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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Monday, 1 April 2013
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John Crabb8:17 AM
Chard
jb38 and KMJ,Derby: Thanks for those interesting points. I do not actually know how many people in Taunton and Wellington have been affected. If it is only a very small percentage of the total then it seems to me that they could well have been the ones operating just on the margin of adequate signal level. In my own case I have an old Yagi aerial of the correct group but the plot for it shows much decreased sensitivity at lower channels within the band.
I already have an HDMI cable. The problem seems to be with the RF cable passing the aerial signal from HDD to TV. Careful rerouting does seem to make a difference.
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mark3:21 PM
Yes, John Crabb, I have no doubt that we could all solve our problems by fiddling about with bits of wire, reconnections, etc., and buying ourselves new kit. But it doesn't alter the fact that if the problem was not there before 27th and is now, then it resulted from the transmission change. Local conditions or equipment may have predisposed my set to this but that is not the issue. If I have to go out and buy a new aerial then I shall be sending the bill to Arqiba.
And yes,there are lots of people in this street who have had no problems at all. But there are also people in their eighties who haven't a clue about these things. After a week or so of frustration and grumbling they'll be paying for the local telly shop to come round and sort them out. This costs a hundred or so. Not on. Many of them, of course, will just give up on the TV altogether. Frankly, that seems more than a bit hard.
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John Crabb4:54 PM
Chard
Mark: I don't really disagree with any of your points. I was just discussing practical ways forward for those who feel able to engage with the issues. I am not taking Arqiba's part in this, but as they were presumably directed to clear channel 61 to make room for 4G, I doubt there is much else that they can do about it now. It would be nice if they could improve things but I actually think that in practice we will have to do all the fiddling, or pay someone else to do it for us. I don't like that any more than you do.
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Mike
5:39 PM
Cinderford
5:39 PM
Cinderford
So following John's point, what rights (if any) do we have? We have two receivers that work just fine and one that does not. There must be lots of people in the same position or worse wondering why they cannot get BBC tv (or Radio as I have found). My neighbour has the same issue. Since the Government presumably made some money out of introducing 4G, perhaps they might like to help.
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Andy6:05 PM
Since the retune we have had no BBC coverage. We are near Langport. Anyone else near here having problems too?
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Geoff9:36 PM
I'm in Chippenham too, and have also been without BBC channels since the retune. I have a combination of Samsung and Panasonic equipment. I have done a factory reset on the TV with no change.
Are we simply to expect that this is how things will be? It's a bit galling to see "This transmitter has no reported problems" at the top of this page, the powers that be clearly aren't reading anything below it.
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Geoff11:17 PM
Well you guys are the best. Having vented my frustration, I read the previous posts in more detail and have resolved my issue.
In my case it was being caused by an old freeview box that I hadn't disconnected inhibiting the passing of the BBC A channel. I've now taken I out and all is well. I should have done it when I installed the Freeview TV that made the old box redundant but there was a Rugby match coming up and I was in a hurry...
It may be that changing the output of the old box would also have done the trick but as I didn't need it at all, I didn't explore the option.
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Tuesday, 2 April 2013
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bsk1:07 AM
Bristol
I've had no access to BBC and whatever is on that 698 Mhz chl - for most of them I'm getting 0% strength but 40% qual. I'm using EyeTv so it is so hard to try to bring any suggestions on this board to any useful conclusion on my Mac.
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Mike
8:35 AM
Cinderford
8:35 AM
Cinderford
In response to bsk, I also use EyeTV on a Mac. I have found it crashes quote a lot at the moment (a problem I never used to have) and when it does, it seems to go back to the old channel settings. If I do a complete and full re-scan of the channel list I am now getting BBC progs again. There is probably an old and buried file list I need to throw away. It is still annoying.
However my neighbour has a Ferguson F1603LVD2 tv that won't pick up the BBC channels either. Does anyone know how to do a factory reset on that?
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Dave9:32 AM
Swindon
Im in Swindon have had no BBC channels on either freeview or my BT vision box. Do we think this will be sorted today?
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