Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) DAB transmitter
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This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter.UK Free TV shows the coverage area for a radio transmitter as a coloured overlay (orange for FM, other colours for DAB) on the grey map. We have computed the coverage by combining the terrain with the official radiation pattern. A single click will select the transmitter to view the coverage for a single site, and a double click goes to a page showing full details. Click on the buttons in the right-hand corner of the map to choose from different frequencies (or multiplexes for DAB).
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Ridge Hill Freeview Ridge Hill DAB Ridge Hill AM/FM Ridge Hill TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Friday, 24 November 2023
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JONATHAN L PROUT2:49 PM
I Recently lost all HD channels on my JVC Smart tv. Despite retuning they have not returned. I wonder has the transmitter signal changed as I think it might be connected with DVB -T AND DVB T2 broadcasts. Up to a few weeks ago my JVC has been tuned in and receiving all HD channels. I now notice that my tv set only appears to have dvb -T and not DVB T2. The Ridgehill Transmitter does not show any information that indicates DVB-T will no longer be able to receive HD channels !
I assume this is most probably the case but if it could be confirmed then it would save me wasting my time retuning a tv set that is incapable of receiving HD channels any more.
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Chris.SE3:33 PM
JONATHAN L PROUT:
You have posted on the DAB transmitter page rather than the TV Freeview page where you can see that the Transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering.
There have been no changes to DVB T1 or DVB T2 transmissions, there is one DVB-T2 multiplex (PSB2/BBCB HD) that carries all the HD TV channels which is transmitted on UHF C22 at Ridge Hill.
Arqiva never give details about what the work involves, some of which may be weather dependant.
Planned Engineering work may involve one or a combination of brief interruptions to transmission of one or more multiplexes, use of reduced power, or use of the Reserve Antenna (lower down the mast).
The latter in particular may mean you may struggle to get an adequate signal to be decoded, depending on the terrain nearer you (generally). As you haven't provided a full postcode we are unable to comment on your normal predicted reception and how you may be affected.
It sounds like the mistake you have made was retuning when you had no signal or badly pixellated pictures. You cannot tune to a signal that is not there or can't be decoded. If you had been correctly tuned, it's never recommended to retune when you have no signal, the usual outcome is it clears the correct tuning.
As you won't know when your signals will return to normal, your best bet is to do a MANUAL retune on UHF C22. You may have to try several times until you get your channels back.
Once all your channels have returned (to the EPG at least) then do not retune.
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Sunday, 7 July 2024
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Richard Pearce5:55 PM
I have no freeview channels on either of my televisions since yesterday 6/7/24, afternoon and still none despite retuning. what is happening? I believe I am on the Ridgehill transmitter.
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Chris.SE11:07 PM
Richard Pearce:
As you have posted on the DAB transmitter page, you won't have seen the notice about Planned Engineering on the Freeview page, this could be affecting your reception.
I'm afraid it was very unwise to retune, you cannot tune to signals that aren't there, this will probably have just cleared you correct tuning.
As you have provided a bit more information about your reception in your other post, I'm going to respond over there.
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