Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 52.600,-1.835 or 52°36'1"N 1°50'5"W | B75 5JJ |
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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter._______
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?
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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, 9 March 2011
Kim: Your position makes it hard to receive a signal from both Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield (where Freeview HD transmits from), especially if you have a "large" area as they are very directional.
A general guide is to see how good the Channel 5 analogue signal is.
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Nik: You don't have a wideband aerial.
All transmitters carry Freeview HD after switchover.
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Friday, 11 March 2011
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doug11:38 AM
Birmingham
hi,i am fitting a chimney aerial.iget signals from the sutton coldfield transmitter.my television has built in freeview hd,could you advise me which would be the better aerial in a reasonably strong signal area.either the--log40 periodic aerial or a yagi18b aerial.
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doug's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick2:54 PM
doug: I've looked at your location on DigitalUK, and looked up the National Grid Reference with nearby.org.uk, looked at the terrain at Terrain - shows radio profile between two UK sites to optimise you DTT, Freeview, DAB or analogue TV reception and computed the field strength at Field Strength Calculator .
My guess is that you should have more than sufficient signal now to use a small log-periodic aerial. If you're looking at Justin Smith's website at ATV`s Choice Of Aerials for digital TV , I would say that his 'DM Log' (which appears to be a BlakeUK DML26WB) would be sufficient. If you want to play it slightly safer, go for the Log40.
Your problem is that the current digital multiplexes are so low in power compared to the analogue levels - getting the digital levels sufficient usually means that the analogue levels are way over spec. If your gain is too high now, you will have problems with the high-power digital signals. You might need to add an attenuator after switchover if you overdo it now. (RG47SH)
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Saturday, 12 March 2011
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Richard Renshaw2:10 AM
My mother's digital television stopped receiving any signal on thursday 10/3.
I tried retuning to no avail. I then tried a powered indoor aerial from my camper-van and found analogue stations for her.
I booked a firm to come and check/replace her aerial.
I have since discovered (from a casual conversation) that the (sutton coldfield) transmitter is 'subject to engineering work'!
In the instructions above this message box,- checking transmitters is the 3rd (embedded) procedure in the fault finding process. This information is only available to people with web access.
So as things stand:
An aerial repair company are booked to solve the problem with my mother's "freeview" reception.
I will endeavour to inform the aerial company that their services are not needed.
If there was a similar situation, where someone paid for repairs not necessary, but as a result of not being informed of a lack of service, who would be responsible for the cost?
p.s.
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sid4:51 PM
A good aerial company would have known about the engineering work at the sutton coldfield transmitter. It has been ongoing for over a year now.Its to get ready for the digital switch over, Have you been out of the country to not know this?
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Bob Higgins8:40 PM
My Sister-in-Law lives in Claverley nr Bridgenorth why can't she receive any ITV stations , she can only receive BBCstations .
Bob the Boat .
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Sunday, 13 March 2011
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stephen lee5:56 PM
Belper
Post code DE56 1RG. For freeview, the Digital UK site, and the BBC site, both state that for Sutton Coldfield the aerial group is B.H (or W.H) but your site states E/W.H. I have a wideband.H aerial for my new television (all picture perfect). My original 7 year old aerial for my small TV appears to be B.H and cannot get all multiplexes. I need a new aerial for this before September 2011.Please let me know which is correct
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stephen's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Jerome8:31 PM
Birmingham
Problems on all channels tonight. is this only at my house??
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Jerome's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby9:33 PM
stephen lee:Sutton Coldfield will revert to using frequencies which are all in group B at switchover in September. Currently MuxD is on C55 which is just outside the range covered by group B, resulting in "no signal" on that Mux unless you are in an area with very strong signals in which case the signal strength will be slightly less than that on in-group channels.If you have good analogue reception and can manage without MuxD until September there is no need to change your aerial.
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