Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 620,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	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 H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	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 H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -6dB V -6dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H -6dB V -6dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LSO	H -13dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

DTG-8 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 Rowridge transmitter?

BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 24km north-northeast (20°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford

Are there any self-help relays?

Portsmouth Docks

Transposer

2 km N city centre

50 homes Estimate. Group of houses'

How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1950s-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2 May 2018
	VHF	A K T	A K T	A K T	A K T	W T
C3	BBCtv_waves
C21		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22					+ArqA	ArqA
C24		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C27		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					ArqB	ArqB
C29						LSO
C31		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		com7
C37						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_off}

_{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?

Analogue 1-4	500kW
PSB1\|\|, PSB1≡, PSB2\|\|, PSB2≡, PSB3\|\|, PSB3≡	(-4dB) 200kW
COM4≡, COM4\|\|, COM5≡, COM5\|\|, COM6≡, COM6\|\|	(-10dB) 50kW
com7≡	(-13.1dB) 24.4kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-14dB) 20kW
com8≡	(-14.3dB) 18.4kW
LSO≡	(-17dB) 10kW

Local transmitter maps

Rowridge Freeview Rowridge DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Nigel
7:24 PM
Lymington

I'm at SO41 0LH and pick up signal from . I used to be able to get Solent News on Channel 7 but now it just says . All other work perfectly? TV has been retuned but no difference.

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jb38

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12:07 AM

Nigel : Your location is indicated as being completely outwith the coverage area of Rowridges H polarised low powered LSO , hence the reason why the transmitter (29) broadcasting this programme is not listed in DUK's predictor for your location, the fact of you having previously been able to view this channel being most likely down to favourable reception conditions appertaining to the last time you carried out an auto-tune, a situation which has now changed.

Rather than carrying out a series of auto-tunes in an attempt to recover the channel, go into your TV or boxes tuning menu and select "manual" tune followed by entering 29 into the box, then pausing at this point, i.e: do "not" press search or , as this procedure has the effect of making the tuner act like a form of signal meter devoid of reception threshold limits (which applies in auto-tune ) likewise indicating the level of any signals being received nomatter how low they might be.

Further assistance as required.

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Norman Langridge
12:16 AM

I can receive at good strength from both and transmitters. If I do a manual tune first for Rowridge and then for Findon all the sought for muxes (carrier ) are listed when I do an signal strength check. However, only the Rowridge transmission data appears in the Electronic Programme Guide, my only source to open a programme. Although the two sources provide identical programmes, having an alternative mux can be useful so why don't the Findon duplicates appear in the EPG in the 800s? Humax tell me they should, but they don't!

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Richard Cooper

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9:24 AM

Norman Langridge: Hi, Norman. It is usually the case that if the electronic programme guide doesn't appear for a particular , the on which it is carried (in your case the multiplex), then the strength is not sufficiently high for the tv or set-top box to process it effectively. I am surprised that your Humax contact did not explain this to you when you contacted Humax. Richard, Norwich.

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Nigel
8:27 AM

jb38: thanks for your response. Have done as suggested but nothing so,clearly out of area. One more question - does this high pressure weather affect ? I'm also getting erratic pixaliation - signal is 10 on all and strength between 7 & 10.

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jb38

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9:24 AM

Nigel : Yes, high pressure certainly does have an affect on , and in most cases one of a dastardly nature, although occasionally (very) it can be positive by enabling a signal to be received from a normally just out of range.

I had a quick look at the pressure maps before making this reply, and judging by that seen it would appear that the UK is in for a rough time of it for the whole of next week as far as reception problems are concerned, as a series of waves of high pressure are seen to sweep across most of the UK excluding the Northern areas of Scotland, with the South Western area's being severely affected at times.

Needless to say, high pressure is the most likely reason for the problem mentioned.

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Richard Cooper

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4:42 PM

Nigel : Hi, Nigel I totally agree with jb38, regarding Solent TV. It is not listed as being receivable at your location. On the other hand, BBC Radio Solent should be receivable at yours, because that is transmitted on a high . The Freeview number for BBC Radio Solent is 722 for you, should you wish to hear local news through your television set. Richard, Norwich.

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Richard Cooper

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4:46 PM

Tony Dix: Hi, Tony. Remember that COM5 is 6 decibels lower on its horizontally polarised compared to multiplexes PSB1 PSB2 and PSB3!!! Richard, Norwich.

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Margaret Baker
10:46 AM

Every night at precisely 1am I lose the TV and get a message. Does the go to reduced or what?

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StevensOnln1

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11:30 AM

Margaret Baker: do not reduce their broadcast overnight. If it is happening at the same time each night then you are likely suffering from electrical caused by something operating on a timer switch.

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