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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge 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
 V max
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South, 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
 V max
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)
320mDTG-200,000W
200,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 -6dB
 V -6dB
C25 (506.0MHz)
299mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
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 -6dB
 V -6dB
C22+ (482.2MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
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 -6dB
 V -6dB
C28 (530.0MHz)
302mDTG-850,000W
50,000W
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

LSO
 H -13dB
C37 (602.0MHz)299mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

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 Rowridge transmitter?

regional news image
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
regional news image
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 DocksTransposer2 km N city centre50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1950s-80s1984-971997-981998-20122012-132 May 2018
VHFA K TA K TA K TA K TW T
C3BBCtvwaves
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqAArqA
C24BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C25SDNSDN
C27ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28ArqBArqB
C29LSO
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavescom7
C37com8
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offCOM8tv_off

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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 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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Meridian
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. Rowridge 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
Saturday, 11 March 2017
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R Murchie
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1:05 PM

I continually have problems with BBC4 HD reception from Rowridge, presumably because COM7 is broadcast at half the power of other channels. It seems pointless for BBC to take great care with the production values of wildlife films and dramas and then compromise at the transmitter.

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StevensOnln1
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2:16 PM

R Murchie: The BBC don't decide the transmitter power levels, the maximum levels are set by Ofcom and has to be lower for COM7 & COM8 on most transmitters because the same frequencies are being reused more than the frequencies of PSB1-3 & COM4-6 so using higher power levels would cause more interference and reduce the number of households who can receive COM7&8.

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Friday, 17 March 2017
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Mike T
4:52 PM

Haven't checked here for a while, but looking now at the channel list, it appears that Rowridge VP Com mux have been reduced in power from 200,000W to only 50,000W.

Is this a mistake?
I use VP as all the mux were originally 200,000W, which is why I use it. I only came to check on a mux today that was giving me some low quality problems last night, so if there has been a reduction in power, then that might be why.

Surely having VP the same power as HP on the Com mux is pointless and goes against the reason we got VP in the first place.

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StevensOnln1
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5:52 PM

Mike T: There have been now power reductions at any transmitters (other than temporarily due to faults or engineering work) so it appears that an error has crept in to the data for Rowridge VP somewhere.

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Saturday, 18 March 2017
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Mike T
9:31 AM

I thought as much Steven, as the whole point of VP was to give us full power on all 6 muxes. Hopefully Brian will rectify the mistake.
Cheers.

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Monday, 20 March 2017
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Tony Hill
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3:09 PM

R Murchie: We also have the same problems in the outer reaches of Rowridge coverage in Dorset - BBC4 HD present sometimes and then not. Fortunately we only use Freeview as a reserve with the great majority of our viewing by satellite using either a Manhattan HD Freesat box or our Technomate HD generic receiver fed from a second motorised dish. Also, interestingly and not really anticipated by me, our broadband streaming activity is steadily increasing.

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Friday, 24 March 2017
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R Murchie
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

12:02 PM
Eastleigh

Tony Hill: Understood, but I find that Freesat is subject to adverse weather conditions, and the BBC iPlayer picture does not really compare with an HD broadcast. I will see what Ofcom have to say about disadvantaging a PBS broadcaster that we have to pay for.

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MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:22 PM
South Molton

R Murchie:

If your satellite reception is seriously affected by weather then you either have the wrong size dish (too small) or an alignment fault. The oft fitted 35 cm dish is far too small for most parts of the UK in my extensive experience. The smallest for your area should be at least a 50 cm or maybe a 60 cm one. (I use a 60 cm in Trowbridge and have no weather problems.) So with a decent size dish your Freesat reception should be very good and uninterrupted unless we have a blizzard of polar proportions!

Your TV licence is to allow you to operate TV receiving equipment to watch live broadcasts or catch-up on the BBC iPlayer. So Ofcom will probably not respond to your suggested enquiry.



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MikeB
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9:58 PM

MikeP: And to add that since Iplayer is at 720p and HD broadcast is at 1080i, if you take into account the sets own upscaling, there shouldn't be a vast amount of difference between the two, at least after a minute or two.

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Tuesday, 28 March 2017
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Martyn
10:51 AM

OK I have thatched property so each time I have the thatcher in I have a new aerial. 38km from Rowridge 160 degrees

The new aerial is VP old HP I have lost signals cannot easily receive e.g.Vintage TV.

From your correspondence it would seem I need to go back to HP

What do you think

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