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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Thursday, 21 April 2011
Brenda: You should have no problems, please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help with that.
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Lee9:48 AM
I have woke this morning to find that I have lost all my HD channels through my built in freeview, living in CV5 area of Coventry. It has been working fine for the last 6 months since I had a new digital aerial fitted. Anyone have any information??
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Colin5:42 PM
I have had exactly the same problem as Lee, except I lost my HD on about the 17th.
Up until then it was working fine on my new Samsung HD freesat TV. Something has clearly changed at the transmitter. retuning has no effect, All other freeview channels still work fine.
Colin
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Friday, 22 April 2011
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Paul2:44 AM
Coventry
I have been having problems for a few weeks with different channels.
Rescanning some times makes it better, other times worse.
I went to a neighbour and they have had similar problems.
Wednesday I had 45 channels.
At 1am I rescanned and now have 110 channels !
Most are "Midlands" some are "East Midlands", so perhaps there is currently some weather conditions effecting reception.
ALSO apparently "there have been no changes to the Sutton Coldfield transmitter", so why are multiple commenting on channel issues ?
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Paul2:54 AM
Coventry
Can anyone suggest the relevant transmitter.
I am suddenly receiving extra TV channels.
All the transmitters I have checked, seem to have BBC TV channels at the lowest frequency.
The additional TV channels, start with lowest frequency TV channels are (i.e. should all be on the same MUX)-
ITV1 , ITV2 , ITV1+1 , Channel 4 , More 4 , E4
(I believe the MUX should be lower than UHF channel 41)
Thanks
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Paul: You can get signals now from Sutton Coldfield, Waltham and Sandy Heath - it depends on the direct your aerial points.
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Colin: Nothing has changed at the trasnmitter, please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice and Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Mike8:31 AM
Belper
I live in Belper DE560SL and turned on the TV last night to find that ITV1,C4,C5 and ITV2 are missing (no signal),I performed an auto scan several times but still nothing,I checked on my recorder and all appears well,tried again this morning and all is still the same,checked for transmission problems and found nothing,it would appear that the recorder is looking at CH31 but the Tv is looking at CH22 if that helps,any advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks
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Mike's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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