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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Saturday, 7 May 2011
Steve: You have not left a postcode so it is hard to be sure, but you may have too strong a signal for your receiver, but this less unlikely with a loft aerial.
Have you tried swapping your aerial cables around?
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Briantist: Sorry my postcode is SN12 6FY. When you say 'swap aerial cables around' could you explain please?? PS Tonight i've tried tuning again but i cannot get anything at all !! Not even the BBC channels i got the other night !!
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Steve: If you plug the cable that usually goes into the Panasonic HDD Recorder direct into the Samsung TV, what happens?
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Monday, 9 May 2011
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Mike 3:20 PM
My ADB I-Can set top box will not receive channel 67 Mendip transmitter have tried all suggestions even having the box returned to supplier for adjustment all to no avail the misssing channels can be found on the 800 range wondered if any other users of this box have same problem and have found any way of correcting this problem.TVs in house all receive all freeview channels perfectly.May be will have to wait until Sept when Mendip changes it channel line up or Rowridge next year.
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Brian, I have taken your advice i.e. plugged main aerial feed into the TV instead of the Panasonic HDD and the TV reception worked as normal i.e. i could receive all available Freeview channels. I then ran the main aerial feed back into the Panasonic HDD again, and retuned and hey presto i got 'most' of the channels back all but COM6/ARQB/CH67, which is typical as recording Film4 films is what i do most of!! Is there any reason why i can't still get COM6/ARQB/CH67? When i try a manual retune of that channel the Panasonic HDD shows that this channel has a very poor signal strength compared to the others. Your advice is much appreciated.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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Jim F.7:33 PM
Steve,
Could you have a close look at the aerial input socket on your Panasonic HDD? Remove the aerial lead, and see whether the coax socket's centre connector (female) seems to be at all loose. I've just been looking at a Humax PVR behaving similarly - the slightest waggle of the aerial input lead made the picture freeze momentarily - that's with a brand new lead that I'd just made up.
On the Humax, it felt very wobbly - didn't get a chance to investigate further as it's only a month old, so is going back to the shop.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Jim F. The connection to the HDD is a very snug fit, so i don't think this can be the cause(??)
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Steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 15 May 2011
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Christopher Innes10:12 AM
Bristol
Very basic questions for weak reception of Mendip broadcast:
Timeline - changes take place in September 2011 and 'early 2012' - are these likely to improve reception of present low power channels?
Aerials - I have a roof aerial which is at least 12 years old, it has 17 cross bars in horizontal plane. Your recommendation is for Group E/W - is this a type of aerial covering both groups or should it be either Group E or Group W?
Where on your web site can I find pictures of the different aerials to compare with what is available on-line?
Chris
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Christopher's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Christopher Innes: You should already have excellent reception from Mendip, if you don't then you probably do need a new aerial.
You can use a group C/D, group E or a wideband aerial.
See Freeview reception - all about aerials | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for details of aerials.
At your location, as long as the aerial is on the roof a standard aerial will be perfectly fine - use satellite-grade coaxial cable for the best reception results.
A larger aerial may overload your receiver.
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