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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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
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jordan6:24 PM
i live in wombourne what would the signal be like if i was using sutton coldfield with an indoor aerial with a signal booster (52.5297,-2.1915)
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Martin: I would see the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page for some suggestions.
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Mike Dimmick7:23 PM
jordan: Digital UK's aerial trade predictor shows a good chance of reliable reception from The Wrekin/Lark Stoke/Bromsgrove (already switched, but COM muxes on low power/busy channels) and from Brierley Hill. These predictions are based on a rooftop aerial, but The Wrekin is shown as 100% across the board after the COM muxes move to full power on 28 September (when Sutton Coldfield switches over). The PSB muxes are showing at 100% now.
Boosters generally do nothing useful. Try it without. They're only of any use if the receiver is particularly noisy (which Freeview boxes shouldn't be) or if the signal levels are so low that the box can't detect them reliably, but the interference is still very low.
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Thursday, 28 July 2011
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jordan2:44 PM
Cannock
mike dimmick so you are saying that i won't pick up sutton coldfield with an indoor aerial and a signal booster but i can get lark stoke bromsgroove and the wrekin
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jb384:33 PM
Wolverhampton
jordan: Obviously local terrain plays a large part in reception possibilities where you are located, as the post code on your last posting gives glowing reports on both Sutton Coldfield and the Wrekin, although with the latter being variable on Mux A /SDN until 28th September.
This is in contrast to a test code (WV5 9HA - Wombourne Civic hall) based on the named location (P/Code inoperable!) you gave in the first posting, as the predictions on that indicated Sutton Coldfield as being out of the running, and with only three Mux's being possible from The Wrekin, with Ridge Hill also three but not brilliant!
"If" you are located at the last code given then I cant see any problems with an indoor aerial, indoor meaning loft and not facing into a water tank.
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Les6:18 PM
Sutton Coldfield
I live in Sutton Coldfield (Postcode B75 6HD) using a Luxor Digital PVR I constantly appear to lose reception on BBC channels (plus one or two others). Any reasons?
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KT6:26 PM
Tony, Yes it normally happens just as the light start to fades and the lights kick in. Is there any solution to this?
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jordan9:55 PM
Cannock
so i cna't get sutton coldfield with an indoor aerial in the loft
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jordan10:25 PM
Cannock
would i get freeview when sutton coldfield switches as i have got an analogue signal that is snowy but has got a colour picture
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Friday, 29 July 2011
KT: You should report the problem either via the BBC reporting tool (see Broadcaster complaints details | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ) or via the local council.
However, you may find the simply replacing your aerial leads with higher quality cables will fix the problem.
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