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, 28 June 2021
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Brian6:46 AM
Waterlooville
Chris.SE
Chris, re your comments about reports of "Tropo" today, it looks more like that is the problem at my address as Ch 28 and ch 37 are really bad today , both are bouncing quality between 0% to 18% , going from bad pixilation to no signal, so guess I'm stuck with it at certain times of the year...
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Chris.SE5:04 PM
Brian:
Oh bad luck. If it gets too frustrating, you could consider Freesat. A lot of modern TVs have an inbuilt satellite tuner, so all you'd need would be a Dish and LNB. See Channels List & On-Demand Players | Freesat for the channels currently on Freesat.
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Tuesday, 17 August 2021
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Victor Delta11:05 PM
If we lose BBC4 HD and BBC News HD etc at some stage, is there a published date for when they should reappear on Rowridge?
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Chris.SE11:43 PM
Victor Delta:
There is absolutely no information available about what might/could happen to any of the channels on COM7 at whatever point it closes.
.gov have just announced that the other multiplex licences can be extended to 2034
Future of channels such as ITV2 and Dave secured as Freeview licences renewed for another decade - GOV.UK
But apparently the BBC have yet to confirm if they would apply for renewal of the licence for it's HD multiplex (BBCB HD/PSB3) until it became clearer what the role of the multiplex would be !!
That strikes me that people might want to write to the BBC and tell them - IMHO it should be more HD channels on Freeview, not even contemplating less!
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Friday, 8 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:44 PM
2:44 PM
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/10/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 11 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:43 AM
5:43 AM
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/10/2021 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 19 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:13 PM
12:13 PM
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Saturday, 25 December 2021
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Russ10:27 AM
Poor signal strength 46% and 0% quality on Ch 25 from rowridge transmitter. Previous Panasonic tv used to play transmission but new LG suffers with dropout. Is ch25 channel owner given lower output?
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Sunday, 26 December 2021
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Chris.SE5:54 AM
Russ:
C25 is the SDN/COM4 multiplex and is transmitted at the same power as the ArqA/COM5 and ArqB/COM6 multiplexes. These are the same power as the main PSB multiplexes if using vertical polarisation (200kW) but they are only 50kW in horizontal polarisation.
The Planned Engineering should have been completed and I can't find any faults reported.
There's also the possibility that you may be in a location where that multiplex is not predicted to be received as well as the others but we'd need a full postcode to check that, as well whether your aerial rods (or squashed Xs) are vertical or horizontal.
What signal strength and quality figures have you got for all the other multiplexes?
How long has this problem been happening, is it very recent, ie the last day or two? Or has it been a problem since the new LG, and how long is that? An LG set shouldn't specifically be a cause.
Have you changed anything else around in your installation? Check all your coax plugs and connections for corrosion, bad connections etc. Make sure you haven't got any HDMI leads running close to your aerial or flyleads as HDMI has been know to cause interference.
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