Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 720,000 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 Mendip (Somerset, England) mast?
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering 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 Mendip 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 Mendip transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north (11°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
| Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-6dB) 126kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-8.4dB) 72.4kW | |
| com8 | (-8.6dB) 69.1kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-17dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Thursday, 17 February 2011
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Ross12:19 PM
Bristol
Can someone advise me please? Am at Bristol area. Can no longer receive Freeview Channel 59 (Yesterday). Get 'No Signal' message. Have performed recommended retune procedure (less RF-In, with RF-In coax)on my Humax PVR.
Thank You. Ross
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BRD2:21 PM
Corsham
Ross: Until recently I suffered extremely variable reception from Mendip (SN13).
This site provides lots of useful information on DTV reception. Howevee I called in an aerial expert who advised that in his opinion Humax boxes (which I have) attenuate the signal significantly. He said that a "mast head amp" would solve the problem and was so confident that he would fit it for no charge if it did not work.
All reception has been excellent since fitting; even in some extreme weather conditions.
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Saturday, 19 February 2011
Just had a new wideband roof top aerial fitted with new cable run to replace my old group C/D contract aerial. Reception is much better but I still get the occasional glitch/freeze on the weaker COM muxes. Do you think the power increase due in 2012 will clear this issue up?
PS. I live in BS35 near the Severn Estuary so this is a weaker signal area for Mendip, with Wenvoe coming in strong even on my loft aerial! (But I'm not Welsh!)
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Dean's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Dean: Yes, the COM changes should improve things.
I'm wondering if your set is actually picking up the COMs from Wenvoe, rather than Mendip?
Can you trying deleting all your channels and then doing a "manual add" using the above frequencies?
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Ross3:22 PM
Hello 'BRD' and 'Briantist', thanks for rapid response. Will try both recommendations, Ross
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
Many thanks for the reply Brian.
The aerial installer made sure that the set scanned Mendip only by unplugging the aerial lead until the scan reached CH50. Also NIT=West Mendip too.
I notice that a lot of aerials in the neighbourhood have mast head amps and my old group aerial had (but I had no power supply for it). With this and the rust on the aerial/condition of the old lossy cable I was happy to have a new aerial installed.
That is great news about the power increase and rather than spend more money & introduce something that may only be required for a while, I'll hang on until 2012 then.
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Dean: It might be worth checking the channel allocations are correct - a lot of Freeview boxes will happily retune themselves.
Also, you have to check the "region information" for each multiplex, there can all be different.
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Alex6:22 PM
Bath
HI, what is the heading for the transmitter?
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