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4G at 800MHz (at800) Freeview reception issues

When 800MHz 4G mobile broadband services start there will be 2 multiplexes in the higher risk range (C21-23, C30, C59-60): C21: SDN, C22: BBCB
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This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter which serves 270,000 homes.

Other maps:Ridge Hill DABRidge Hill AM/FMRidge Hill regionBBC West MidlandsCentral (South micro region)

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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.


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Ridge Hill transmitter Freeview broadcasts

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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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 horizontal max
C28 (530.0MHz)363m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 301, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 horizontal max
C25 (506.0MHz)363m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Central (South micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Midlands ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 horizontal max
C22+ (482.2MHz)363m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4		20,000W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 horizontal -3dB
C21+ (474.2MHz)361m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
10 ITV 3, 20 G.O.L.D. (not free), 25 Dave ja vu, 26 Home (not free), 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5*, 31 5USA, 34 ESPN UK (not free), 38 Quest, 39 The Zone, 44 Channel 5 +1, 72 CITV, plus 22 others

COM5
ArqA
 horizontal -3dB
C24 (498.0MHz)366m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
11 PICK TV, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4+1, 32 Movie Mix, 46 Challenge, 48 Food Network, 82 Sky News, 87 Community Channel, plus 9 others

COM6
ArqB
 horizontal -3dB
C27 (522.0MHz)361m64QAM 8K 3/4
27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2		10,000W
Channel icons
15 Film 4, 18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 21 VIVA, 24 ITV 4, 41 Sky Sports 1 (not free), 42 Sky Sports 2 (not free), 47 4seven, 83 Al Jazeera English, 85 RT English , plus 21 others



Regional news from the Ridge Hill transmitter


BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 69km northeast
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 69km northeast
to ITV Central (South) region - 25 masts.

Self-help relays

WhittonTransposer35 km NW Hereford40 homes

How the transmission frequencies change over time

years1968~851984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupVHFA KA KWA KA KW
C6ITV
C21+SDN+SDN+SDN
C22BBC1BBC1BBC1+BBCB+BBCB+BBCB
C24ArqAArqAArqA
C25ITVITVITVD3+4D3+4D3+4
C27ArqBArqBArqB
C28BBC2BBC2BBC2BBCABBCABBCA
C30local
600C32C4C4C4
C35C5C5
C42C
C45D
700C51local
C531
C572
C60A
800C63B

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 6th April and 20th April 2011.

  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Hereford could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Ridge Hill transmitter using C51
  • Ofcom have projected that a local television service for Gloucester including Cheltenham could use an Interleaved Frequency on the Ridge Hill transmitter using C30

Comparison of old analogue and current digital signal levels

Analogue 1-5 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 2kW

History of Channel 3 in the Ridge Hill transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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.


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Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 24 October 2012 4:49AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:09 on 22 Oct to 15:00 yesterday [BBC]
Alan
Monday 19 November 2012 1:35PM Kidderminster
I wonder if you can tell me what if anything has changed from the Ridge Hill transmitter in the last week. I am an installer, and one caravan site (DY14 0DJ) I have worked on for over 15 years is now having reception problems. The whole site receives Freeview from Ridge Hill, with a few in the lower parts using Freesat. I have had calls from a couple of residents, and now the manager, and the owner (who lives onsite) have called saying that reception is poor at night. I have been out and checked the signal during the daytime and have 'good' reception on all mux's, with the inbuilt reception software in the managers Humax tv's agreeing 100% quality, but they still say it can become unwatchable at night.
As this is affecting over 85 properties in the same area, I dont want to start trying to alter reception equipment which has worked well until last week. There is no new building work going on, because of the valley it is in, no other transmitter can be received, I have tried attenuating the signal in case it was too strong at night . . . any help would be appreciated.
M Thomas
Tuesday 1 January 2013 6:56PM
Why is the DAB signal so poor where we live (Cradley). Are there plans to improve transmission in the event that FM is switched off? We get FM just fine.
Dave Lindsay
Tuesday 1 January 2013 10:26PM
M Thomas: BBC National DAB transmitter went live from Great Malvern on 4th February 2011:

www.bbc.co.uk link icon BBC - Press Office - BBC national digital radio coverage improved

www.bbc.co.uk link icon BBC - Help receiving TV and radio - Transmitters

tx.mb21.co.uk link icon mb21 - The Transmission Gallery

The site is also home to FM transmitters for BBC H&W on 104.0MHz and Free Radio (H&W) on 102.8MHz. It also broadcasts all Freeview channels.
Jon Norris
Saturday 5 January 2013 5:10PM Hereford
I am at HR2 8HZ with aerial pointing to clearly visible Ridge Hill mast. Reception fine. But no HD. The channels (ie 103) don't even list. What am I missing (apart from a marble or two)?
Briantist
Saturday 5 January 2013 5:37PM
Jon Norris: There is a check list to follow here - High definition | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
jb38
Saturday 5 January 2013 7:46PM
Jon Norris: Or in addition to the link supplied by Briantist you could just provide the brand / model number of the TV in question and its specifications can be checked out, should of course they be available as it depends entirely on the brand of the set.
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:50PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
Jon Norris
Friday 18 January 2013 5:19PM Hereford
Jon Norris: jb38 & Briantist. Sorry for delay and thank you for your help. TV is Samsung LE 40 N 87 BD. it was bought as HD ready. Of course, like a nonce, my freeview box is probably not HD! I thought it just passed signals through to the TV but maybe it needs to be HD capable too.
jb38
Friday 18 January 2013 6:23PM
Jon Norris: Yes, as far as the latter part of your comment thats exactly it! although if it was HD capable then it would require to be coupled into your TV via an HDMI lead, as HD signals cannot pass through a scart cable.

Just out of interest what model of Freeview box are you using? I would have specifically asked this but was unaware that you were using a box for reception and not a TV.
Jon Norris
Friday 18 January 2013 8:26PM Hereford
Jb38: called a Sagem HDMI and I am using an HDMI cable. It does often need rebooting nowadays so may have to replace anyway if I can work out which is best
jb38
Friday 18 January 2013 9:13PM
Jon Norris: It depends on whether or not your receiver (a PVR recorder?) its one of the RTI 90 series? because the fact of a device having an HDMI connection facility does not necessarily mean that its an HD capable box but just one with a high quality connection, and if you click on the undermentioned link it illustrates the various hard drive sizes of Sagem HD models within the RTI 90 range.

www.sagemcomdigital.co.uk link icon Freeview HD+

This second link is to a selection of Humax Freeview HD PVR's a little more pricey but top quality devices with excellent tuners, the HDR-FOX T2 grade "A" model being a particularly good price, although obviously there are lower cost HD devices made by Bush and such likes around and which also give reasonably good results, although I personally find it difficult to recommend them on the grounds of reliability.

Search results - HUMAX UK Direct Sales Website
Jon Norris
Friday 18 January 2013 10:01PM Hereford
Thank you. Humax it is! Many thanks for your time and patience.
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:31PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:33 on 11 Feb to 15:36 on 11 Feb. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 13 February 2013 7:31PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:33 on 11 Feb to 15:36 on 11 Feb. [BBC]
Barrie Etherington
Tuesday 26 March 2013 7:19PM Coleford
Hi,

I have just made 'the big switch' back to BT ... phone, TV and Broadband ... and they have supplied a new router and an HUMAX box.

I still retain my SKY box on 'special deal' price - because I'm a VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER - and they bribed me with a price reduced deal for about 6-9 months.

I expect to get 'fibre' from BT by September this year.

At that point I plan to switch off SKY, change to Fibre, and take the final segment of my planned BT deal - namely 'Sky Sports 1&2' and BT Infinity.

My aerials point to Astra 2 and Ridge Hill; and, so far all my connections seem very satisfactory.

My problem is ... I'm no TV guru and wouldn't know what problems to anticipate - short of a complete missing channel or such like.

Is there anything obvious I need to look for ?
andrewp
Wednesday 27 March 2013 6:56PM
Barrie - one thing you will not get, unless you use your Skydish for it, is the right BBC regional news for your area. Ridge Hill only carries midlands BBC news (whereas it does carry ITV west).
Coleford has a west relay, and if that is out of reach, then Mendip is receivable in other parts of the town. Both of these transmit BBC West, which editorially covers the Forest.
Dave Lindsay
Wednesday 27 March 2013 7:07PM
Barrie Etherington: Ridge Hill is a full-freeview transmitter (it broadcasts Public Service [PSB] and Commercial [COM] channels).

Sky Sports on digital terrestrial, for use with BT Vision, are carried on one of the COM channels:

www.dtg.org.uk link icon DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex

The COM channels from Ridge Hill are on lower power than the PSBs, so if you find them to be an issue you may need to replace your aerial, either with another on Ridge Hill or one on Mendip.

Mendip will give you BBC One West and ITV West. Ridge Hill will give you BBC One West Midlands, ITV Central (South) and ITV West (it carries two PSB2 multiplexes, but only the West Midlands PSB1 one).

If Mendip isn't a possibility and you want BBC One West then you will probably have to pick it up from the Coleford relay, but it only carries PSB channels (so no Sky Sports). In which case, diplex (combine) it with the Ridge Hill one, if you can get the COM channels from there else there's not much point, unless you want to have access to West and West Midlands programming.
Andrew Brown
Wednesday 27 March 2013 8:34PM Cinderford
Mr Etherington, I live in Cinderford and would be more than happy to discuss anything with you face to face. My advice is free and so it won't cost you a penny!
Regards

Andy
Transmitter engineering
Friday 19 April 2013 10:31AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 19 April 2013 10:31AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 19 April 2013 1:31PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 today to 12:53 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 19 April 2013 1:31PM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 today to 12:53 today. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 20 April 2013 4:32AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 yesterday to 12:53 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 20 April 2013 4:32AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 yesterday to 12:53 yesterday. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 21 April 2013 4:32AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 on 19 Apr to 12:53 on 19 Apr. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 21 April 2013 4:32AM
RIDGE HILL transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:15 on 19 Apr to 12:53 on 19 Apr. [BBC]
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