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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Thursday, 19 May 2011
Saturday, 28 May 2011
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Rob12:51 AM
Bembridge
Hiya,
Great site here, i intend to be camping in the summer just outside of Bembridge, and i have my laptop with DVB card built in, which i intend to take to catch up on the news, etc in the evenings.
Can anyone suggest a aerial that i could take to use? Or would the small one that came with it suffice?
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Rob: The one thing you can be sure is that the very small aerial that came with the card will not work.
Normally you need a rooftop aerial for Freeview reception, but you might find that you can use an "indoor" type aerial whilst camping.
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
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peter7:13 PM
Bournemouth
I get poor reception of ITV3 at my flat in BH1 2JU, is this situation likely to improve in 2012?
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peter: I could do, but you should have excellent reception of multiplex A today - Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Friday, 10 June 2011
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Peter Making2:17 PM
Romsey
SO517JZ Aerial is located on roof and has worked fine until the spell of hot weather when picture breaks up, but does improve later in evening. Will the signal get better after the changeover. Comments at bottom of screen say NO SIGNAL or BAD SIGNAL
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Sunday, 12 June 2011
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Amy 5:08 PM
Bournemouth
Hello,
I've just moved to Bournemouth, bh7 6ha.
I've got a tv,a freeview box and an indoor aerial, they are all plugged in but when I turn it all on and scan for channels it cant find any, what should I do?
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KMJ,Derby5:56 PM
Amy: Indoor aerials are very hit and miss for Freeview reception. You are in a reasonably strong signal area but you would still have to find a position in the room where there is any signal. Close to a window which faces the direction of the transmitter is usually favourite. Even so different positions might have to be found for each multiplex and people moving about in the room could affect reception. You would really be best advised to have an outdoor aerial fitted if this is possible. Are you able to receive analogue transmissions using your indoor aerial? This would give an indication whether digital reception might be possible after switchover.
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Monday, 13 June 2011
Peter Making: I would check Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - the higher power signals may or may not improve the situation, it depends on the reason for the problem you have in the first place.
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Mike Dimmick3:04 PM
Peter Making: You're currently predicted to get variable reception on some multiplexes - this is expected to improve to good reception on all multiplexes after switchover completes.
The official 'step 2' is on 21 March 2012, but the commercial multiplexes have to stay on their current channels and power levels until 18 April 2012 as the new channels clash with transmissions from Crystal Palace.
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