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 22/04/2024 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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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
steve: If your aerial is pointing at Ventor transmitter, then no, it is and will remain a Public Service transmitter only.
If you received Freeview before switchover, then (extremely likely) you were getting it from Rowridge, even if your aerial is pointed at Ventor. In which case, you need to get an aerial for Rowridge, assuming that the signal is reliable enough where you are.
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Kev4:00 PM
Thanks for that - yeah Luscombe Valley looks the likely culprit :) - right in line with the aerial!
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Phil K7:27 PM
Poole
Reception is now much better (here in Holton Heath) on C24 than it was a week ago, although the quality level still wavers. Must have been the high pressure causing co-channel interference. But I'm wondering whether it's worth changing the polarisation of my aerial to vertical to prevent this in future? Can most aerials have their polarisation changed? And how much is it likely to cost to have this done by an aerial engineer?
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Phil's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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steve10:04 PM
Hi Dave Thanks for you help.
How would I get a aerial for Rowridge.
I don t really know much about this sort of thing.
Thanks
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steve: The first question is how likely is it that you can receive from Rowridge? There is no guarantee that you can receive from Rowridge or any transmitter that carries the Commercial channels.
A quick look suggests that the area is very low lying, so in general, if you live at sea level, then your chances are pretty much non-existant.
To give a better indication as to your chances, what is location, preferrably in the form of post code?
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steve10:50 PM
Ventnor
Hi Im not sure if I can get signal from rowridge there is not much about it on the internet.
But the postcode is PO38 1DN.
Thanks
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steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
steve: The predictor reckons that you will only receive from Ventnor:
Postcode Checker - Trade View
In any case, as you live in a block of flats you would need permission from your landlord. (PO381DN)
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Thursday, 22 March 2012
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Jean8:20 AM
Poole
What exactly is happening on 18th April 2012? All I can find is "technical changes". Does it really just mean that channels 30, 33 and 37 will change frequencies and signal strength increase to the same as that currently for 24 and 27, instead of the abysmally low level they are at the moment?
My Panasonic set and recorder both retuned perfectly first time, but my Samsung will not pick up 30, 33 and 37 in spite of several retunes and factory condition reset. From what I've read on here, I'm not the only person having problems with a Samsung set. If the strength of these three channels is to be increased, hopefully that will sort the problem out.
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Jean's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby8:50 AM
Jean: The frequencies of the COM muxes at Rowridge will change on 18th April 2012 as you said. The power increase for horizontal polarised signals will only increase to 50kw however, so these might not be as robust as the PSB muxes, due in part to the COM muxes sharing frequencies with Stockland Hill and Crystal Palace. In order to address this problem the broadcasters will additionally transmit all muxes from Rowridge with vertical polarisation at 200kW. In order to take advantage of the stronger signals viewers will need to turn their aerials so that the rods are vertical. Wait until 18th April, then see what reception is like to see if this is a necessary alteration!
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