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, 27 May 2011
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Mike Dimmick3:39 PM
David: effective power level for Mux 2 and A is always 'low'. It's a consequence of the fact that they never changed mode after ITV Digital failed in 2002. Mux 1, B, C and D changed to a mode roughly equivalent to increasing the power by 2-2.5x, without causing any increase in interference to analogue transmissions (primarily those from Emley Moor). The cost was about 25% of the capacity on each multiplex.
The bars shown against each multiplex indicate the normal situation. When there is engineering work, Digital UK only report 'possible weak signal' and don't tell us exactly when and by how much the signal is to be reduced.
At switchover, power levels are 25 times higher and there is no longer a clash with Emley Moor. All SD multiplexes will use the same mode as Mux 2 and A do now.
The BBC did recommend that all six multiplexes changed mode, but ITV and Channel 4, who run Mux 2/D3&4, and S4C, who then ran Mux A, were not required to do so and decided to maintain the higher capacity at the cost of coverage. (ITV Digital had only operated Mux B, C and D. Freeview Ltd doesn't operate anything, it's a PR organization only.).
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David: They are both correct, the output levels are normal as shown. Please see Two frequency interference
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Lee4:28 PM
Wolverhampton
I'm not receiving ITV4 and Film4 so im guessing Mux D. Any ideas? we have a high grain aerial and checked direction.
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Lee: If you have never been able to receive it, this will because you have a "grouped" rather than "wideband" aerial, and you should just hang on for switchover.
If are now missing the multiplex, but had it before, see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Lee5:26 PM
Wolverhampton
Thank you for a quick response, I've never had these channels so I will hang on. Would I be better of trying to use "the wrekin" as I like itv4 for the cycling? Thanks again Lee
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Saturday, 28 May 2011
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KMJ,Derby6:45 AM
Lee:The Digital UK postcode checker predicts reception from The Wrekin to be slightly better than S/C both now and after September when full power is to be used on all muxes at both transmitters.
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011
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Lee7:36 PM
Wolverhampton
Tried the wrekin, got less channels. Guess I will stick with sutton coldfield and wait until September to get the remaining channels. Thanks again. Lee
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Lee's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
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Nick10:21 AM
Nuneaton
Hi, In anticipation of the move to freeview we paid for a new aerial which was professionally fitted - now out of the 3yr guarantee. All has been fine until last two weeks. Cannot recieve a good BBC service - signal interupts, blocking etc. Think we are pointed at Sutton Coldfield, Before I call Engineers in again could it be mast related engineering work or my aerial - seems to affect only those TVs recently retuned,
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
Nick: Please can you see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions?
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Nick6:34 PM
Nuneaton
Brian, have done so but nothing seems to fit. I have an aerial fitter coming to look at the problem
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Nick's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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