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
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
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Friday, 4 May 2018
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StevensOnln110:26 AM
AC: COM7 & COM8 have only ever been broadcast with horizontal polarity from Rowridge, they were never vertical.
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Tony Whyman4:49 PM
I now tried adding a masthead amp and even at various settings up to the max 26dB, there is nothing on channel 55.
Is there anyone out there who is getting COM7 from Rowridge?
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colin1951uk7:11 PM
Tony Whyman: I'm getting COM7 on 55 ok since Wednesday's retune. I'm from Eastleigh (about 32 miles from Rowridge.) I use a Log 36 aerial which gives me about 45 per cent strength and 100 percent quality using a Humax HD FoxT2 set top box.
26db seems awfully high gainwise, it might be worth halving that as too much gain will knock the signal out completely. Just a thought.
Good luck!
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Greg Stewart9:43 PM
I went into my local electronic shop and quizzed the salesman about the lack com7 and com8 from Rowridge. He said that he had a very good wideband aerial and could still get the missing channels after Wednesday's retune (he lives locally). So I will report back after the engineer has been on the 21st. After all, it makes no sense to send out engineers if they (Freeview) know that there is no hope of receiving those channels.
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Saturday, 5 May 2018
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Tim Shergold9:56 PM
i also lost COM7 & COM8 channels, retuning didn't help so must have Group A aerial which is not designed to receive the new frequencies. I have replaced to wideband aerial All OK now.
SO532AT Chandlers Ford.
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David Leaworthy11:14 PM
At our Isle of Wight location we are unable to watch any Freeview channels, have checked the outside aerial
(on chimney) and have retuned countless times. The problems began in March and we have no idea why. Prior to this a number of channels disappeared or were unwatchable - we now effectively have no TV and are considering alternatives as our licence fee is wasted money.
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Sunday, 6 May 2018
MikeP
1:06 PM
1:06 PM
David Leaworthy:
You clearly have either a fault with your aerial system or else the TV has a problem. By retuning you have made it more difficult to determine the cause of the problem. A full post code would also help as then we can see what your predicted reception is like at you specific location.
Start by manually tuning your TV into the channels used by Rowridge. Some have recently changed and you need to have a wideband aerial to get them all again. You need to tune to channels 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 55 and 56. It is these latter two that require a change of aerial as an 'old' Group A aerial cannot receive them. If you TV can tune to them but still not show any channels you need the TV checked. If you cannot tune to those channels, then yopu have a fult in the TV tuner system.
Your licence fee would not be watsed money if you can receive any TV services live on-air, it is onpy if you use catch-up services that in some curcumstances you may not need a Television Broadcast Receiving Licence.
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Dave Watson5:53 PM
Since the may retune we have lost the multiplex with bbcnews24 Hd
We tried a manual tune as we found it should be on freq 55 - but the tv didnt find
Any thing.
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StevensOnln110:23 PM
Dave Watson: You most likely have a Group A aerial which isn't designed to receive the upper part of the UHF band where COM7 & COM8 have moved to at Rowridge. If you don't have satellite or cable you may be eligible to have a replacement wideband aerial fitted free of charge, which can be arranged by contacting the Freeview Advice Line (see link below).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Monday, 7 May 2018
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Terri7:57 PM
Bournemouth
Hi over the past few days I cannot get freeview in the evening. It is there when I turn the tv on in the morning without retuning. This is on both the tv's upstairs that are only running off the aerial. Freeview via talktalk on the downstairs tv is ok. I haven't changed anything. My postcode is bh7 6hu.
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