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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Monday, 22 October 2012
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jb385:33 PM
Alex Beaujean: Where the reception of digital TV is concerned then very few places exist in the UK where a Log 40 (or even a DM log) would not be suffice.
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Monday, 12 November 2012
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Chris.SE9:17 AM
Briantist:
Hi Brian, I'm a bit confused. You said elsewhere that you'd amended the database for Mendip, but ArqA is still showing as C52 here and ArqB as C56 when they should be the other way around ie. ArqA is on C56 & ArqB is on C52.
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Chris.SE: The page cache needed clearing... it is showing correctly now.
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Monday, 19 November 2012
D
David Rowe2:29 PM
Westbury
I was experiencing poor reception on BBC Programmes (ecept when on HD Channals. The problem is Auto Setup gets me tuned in to The Wales Transmitter rather than Medip - resulting in Welsh local News etc rather than BBC West. How do I do a Manual Retune ?
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 25 November 2012
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Chris.SE9:37 PM
David Rowe: Follow the Freeview reset procedure with the link at the bottom of the page, then do a manual scan, one multiplex ata time using the following UHF channel numbers -
CH61,CH54,CH48,CH52 & CH56 . If you have HD then also C58.
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Saturday, 1 December 2012
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Bob F3:49 PM
Stonehouse
I have just seen the following report "Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said an estimated 945,000 households which use signal amplifiers to boost their television reception could be affected, while another 953,000 which rely on communal aerials could have their coverage disturbed".
My post code is GL10 3BJ and I have a signal amplifier and receive Freeview via the Mendip Transmitter.
Should I expect to have a problem. And if so, what would you suggest would be the best solution please?
What is the
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 2 December 2012
On the 'Transmission Frequencies' table above, it does not show what channel the BBCA multiplex is on for the columns headed '2013-' and '2013?' - I hear that in early-2013 BBCA will move from C61 to C49(?) - is this confirmed or subject to change, therefore it's been missed from the table?
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Jeff's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby12:24 PM
Jeff Eastmond: Mux BBCA from Mendip changes to C49 0n 27th March 2013. This is taken from the Digital UK postcode checker site.
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Monday, 3 December 2012
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Rob5:04 PM
Our signal on the BBC PSB1 mux is erratic and I'm not sure why. Some of the time it's OK at about 70% strength, other times it disappears to 'No signal'. However, all other muxes are fine, usually with 100% signal.
We're high up in the Cotswolds near Stroud, and have good line of sight to the Mendip transmitter. It's 40 miles away, but we're 600' ASL and the ground drops away sharply to the south, so there's no obvious problem, and Megalithia shows the signal path is good. Were in a rural area, so interference is unlikely.
Our aerial is on the same alignment as our neighbours, but is bigger (about 15 elements). It dates from analogue days when it was fine, and I dont think Mendip changed frequencies in the switchover.
Ive just left the digibox on manual search for a few minutes. On channel 61 (BBC PSB1 mux from Mendip) it shows a Signal Quality: Good, Signal Level mostly about 70%, but briefly dipping down to None a few times a minute. However, last night we tried to watch a BBC programme, which was OK for 45 minutes (but with very brief interruptions to sound), and then disappeared for the last 15 minutes. Channel 54 is currently showing Signal Quality: Very Good, Signal Level rock solid on 100%.
All of which leaves me very confused what problem can give an intermittent fault on one channel and leave the others unaffected. Does the larger aerial mean I should try an attenuator? Any help appreciated.
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Sunday, 23 December 2012
S
Stewart3:41 PM
Does anybody know the channel numbers for radio on a freeview from the Mendip traansmitter?
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