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.
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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, 29 April 2011
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Philip Evans11:06 AM
Birmingham
Thanks Briantist
However - They only solution I have found is to remove my digital booster that I was using to spilt my signal and rund two TV's off my aerial - I did not initially think this was the problem because I have been using this configuration since day one - with no problems. I even bought another booster to see if that one was kaput but face the exact same problem; loss of muxes.
I now have to think of a way to run my second TV in kitchen.
After seeing some posts about too much signal I may try a non powered split and see if that works
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Philip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Geoff Hawkins12:43 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Further to my previous posts re Mux D ch 55
Over past week can now receive this Mux with
20 - 35 % signal whereas prevoiusly only 0-10%. Any reason for this ?
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Geoff's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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mike Bollard9:47 PM
Birmingham
I bought a freeview HD receiver in Dec. 2010 it worked ok for about two months but after that I could not get a signal on any HD channels. BBC I HD ITV channel 4 are all in the program list but when I switch to them I get a no signal message, arial is on the roof and set up is the same as when it did work . post code b29 4qf
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Saturday, 30 April 2011
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Dave7:23 PM
Birmingham
Hi i have a freeview HD box and have had no problems with it at all until Friday 29th April. The HD channels now keep scrambling, anyone have any ideas as its driving me mad.
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Dave's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 1 May 2011
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David6:41 PM
Birmingham
Yes mate me to your going mad .Ive lost all my hd Channels and my signals low on two of my tv's
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David's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
David/Dave/mike Bollard: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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Ben whitehouse9:31 AM
Stafford
I have installed o brand new digital aerial on the chimney of a a 2 story detatched house, i have 60 db signal on the roof when i go to the front room it drops to 50db (cable length approx 4 meters)i can get all the analogue channels and they are great but cannot receive any digital channels at all ?
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Ben's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Ben whitehouse: Assuming you are pointing the aerial at Sutton Coldfield. I would suggest you use satellite-grade cable to connect the aerial to the set-top box.
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Rod10:12 PM
Have a new digital aerial installed on the chimney, can't receive any channel correctly. BBC just freezes and ITV and 4 + 5 with nothing but blank screen.
Aerial company take your money but refuse to assist any further. I paid for digital signal, but now three weeks with no TV at all. Help.
Tried two freeview boxes, scart leads and coax leads. Still no good. Is it me? or have I been sold goods not fit for sevice? Sick of digital aready.
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Rod: Bit hard to be specific without a full postcode, for general advice please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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