Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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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._______
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 Rowridge 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 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 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LSO | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | com7 | |||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_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
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Tuesday, 3 April 2018
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Tony Hill12:22 PM
Like others, despite being told that we have a wideband aerial, BBC4 HD cannot be tuned on channel 56. So, either our aerial is not wideband or we are being given the runaround by Freeview/BBC.
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StevensOnln15:04 PM
Tony Hill: The BBC/Freeview's information about the change in frequency is correct, you are not being given the runaround. Please provide a full postcode so that we can see the predicted coverage at your location.
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Wednesday, 4 April 2018
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John Ormerod11:36 AM
Winchester
StevensOnln1:
Thanks for replying. I won't miss Al Jazeera and RT in HD when they move to 55.
I did a manual tune, and nothing was found for 55 and 56.
Other comments make me wonder whether a change of aerial would make any difference (in SO23 9TA). Unless this is the thin end of the wedge in terms of moving channels out of the range of pre-Freeview aerials.
Regards, John
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Jeddy S12:23 PM
I found that an automatic tune of some of my boxes did not find BBC Four HD on ch56 and I also noticed that for a manual tune on 2 of my boxes I had to explicitly select DVB-T2 (rather than the default of DVB-T) to find BBC Four HD etc.
I wonder if others have a simliar option / problem?
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MikeP
1:12 PM
1:12 PM
John Ormerod:
If your aerial is a Group A type it will not receive Channels 55 or 56. There is no such thing as a 'pre Freeview' aerial, all UHF aerials will work with Freeview provided they cover the required frequency range. A Group A aerial is suitable for all channels between 21 and 38 (as has always been the case). That is why we contributors have been recommending for quite some time that people have a wideband type aerial fitted so they can get all the available channels now and into the foreseeable future.
If your aerial is a Group A type and you do not have cable and/or satellite, then contact Freeview at https://www.freeview.com/…nges and look in the FAQ section. They may offer to replace your aerial free of charge if you meet the requirements. They will fit a wideband type at no cost to you, if you qualify.
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MikeP
1:16 PM
1:16 PM
Jeddy S:
A number of people have reported this. It is because they have a Group A type aerial that will not receive channels 55 or 56. Your aerial needs to be changed to a wideband type. Look at https://www.freeview.com/…nges and look in the FAQ section. They may well inspect your aerial and if you qualify they will offer you a free replacement using a wideband type. If you have a cable service or satellite they they will not off a free aerial change.
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Thursday, 5 April 2018
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Gary Calder9:44 AM
@JeddyS
I was not able to register any signal on my Humax Fox T2 when doing a manual retune on 56 (despite it being a wideband antenna). I put it down to us being in the reception hole that is Chandlers Ford. However, on reading your comment about setting DVB-T2, I Googled and found this:
specifying DVB T2 on manual retune
"My Humax HD FOX T2 will not return any signal/quality from a HD mux using manual tune until you select DVB-T2.
Autotuning however (not acceptable where I live) scans for both DVB-T and DVB-T2."
That may account for the fact I saw zero signal registering - I'll check again tonight and select DVB-T2 with manual tune to see if there really is any signal registering, but it's all a bit moot anyway as I already have a cheap ex-Sky satellite box coming from eBay to serve as a BBC4 HD tuner.
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Jonathan Barham12:35 PM
We are unable to receive our favourite channel BBC 4HD, presumably because we have type A aerials (for both our tv sets) which have worked well up until now. I am informed that I will need to spend 88 on two high gain, T band aerials .Such changes throw an additional expense upon consumers.Why could not a less watched channel
be moved to 56? We do not qualify for any rebate as we have potential for freesat if we spend 100 on a freesat box.
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MikeP
12:51 PM
Kettering
12:51 PM
Kettering
Jonathon Barham:
You may not need to spend anything, just contact Freeview at Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview and look in the FAQ section. They have an advice service, or ring 03456 505050 to discuss having your aerial checked and maybe getting it replaced free of charge.
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R Murchie1:53 PM
Eastleigh
MikeP: You can call the Freeview advice line free on 0808 100 0288, but they will only install a new aerial if you have no access to cable or satellite TV. Like the majority of the UK population, I use Freeview and received all stations from Rowridge until 11 January when BBC4 HD was moved from COM7 at 24.4kW power to COM8 on C37 at 18.4kW. The more recent move to C56 has prevented anyone I know in south Hampshire from receiving it with a group A aerial. Given the amount of money changing hands during the sale of UHF frequencies (the 4G auction raised 2.3 billion for the Treasury, I believe), I think this is poor behaviour by Ofcom. I pay for the privilege of watching TV via the licence fee, I regard the RF spectrum as a public asset, yet I am expected to spend money on a new aerial to help the mobile phone companies expand their revenue-raising operations.
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