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 29/04/2024 Screen may go black 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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Saturday, 28 April 2012
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Nr Ventnor8:00 PM
If you're having problems after the last retune it maybe because the horizontal polorisation power has reduced on a number of channels. I've gone vertical and get ALL the channels
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Sunday, 29 April 2012
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John Ormerod8:13 PM
Hello
This seems the place where someone might know the answer to a sightly tangential question.
Does anyone know if anyone is making, or planning to make, a radio tuner (for plugging into an amplifier) using Freeview?
Seems to me that this would offer better quality than DAB can achieve with its limited bit rates.
I've recorded a few Radio 3 concerts using my hard-drive recorder. Sound seems pretty good even though I'm having to use Sony's probably cheap and cheerful DAC, plus 30 feet of connecting wire from TV to pre-amp.
Another question - I record using the HQ setting, in case this means higher quality for audio - does the audio use more bits in HQ, or am I wasting disk space?
Regards, John
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Monday, 30 April 2012
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Jeff Rees7:52 AM
Alresford
Which 'free' analogue channel should I use to pipe Sky around the house? I switched to C36 after DSO and recently a wave formation sometimes appears on the upstairs TV. I had this problem before when I used C68.
I am in SO24 9NR south of the hill in Alresford, picking up Rowridge.. I'd appreciate a steer from the experts.
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Mark Fletcher9:08 AM
Halifax
Jeff Rees,Alresford.The post code you gave at your location although in Hannington area but you receive Rowridge denotoes three free analogue channels,59,60,61.
Just out of interest you stated you pick up Rowridge,is your aerial a group A type (tipped red) or a group W wideband aerial (tipped black).You may find that if you were using a group W wideband on an all group A mast such as Rowridge in a poor/marginal area you may find that group W widebands have an inferior performance on the group A frequencies on an all group A transmitter as such.Also is the polarity of your Rowridge directed antenna horizontal or vertical.At your location you will find a group A vertically polarized aerial either a Yagi 18A or X-Beam 16A will give perfect results,provided the co-ax cable is copper-copper and the co-ax plug is brass.
If your current situation is perfect then there is no need to change,if not then the above advice i gave is worthy of consideration.
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Martin D9:08 PM
To PeterC, Waterlloville. I live in Bedhampton PO9, also in the 'Black Hole of Hampshire' that apparently has no Freeview according to the map. Ever since switchover, I've had a nightmare with reception, especially on bad weather days and the 3 commercial MUX.
I have an excellent aerial, but in the loft, connected to some old-looking existing cable and a plug-in booster.
So tonight I followed Dave Lindsay's advice and turned the aerial to vertical and BINGO!! Instead of signal strength averaging about 60% and quality ranging from 10% (Yesterday, Pick) to 100% (BBC, ITV), I have virtually uniform 100% in both strength and quality (lowest is 93%).
I've noticed that everywhere in the area, all aerials except one are horizontal, so I'm happy to be a trailblazer with the vertical alignment (probably doesn't notice so much with a roof aerial in my local area).
I would like to thank Dave Lindsay and others on this page for the tip. The question is why aren't Digital UK publicising this. Thet kept the 3rd re-tue in mid-April a well-guarded secret as well!
To see a picture of what vertical alignment looks like, please go to here:
http://bit.ly/IKM4PE
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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pompeygeorge9:17 PM
Anyone else constantly getting reminder pop-ups still? Humax HDR-FOX T2
How do I solve them, before I put a brick through the screen? Have tried manual retunes and power-offs. But no joy.
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Mark Fletcher10:27 PM
Halifax
Pompeygeorge.Before you smash your TV's screen with a brick,these pop ups possibly could relate to a retune event concerning Sandy Heath transmitter when the only presently lower powered 20 kw Mux A multiplex on that mast on frequency 31 is forever switched off and replaced finally by a new higher powered 170kw SDN multiplex on frequency 51 in the early hours of Wednesday 9 May 2012.
Dont ask me why,but others elsewhere in the UK have had pop ups as you stated above relating to pop ups/retune events which sometimes is unrelated to the mast you are on.You may have to put up with it,for a short time though,better than forking out hundreds or thousands of pounds to either repair your TV screen which you smashed in frustration concerning pop ups or buying a new TV altogether as a result.
Be patient,hopefully once digital switchover is completed in the UK after Wednesday 24 October 2012 you wont be getting frustrated any more about these pop ups.
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012
ROWRIDGE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:59 today to 07:02 today [BBC]
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ROWRIDGE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:59 today to 07:02 today [BBC]
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Jeff Rees9:05 AM
Mark Fletcher:
Thanks for that. Despite our postcode there is a hill which prevents us receiving satisfactory signals from Hannington. Rowridge reception is OK on a group A aerial. Just in case we pick up signals from Hannington from the back of the aerial I wanted to avoid any interference by chosing an analogue channel to pipe Sky which was clear of those used by either of the 2 transmitters. (51.0821,-1.1604)
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