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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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
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Grumps6:32 PM
Solihull
I have a very high gain wideband aerial fitted in the loft, with a masthead amp & PSU. I am getting 50-60% signal strength (from Sutton Coldfield) according to my Freeview+ HD box, but no HD channels.Do I have to wait until September for that to change or do I stand a chance of HD sooner? Any suggestions gratefully received.
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andy 7:17 PM
Chester
Grumps HD is transmitted from Lichfield, but is on Low Power, What is you analogue Ch5 like.
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Grumps10:58 PM
Solihull
Hi Andy, Just checked and it is not good. The Ch5 picture is clearly visible but there is quite a strong ghost image underneath which appears like a black and white grid pattern.According to the reception checkers/predictors, I should have HD from Sutton Coldfield now.
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adrenalize11:11 PM
HD Mux from Lichfield seems to be on low power right now.
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Thursday, 3 March 2011
Grumps: If you have poor reception on analogue Channel 5, you won't be able to get Freeview HD. Use the analogue Channel 5 as a guide to getting a perfect signal and Freeview HD will work.
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adrenalize10:25 AM
Yeah - HD mux was unwatchable last night - usually is fine.
Anyone know what the change in April to Sutton C'field as listed on the Digital UK site is? The HD mux is showing better reception for me then - is it moving from Lichfield to Sutton then?
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adrenalize: No, switchover is Wednesday 21st September 2011, the changes are caused by other transmitters analogue services being closed down.
Please see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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John2:29 PM
Nuneaton
I watched Hd all last night in Nuneaton and it was fine as normal, not sure why yours was not unless they are still messing with the transmitter.
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John: Nothing is happening with the transmitter, people are having problems in some places due to Inversion, see What is the Inversion Effect and why does it effect my Freeview TV reception?
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