Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter which serves 270,000 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.
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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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Ridge Hill 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Ridge Hill transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast (39°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast (39°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
Whitton | Transposer | 35 km NW Hereford | 40 homes |
How will the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | W T | ||||
C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C21 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C30 | _local | ||||||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | com7 | |||||
C34 | com8 | ||||||||
C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, PSB2 iw, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
com7 | (-9.8dB) 10.5kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
com8 | (-10.1dB) 9.8kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 2kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Ridge Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 22 November 2014
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Jonty588:15 PM
MikeB:
East Midlands Nottingham tramsmitter
Thanks Mike
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Jonty588:39 PM
Nottingham
Jonty58: The aerial is roof mounted. thanks
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Jonty58's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB9:04 PM
Jonty58: Have a look at the links next to your third post, it will have the info you need (if you give the site your postcode, it bring up everything automatically).
If your tuned into Nottingham, your just 17km from the transmitter - and since you point out that the strength is excellent, but the quality is not, it could be this: Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you
I know I constantly reckon is too hign a signal, but it semms to fit the facts.
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Jonty589:07 PM
Nottingham
Jonty58: The problem seems to have resolved itself.
Thanks for your assistance
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Jonty58's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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MikeB10:04 PM
Jonty58: Your signal strength might be fluctuating, so although its Ok at the moment, if it is too high a signal, then it will proably reoccur. Check your signal strength if it does, and if its very high, follow the advice on thew linked webpage.
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Thursday, 5 February 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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1:32 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 today to 12:56 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today, BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:48 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Si [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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3:09 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today, BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:48 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 11:48 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 11:48 today, R [BBC]
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4:36 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 today to 12:56 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 today to 15:29 today, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:48 today to 1 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:49 today to 12:56 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 07:54 today to 08:13 today, BBC National DAB Radio Very Weak Signal from 11:48 today to 15:29 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 11:48 today to 1 [BBC]
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