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Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

50.676,-1.369 or 50°40'35"N 1°22'7"W

PO30 4HT

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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) mast?

Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) South, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast),
PSB3 BBCB	V max H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	320m	DTG-	200,000W 200,000W
	56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -6dB V -6dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	299m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! movies action, 46 Channel 5 +1, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 CBS Reality, 74 Dave ja vu, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 203 CITV, 208 Pop Player, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, plus 15 others
COM5 ArqA	H -6dB V -6dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	11 Sky Arts, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 pick, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 57 Smithsonian Channel, 60 Drama +1, 70 Quest +1, 75 Yesterday +1, 83 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -6dB V -6dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	302m	DTG-8	50,000W 50,000W
	12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 71 Quest Red +1, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 88 Classic Hits, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 19 others
LSO	H -13dB	C37 (602.0MHz)	299m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 22nd December 2014: 7 That's Solent,

DTG-8 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?

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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	BBCtv_waves
C21		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22					+ArqA	ArqA
C24		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25					SDN	SDN
C27		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28					ArqB	ArqB
C29						LSO
C31		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves		com7
C37						com8
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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

Aug 1958-Jan 1992	Southern Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992	Television South (TVS)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004	Meridian
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Rowridge was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Thursday, 25 January 2018

J Whitney
12:32 AM

Moving any to 55 seems nonsensical for . It has always been a group A and so surely the vast majority of people will have a group A . So it seems a large number of people will have to pay for a new group T aerial to be fitted if they wish to continue receiving the Com7 and Com8 . Rich pickings for aerial fitters and since my aerial is at the top of a 20 ft pole not simple for me and particularly annoying since I frequently watch Ch4+1 HD and HD as well as BBC4 HD (but not anymore). What is the point of moving Com7 and Com8 to a single on channel 55? This seems so unnecessary and costly. Just leave Com 7 where it is and keep its capacity unchanged!!

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StevensOnln1

_{sentiment_very_satisfied}Platinum

10:59 AM

J Whitney: It is necessary to move COM7 and COM8 to single networks on UKF 55 and 56 because channels 31-37 are needed to relocate other multiplexes which are being cleared from the band. There is no option for /Arqiva to leave them unchanged on any as this would cause massive to relocated PSB and COM muxes on other transmitters.

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Saturday, 27 January 2018

R Murchie

_{sentiment_satisfied}Bronze

8:27 PM
Eastleigh

A new aerial has sorted the loss of stations from , etc all back on screen, so I the March 2018 changes will go smoothly. However, I wish some simple advice from BBC, , or along these lines had been available to this unnecessary confusion.

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Wednesday, 7 February 2018

Transmitter engineering

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1:28 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:35 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:31 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 today. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:35 today to 15:21 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:31 today to 13:34 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 today to 13:34 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 today to 13:34 today, Radio 4 FM [BBC]

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Thursday, 8 February 2018

Transmitter engineering

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4:28 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:35 to 15:21 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:31 yesterday to 13:34 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 yesterday to 13:34 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:32 yesterda [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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1:28 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:04 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:02 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:03 today, Radio 4 FM Weak Signal from 10:02 today. [BBC]

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7:28 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:04 today to 15:50 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:02 today to 15:50 today, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 today to 15:50 today, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:03 today to 15:50 today, Radio 4 FM [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering

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4:28 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:04 to 15:50 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:02 yesterday to 15:50 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to 15:50 yesterday, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:03 yesterda [BBC]

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Saturday, 10 February 2018

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4:28 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 10:04 on 08 Feb to 15:50 on 08 Feb. FM: Radio 1 FM Weak Signal from 10:02 on 08 Feb to 15:50 on 08 Feb, Radio 2 FM Weak Signal from 10:01 on 08 Feb to 15:50 on 08 Feb, Radio 3 FM Weak Signal from 10:03 on 08 Fe [BBC]

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