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.
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 29/05/2023 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 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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Monday, 5 March 2018
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Douglas Cheney9:10 AM
would a 30 year old group "A" contract aerial receiver channel 37 from the I.O.W transmitter
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Wednesday, 7 March 2018
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R Murchie10:41 PM
Mine didn't, so I replaced it with a wide-band group T aerial which brought C37 back. I hope it will also receive C55 and C56 which are due to be used for transmitting COM7 and COM8 from Rowridge on 2 May.
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Thursday, 8 March 2018
MikeP
12:02 PM
12:02 PM
Douglas Cheney:
You would do best to have at least a Group T aerial, but better would be a log-periodic aerial that will receiove all current and expected future transmissions from Rowridge.
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Saturday, 10 March 2018
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RichardH4:46 PM
Douglas Cheney Probably would but ch. 37 was just outside of group A 30 years ago so you would need a reasonable signal. In addition, Com 8 (which is the multiplex on ch. 37) is broadcast at a lower power level than the other multiplexes (except the local' multiplex) and with horizontal polarisation only.
All this is academic though as Com 8 is being moved to ch. 56 on 21 March and that is way beyond group A!
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Monday, 12 March 2018
can you give any details of the upcoming retunes on March 21st and May 2nd, which channels will change and what will be the new frequencies.
Also will this be a final retune or are we going to face further changes again in the coming future.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018
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StevensOnln112:10 AM
Tim Wardlaw: On 21st March COM8 will move to UHF channel 56 and the local mux will move to 37. On 2nd May COM7 will move to UHF channel 55. These are the only frequency changes that Digital UK have listed for Rowridge.
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Wednesday, 21 March 2018
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colin1951uk3:42 PM
I've just done my retune and can't get any signal from Channel 56 (COM8.)
My aerial is four years old (installed May 2014 complete with new cable.) Its a Yagi 18 element as far as I can make out which I believe to be a wide band type and should pick up the complete tv transmission spectrum. So I can't understand why COM8 is dead for me.
Can anyone confirm if COM8 is alive on Rowridge please?
If it is transmitting I'll have to get an engineer out and see what's up.
Cheers...Colin
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I live in Seaford, Sussex. My post code is BN25 3AD. I have been having reception problems recently and have lost my favourite channels. Pick, Dave and Really. Do you have any booster arials between Isle of Wight and where I am? Thank you.
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StevensOnln17:19 PM
colin1951uk: Are you certain that the 18 element Yagi aerial is a wideband and not a Group A aerial? Is it mounted horizontally (with the little rods side to side) or vertically (with the rods going up and down)? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter.
Stuart Ralston: There have been no changes to the frequencies used for Pick, Dave and Really so you should start looking for a problem with your aerial system. Start by checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV and follow the cable back towards the aerial as far as you can safely access. Do not attempt to retune. The Digital UK checker doesn't show any other transmitter which would provide these channels at your location (this website doesn't operate any transmitter).
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roy higgins7:50 PM
Littlehampton
Hi what type of Ariel and which way does the elements need to point to receive Rowrodhe full freeview signal from BN17 6HW please
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