Freeview Light on the Luccombe (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Luccombe (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 1,300 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Luccombe (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Luccombe (Isle Of Wight, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Luccombe 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C30 (546.0MHz) | 163m | DTG- | 40W |
 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 163m | DTG- | 40W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 163m | DTG- | 40W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Luccombe (Isle Of Wight, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Luccombe transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 36km north-northwest (334°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 29km north (351°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Luccombe (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2 May 2018 | |||||
| E | E | E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 40W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-2dB) 25W |
Local transmitter maps
Luccombe Freeview 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
NO FREEVIEW TONIGHT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9am - then RETUNE - see Switchover "completes" for Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice :
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Sunday, 1 April 2012
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Harri Ackone2:44 PM
I would really like to know if the number of freeview channels being transmitted on the luccombe relay is going to be increased or will I be better directing my aerial towards the rowridge one after April 18th. I should add I'm resident in Shanklin and my signal reception is very good!!! Any info would be much appreciated.
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Harri Ackone2:46 PM
Whoops....have now sent you my proper email contact!!!
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Harri Ackone: No, the Commercial broadcasters don't wish to be bothered with 1000 or so small relays like Luccombe. See here for an explanation:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
I tried the post code for Shanklin Theatre and it suggests that Rowridge will be best:
Postcode Checker - Trade View
If your Luccombe aerial is a Group one, then you will need a different aerial. A Group A aerial is probably the best for you for Rowridge which is a Group A transmitter. The gain of wideband Yagi aerials is lower at Group A frequencies.
If you're looking at DIYing, then I recommend that you look at ATV Sheffield's site. They have an encyclopedia of aerial knowledge and they make their products available mail order:
Rowridge Transmitter
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Harri Ackone5:48 PM
Dave Lindsay
Many Thanks for your reply....I had a gut feeling the answer would be in the negative but we live in hope that commerce may have a heart at some point!!! I'm not holding my breath though!!!!
The post codechecker is always telling me the Luccombe relay is my best option currently hence the ? about re-directing my aerial towards Rowridge....re buying a better aerial well that's for the future as the family finances currently have other priorities and we'll just have to stick with our limited channel options but owt is better than nowt....
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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Harri Ackone10:45 AM
Shanklin
Just to point out to interested parties that using the postcode checker at either Freeview or DigitalUK does not always guarantee 100% accuracy regarding the info that's fed back to you. Having used it and being told I'd only get signal of any strength from the Luccombe relay just felt so wrong, so today the 18th April having seen the Rowridge mast was boosting it's signal I retuned and went from a Freeview light as in about 9 tv channels to something like 60!!!!!! Yours truly is now a very happy chappy and the money spent on a Sony HD TV with bult in Freeview Tuner a few years ago finally now seems like a very good investment.
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Harri's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Harri Ackone: I am glad to hear you have the full Freeview service.
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Harri Ackone10:55 AM
Shanklin
Cheers Briantist
Plus it's good to know that this site is there to help out with any queries or problems regarding Freeview.
Best Regards
Harri
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Harri's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Harri Ackone: It is always good to help people out, and even better to hear when it works. Thank you.
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