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, 29 September 2011
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Chris.SE9:31 PM
Annoyed:
Try the "Freeview reset procedure" from the link in the Yelow box below.
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Jeff Glynn9:39 PM
There are NO problems with the Mendip retune.
It occurred in stages in the early hours of the 28the Sept. All MUXs are functioning
normally. Any problems, check your own installation.
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Friday, 30 September 2011
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Chris.SE12:39 AM
Jeff Glynn:
With the exception of my comment at 5.53pm about marginal areas and Arq A on C67. For clarity, it would be worth adding that this ought only to be the case if you had problems with reception of Arq B prior to Sept.28th when it was on C67 and on 26Kw.
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Dave fowler8:42 AM
Has anyone ever come across a kontrakt pcf 1 programmable cluster filter amplifier, and know how to set it?? Help can't find any thing about it :(
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Chris.SE9:03 AM
Jack Sukerman:
One other thing 3 of us have forgotten to mention this time round - Are you using an Aerial Amplifier / Signal Booster, you could have too much signal. If you are using one, try it without. If it's a masthead one, using an attenuator may be the easiest option, but make sure it is downstream of the power source. Read Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for more information about this topic.
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Chris.SE9:20 AM
Dave fowler:
Don't know of anything. Try some googling, possibly has Norwegian origins?
Briantist:
Hi Brian, please tell me How to name url links on here, I've got it wrong in my post above!
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Chris.SE9:22 AM
Ah, it seems to have corrected itself, but did I get it wrong to start with?
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Rod Roberts11:50 AM
i live in Melksham cannot get sky news have tried all the options iget it on my main tv but unable to pick it up on tv in bedroom through a freeview box.
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Mike Dimmick12:48 PM
Rod Roberts: *Just* Sky News or are other channels from ArqA missing? If other channels are missing, did you have a problem receiving Film4, ITV4 etc before Wednesday's retune?
If so, you have a problem receiving C67. This could be down to a Sky box or other device with an RF output on C66, C67 or C68. You should set the output to somewhere in the C21 to C30 range.
Another reason is just that higher frequencies carry less well along cables than lower frequencies. I see you're splitting your aerial feed - if you're splitting at the back of the TV, you will probably get better results from splitting as close to the aerial as possible. If you're distributing the output of a Sky box, this is obviously not possible.
ArqA will move to its final channel on 28 March 2012. We don't know yet what it will be, but it will be lower than C60.
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