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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Mendip 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
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1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35 (586.0MHz)591mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H max
C48 (690.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C33 (570.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C36 (594.0MHz)591mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LBS
 H -10dB
C30 (546.0MHz)591mDTG-1210,000W
Channel icons
from 22nd September 2014: 7 Made in Bristol,

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 Mendip transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 25km north (3°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
regional news image
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?

CheddarTransposer15 km E Weston-super-Mare1674 homes
LuccombeActive deflector6 km w Minehead38 homes

How will the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1727 Feb 2018
C/D EEEC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C30_local
C32BBCA
C33com7com7
C34D3+4
C35com8com8
C36ArqB
C37C5wavesC5waves
C48SDNSDNSDNSDN
C49tv_off BBCABBCA
C51tv_offLBSLBS
C52tv_offArqBArqBArqB
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C55tv_offcom7tv_off
C56tv_offArqAArqAArqACOM8tv_off
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCBBBCB
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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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

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Mendip 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.

Comments
Sunday, 19 February 2012
G
Gill
11:06 AM
Bristol

TV aerial in loft with with a splitter with cables directly to each tv in each room. Yesterday afternoon, suddenly no signal!

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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Briantist
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4:54 PM

Gill: I would guess something has happened to the splitter. If it is powered, it could have blown a fuse. Please also see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
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david
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4:44 PM
Salisbury

am i correct in thinking that all mendip muxs will br 100kw on march the twelve

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Adam B
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5:07 PM

david:

Yes, all Mendip MUX's wil be on 100Kw on the 28th March.

Hope this helps,
Adam.

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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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david
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8:30 PM
Salisbury

thanks adam

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Thursday, 1 March 2012
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Phil Smith
10:43 PM
Calne

I have a digital high gain aerial with 5 top and bottom elements.
My TV is a Panasonic TH-37PX70BA with a built in freeview tuner.
I also have a PVR, Panasonic DVD DMR-EX95 again with its own freeview tuner.
On both freeview tuners I can no longer receive the following channels: 8 Channel 4 , 11 PICK TV, 19 Dave, 20 Really, 29 E4+1, 46 Challenge, 49 Food Network
I have also had intermittent problems with:
12 Yesterday, 15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV.
All were received in the past with no problems.
I have run the tests to exclude any Local analogue interference. I have also zeroid the TV and freewiew tuners before retuning them again.
I switched to Freeview fairly early so my aerial is pointed/lined up to the Mendip transmitter.
Since the Calne transmitter is now broadcasting digital, do you think I would receive the missing channels if I re-aligned my aerial to the Calne rather than Mendip transmitter?
If not, any other ideas how I can get the missing channels again.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:14 PM

Phil Smith: Which transmitter is your aerial directed at?

You mention Channel 4 being on Logical Channel Number (LCN) 8 which implies that it is tuned to a transmitter in Wales as it is displaced from LCN4 by S4C.

If you are receiving from Mendip then Arq A and Arq B are on low power until 28th March. These carry the services you identify as missing, except Channel 4.

I wouldn't go with Calne unless there is no other option as it is a Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) transmitter only as it does not carry the commercial (COM) multiplexes.

If Channel 4 does not appear on LCN8, then is it present on LCN4?

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Saturday, 3 March 2012
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Sue Gill
7:39 AM
Bath

We get our signal from the Bathford relay transmitter and have relatively few channels. Wondered if there is likely to be an upgrade of this in the near future so we get a wider choice of channels?

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Pete Green
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10:57 AM

Sue Gill
You should be able to get Mendip, according to Digital UK tradeview, and get all the channels.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:08 AM

Sue Gill: It's not likely that the commercial broadcasters will install transmitters at Bath.

They choose where to site their transmitters and operate so as to generate a profit.

They currently cover around 90% of the population from approxiamately 80 of the largest (by population) transmitters. For them to broadcast from the other 1000 or so relays would roughly double their costs of transmission. They were asked if they wished to increase their coverage and declined.

As Pete Green says, the best thing you can do is have an aerial installed for Mendip. Note that two of its commercial multiplexes are on very low power until 27th March, so this might affect your reception until then.

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