There are no longer any television transmissions on the Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter. 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 Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter.This transmitter is no longer being used for TV
In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.
How will the Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | |||||
| C30 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 25kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:50 AM
Andrew Harris: Could you get ITV1 West on analogue before switchover?
The ITV1 West mini-mux is broadcast from a separate antenna much further down the mast, and aimed into the Cheltenham and Gloucester area - it doesn't have the same radiation pattern as the other multiplexes.
It's also only on one-quarter the power of the others, until mid-October. (Oxford is using the channel for low-power Mux D until 28 September.).
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Andrew Harris11:53 AM
Bristol
Mike,
Aerial is on the roof,[Wideband 52 element array with Wolesey masthead amp]
No I was never able to get ITV West on analogue before switchover ,signal level being to low.
You say ITV West mini-mux is aimed into the Cheltenham and Gloucester areas and its radiation pattern is different from the other muxs ,will as you say its increase in power in October resolve the situation?
What is the radiation pattern?
Regards
Andrew Harris.
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Andrew Harris: If you were unable to get the analogue service, then you will not be provided with the digital one.
A radiation pattern is the configuration put on a digital broadcast - usually in one or five degree segments - to restrict the output levels in certain places. You see see some on the BBC FOI transmitter data - first draft | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
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Brian Bishop2:45 PM
Tewkesbury
now we are fully digital is it possible to tune in to a different transmitter so I can recieve bbc west programme? Post code GL20 5FF?
My aerial in in the loft
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Brian Bishop: Not easily, you would need another aerial pointing at the Mendip transmitter.
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Sunday, 1 May 2011
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flossie10:50 PM
Knighton
I have tried the retuning instructions above and still cannot get multiplexes A B D and parts of C - what do I do, help please?
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
flossie: You are using the Garth Hill transmitter, which does not carry the commercial multiplexes.
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Monday, 20 June 2011
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John Lees10:27 PM
Cheltenham
I would just like to add my comment that we have this ridiculous situation here just NE of Gloucester where we no longer can receive Points West (i.e. BBC West)for the local news. If ITV can do it from Ridge Hill, why not the BBC ? A really stupid situation and very annoying.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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andrew mark9:19 PM
John Lees - you are quite right about the ridiculous situation with us able to receive via your aerial ITV West and not BBC Points West, which gives better coverage of our area than ITV West news.
Can I suggest you complain to: your MP, BBC radio gloucestershire, and most importantly e-mail the BBC West regional manager: Lucio.Mesquita@bbc.co.uk
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Mike Dimmick3:26 PM
John Lees, andrew mark: The BBC has never provided a West-region service from Ridge Hill or its relays. Given the cutbacks they are having to make, I doubt they would want to do so now.
ITV only started the West service after breaking up the older Central South sub-region in 2007, primarily to put Oxford in with Hannington to form 'ITV Thames Valley'. They put Ridge Hill in with Central West from Birmingham as the served area was considered too small for a separate news service. (Ironically, ITV Thames Valley has ended, and Oxford and Hannington viewers now get the Southampton service.) The three-way divide of Central's news service was a condition of the 1991 licence.
It's more likely that regional services will be closed down, though the Prime Minister - whose constituency is near Oxford - has put pressure on to keep his local service.
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