at your location with no reception at all shown for MuxB. As you say, Mendip is shown as offering good reception on all six muxes. It is interesting to note that after switchover you are not expected to receive the COM muxes at all from Rowridge due to co-channel interference. You might find that an aerial on Mendip linked via a group A to E diplexer to a second aerial on Rowridge will be needed to receive all services and the correct local news! Regarding your father's location reception from Rowridge is somewhat better after switchover,the COM muxes being shown as variable, although if he still has reception problems then, his aerial could benefit from being set to a new vertically polarised signal which is due to be added at Rowridge after switchover in 2012. There is no alternative signal from Mendip shown for BH15 2QE.
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