Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 720,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Mendip (Somerset, England) mast?
Mendip transmitter - Mendip transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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 Mendip 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 Mendip transmitter?
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 23km north (11°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Cheddar | Transposer | 15 km E Weston-super-Mare | 1674 homes |
| Luccombe | Active deflector | 6 km w Minehead | 38 homes |
How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||
| C/D E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | |||
| C30 | _local | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C36 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C37 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C48 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C51tv_off | LBS | LBS | |||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | COM8tv_off | |||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-6dB) 126kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-8.4dB) 72.4kW | |
| com8 | (-8.6dB) 69.1kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*, LBS | (-17dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Wednesday, 25 May 2016
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Dave3:19 PM
Used to get Dave and Challenge (Freeview 12 and 46) very well until recently. No signal the last few days. Post code TA24 near Williton .
Not a techie, so any ideas please and anyone else experiencing this? Only the last 10 days or less. Before, it was very good.
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Sunday, 29 May 2016
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GEM1:41 PM
I'm in Sturminster Newton and our reception on Freeview has been difficult (not available or breaking up both TV and radio) but it's usual with this weather.
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Monday, 30 May 2016
M
MikeB3:13 PM
GEM: We need a postcode to know what your signal should normally be like, but weather shouldn't normally be a factor in the breakup of your TV signal.
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Wednesday, 1 June 2016
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Martin B2:57 PM
I cannot receive CITV on channel 122. Retuned chan 48 Com 4 but still no CITV. Get the message No Service. All other channels fine.
Does anyone know what's going on?
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Thursday, 2 June 2016
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Richard Cooper10:53 AM
Norwich
GEM: As I mentioned in my post replying to Nick Anderson, high atmospheric pressure can indeed affect digital terrestrial television (DTT OR 'Freeview') television reception and if everything such as your aerial (type & condition), aerial alignment, aerial cable (type and length) and connectors have all been checked, and you have also carried out a 'first time installation' retune recently, then you have done all you can, and you simply have to wait until the weather changes and you have low atmospheric pressure again. If you are using the Mendip transmitter, make sure you are using a group E or a wideband aerial, horizontally polarised.Also check whether there are many 4G phone masts close to your location. If there are you may need a 4G filter. You can get them free via the at800 website. Hope the info I've provided here will help you. Richard, Norwich, 2nd June 2016.
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Richard Cooper11:06 AM
Norwich
Martin B: Hi Martin B. There are no faults or engineering work taking place at the Mendip transmitter at the moment and CITV is currently transmitting, "The Dawn of Morphos (Part 2), which looks very exciting! You could watch it live on the itv hub instead of getting it from Freeview. Your Freeview reception may be marred due to high atmospheric pressure, which is dominant across southern UK at present! Hope this helps, Richard, Norwich, 11:05 on Thursday 2nd June 2016.
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Saturday, 11 June 2016
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Dave Andrews12:39 PM
Hi
As at the moment, 11/6/16, the LBS multiplex on Mendip TX, C51, is transmitting:
Made in Bristol, LCN 7
Kix, LCN 127
and
True Crime, LCN 60
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Sunday, 26 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
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MENDIP transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 4 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
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MENDIP transmitter - Possible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 3 August 2016
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Judith Motler5:22 PM
I have automatically retuned my T.V. and again I am now piking up Welsh channels, I want to receive channels from the Mendip transmitter. I have followed instructions to manually retune but it hasn't worked. Can you help please?
Thank you.
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