Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter which serves 1,870,000 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.
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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 Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
Are there any self-help relays?
Burton (shobnall) | Transposer | 1 km W Burton-on-Trent | 60 homes |
Coalville | Transposer | 18 km NW Leicester | 600 homes |
Solihull | Transposer | Land Rover building | 400 homes |
How will the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | W T | ||||
C4 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C33 | com7 | ||||||||
C35 | com8 | ||||||||
C36 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
C39 | +ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
C40 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C42 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C45 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
C46 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C48 | _local | ||||||||
C50tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C51tv_off | LB | ||||||||
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 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 200kW | |
com7 | (-10.5dB) 89.2kW | |
com8 | (-10.7dB) 86kW | |
LB | (-20dB) 10kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-21dB) 8kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
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Dan9:24 PM
Hi everyone,
I've been unable to receive mux d channels for around a month, re-scanning occasionally makes them appear in the epg (but still unable to be tuned to) but more often than not they just don't appear.
Freeview reception has never previously been a problem for me and on all the other tvs in the house I can receive a full set of channels without issue.
Any ideas as to how I can fix this?
thanks
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Wednesday, 5 January 2011
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Louise7:50 AM
Hi Richard,
Did you have a response from the MP? I received one over Christmas asking for all the e-mails i have received off digital uk so they can investigate further. It's a joke now that we have not been able to watch what you want & when you want since October!!
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Louise9:23 AM
Hello everyone,
Chris Pincher (tamworth MP) holds a public surgery. I have just made an appointment for 11th February (1st one available) to discuss the reception problem. If anyone else wants to see him call Rob Pritchard on 01827312778. How do people feel about getting a petition going to give him when i see him?
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Richard10:28 AM
Hi Louise,
I feel we're becoming close friends here. lol
I didn't get any response at all from the MP. I'm glad you did though. At least we know they are looking into it. Great that you get a chance to speak to him too.
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Sutton Coldfield doesn't have HD at present, anything you've seen in HD on Freeview was only for test, the service won't officially launch there until digital switchover.
The only transmitters with HD, as part of the 'advance network' (used largely for testing) on Freeview are Pontop Pike, Crystal Palace, Lichfield, Emley Moor and Black Hill. Only after digital switchover will HD be avaiable nationwide on Freeview. If you want HD now, get Freesat HD.
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Priyesh1:05 PM
Hi i live in Leicester so use the Sutton Coldfield transmitter however it seems some people, including me, cannot recieve mux D channels. i thought it migh tbe my aerial but i can get all other muxes fine.
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Thursday, 6 January 2011
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Rob B12:08 AM
Leicester
Hi same here i live in south leicestershire and for the passed week chn55 has droped to about 20% signal strenth from 100%, have cheched all my freeview set and there are the same. is there is somthing wrong @ sutton coalfield, all other chns are OK including HD.
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Rob's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris10:50 PM
Rugby
Hi Briantist
my postcode CV22 6AS. I can get analogue C5 but bit grainy. Any suggestions for freeview hd would be appreciated
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Friday, 7 January 2011
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Kevin6:44 AM
I'min the tamworth area and have lost all freeview channels all I get is the words NO SIGNAL it all went dead on me about 17:00hrs yesterday and is still the same now
is there others in the same boat as me ?
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Dennis4:59 PM
Northampton
I am in Tamworth,have got all the muxes fine even the HD one from nr Lichfield,and that's on a thirty year old aerial and co-ax.
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Dennis's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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