Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 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 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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Friday, 4 March 2011
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andy 10:56 PM
Grumps
Your aerial is looking at Sutton Coldfield,but the HD transmission is from nr Lichfield,
It would seem that you have a hi-gain antenna,this would tend to limit the capture of signal,to a very narrow area, in degrees and miss the HD signal.
I am sure it will be fine,come digital switch over,when the HD multiplex moves to Sutton Coldfield on high power.
Take a look at the enclosed,it refers to ''analogue'' reception but gives the location of the Sutton and Lichfield transmitter sites.with reference to your location,
UK analogue TV reception predictor
(B904XB)
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Grumps11:06 PM
Solihull
Thanks Andy, I will take a look. If I don't want to wait 6 months, do you think that a new aerial will make a difference?
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Saturday, 5 March 2011
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KMJ,Derby11:32 AM
Grumps: An additional aerial dedicated to Lichfield might be needed. Use a group A for best pick-up of C34. This can be linked to the Sutton Coldfield aerial with a group A+E diplexer. It is worth checking that there are no nearby VCRs or Sky boxes with the RF modulator set around C33 to C35.
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wibble2:39 PM
Birmingham
Hi All, I'm in Wythall B47 6EW few miles West of Solihull. Just bought a HD fox t2 but can't locate any signal on ch34. I'm using a loft mounted wideband aerial and can get 100% quality with 35% to 65% strength. I also get a pretty good picture on analogue channel 5. I'm stumped as to what to check or change. Any help most appreciated.
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wibble: Can you please check Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ? It might just the "loft aerial" problem.
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Wibble8:30 PM
Briantist, thanks for the quick reply. I read the single frequency interference page but I don't think it applies in this case. I don't have any other equipment apart from a DVD player and that's directly connected to the TV set. the DVD doesn't even have a fly lead connected for the receiver function. I switched off everything in the house that broadcasts RF still no difference. not sure if this is what you would expect but the strength and quality both show as 0...nothing....zilch...nadda! (you get the idea). If it's because I'm using a loft aerial isn't it a bit strange that I can get Channel 5 with a good picture? thanks.
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Grumps8:49 PM
Solihull
Hi Wibble,
See the responses to me above as I am also from Solihull area. I have moved my loft mounted wideband aerial to Lichfield (3◦)and I have picked up all 4 HD channels. The signal strength is a bit down from Sutton C for the other digital channels but no noticeable problems. My HD Box doesn't show any signal strength for the HD channels and about 50% quality but they are definitely there and working, so I am not sure what is going on with the signal strength thing. Good luck
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Grumps8:51 PM
Solihull
That should read (3 degrees)
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andy 10:51 PM
Chester
Good News Grumps.
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Grumps11:27 PM
Solihull
Yes Andy and thanks for your ideas and input. It got me there. Even had Dolby Digital on the Ch4 HD film tonight! I think I am still on the edge of reception because MOTD on HD has frozen a couple of times but nothing serious.
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