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.
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?
| 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, 20 May 2011
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Jacktar9:45 AM
Birmingham
Thanks Brianist
Yes they are all in the same multiplex and yes I've tried everything recommended but to no avail. As nothing has changed except the signal (still using the same gear as when I could get a signal) I Guess I'll just have to wait for the power-up as well.
I've also looked up my rooftop aerial and it's a "TV 18 Element Wideband"
Hey btw didn't I see you in that movie "taxi driver"?
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Jacktar: LOL at the "Taxi Driver" comment, I haven't heard it in a while. I never seen being taken for Robert De Niro as anything other than a complement...
The *normal* reason for lack of multiplex D from Sutton Coldfield is having a 'grouped' rather than 'wideband' aerial, but this will not be an issue after switch-over.
I'm a bit concerned, however, as you are predicted to have excellent reception already on all the multiplexes, but you may as well wait for the full power service before you do anything to your aerial.
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Saturday, 21 May 2011
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Jacktar2:30 AM
Birmingham
Hey! "you looking at me?"
Brianist you are a lot more useful than Mr De Niro to a lot of folk on here. Thanks for the help and keep up the good work m8.
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will9:42 AM
Hi folks,
Wondering if people with the knowledge can shed some light.
I live in Rugby, so in theory I'm on the SC transmitter, using my old analogue aerial.
The Dave channel for me appears to drop out and come back at roughly the same times every day. Fine before about 9am, gone/really messy until about 7pm (iirc) when it comes back clear and strong.
Anybody know what this is about?
My first thought is that maybe something else on Mux C is given 'priority' during the day at the expense of Dave channel's signal strength. Of course, I'm not a pro so that's a guess :)
(My aerial hasn't been explicitly set up for digital but during the good periods it's just fine)
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Will.
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will: Hard to say without your full postcode. Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Steve7:52 PM
Birmingham
Hi, I've a friend who has lost Mux A.
It's fine in my area (around a mile down the road).
The postcode is B23 7LU
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Steve: Please ask them to see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
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will10:19 AM
Rugby
Hi Briantist,
I'm at CV212QR. Some interesting thoughts on the link you sent. I wonder if something comes on during the day that interferes.
Or maybe I'm on the edge of the transmitter range and it switches between or something??
</guesswork>
:)
Cheers,
Will.
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will: Yes, you are just on the fringe of good reception from Sutton Coldfield until switchover, but this should really only effect your reception of multiplexes 2 and A.
With switchover quite close, 21 September 2011, when you will get a considerably better signal, you might want to wait until then, rather than spend money on your aerial at this point.
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Will10:45 PM
Rugby
Briantist - thanks for the assessment and advice, much appreciated!
Will.
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