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.
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, 18 May 2011
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george3:36 AM
Here in Coventry lost all the same channels as previous posts have detailed at around the same time. Spent ages doing auto retune etc. Strangely can get all BBC radio channels on my digital radio set but not on digital tv set. Surely signal comes from same transmitter? See that Sutton coldfield transmitter undergoing engineering work 'during the next week'and that the signal wil be 'variable'. And they said digital would be so much better! I only remember disruption like this back in the 1960's! It had bettter be back on before the next Dr Who or I'm marching on Sutton Coldfield to sort them out! Oh for a sonic screwdriver!
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Andy3:40 AM
I fell asleep on the sofa shortly after 11:20pm whilst watching a programme on BBC2. I woke up just after 2pm to find a black TV screen and a "No Signal" message on my Sonia Bravia TV.
I currently have no digital or analogue channels whatsoever, and when I try to access my Freeview EPG it just says "this feature is unavailable". I've tried re-scanning for services but it's taken around half an hour to find absolutely nothing.
I live about five miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon, but the self-help guide on here tells me that my local transmitter has no problems?!
Is my TV/aerial buggered? Or is something going on elsewhere? Will my signal ever return?!
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J Thompson5:51 AM
No freeview being received at 5.00am, saying no signal??? All my freeviw TV's have no signal?? In B14 area, anyone have any info please???
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I'm not sure quite why people can't see the "SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption" at the top of the page.
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Mark D9:36 AM
My Panasonic Tv has an intergrated HD Freeview box but recently I can longer get the HD freeview channels was working great up until 2 or 3 weeks agao, I have tried to re tune several times but alas no joy my Post Code area is B46 which I think is served by the Sutton Coldfeild Transmitter. Any Idea's many thanks
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Matthew Cleverdon9:58 AM
Thanks for pointing me in the right Direction Briantist; appreciated.
All the best
Matt
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Steve Watson10:54 AM
Thank for getting back.
I have completely cleared list as described and reset - interestingly Channel 4 is now 'no EPG data' too.
The ariel is in the loft. Everything has worked fine for years until a few weeks ago. The channel strength on BBC1 is 4%. I can recieve the channel but EPG data. ITV1 is only 9% but this does provide EPG data.
Steve Watson: If My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice does not work, then you may have to find a "first time installation" or "factory reset" option on your box (or set).
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Steve Watson: If your levels are so low, I would check the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page.
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jane clamp11:21 AM
jane ashby
is this going to be a regular thing ?
surely someone knows what happened?
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