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?
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, 12 August 2011
Will the mux that relays ,yesterday ,film 4 etc, return normal service to cefn mawr wrexham after sept 2011
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Saturday, 13 August 2011
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John Russell1:05 PM
I live in Derby (in the East Midlands)served by Sutton Coldfield Transmitter.
BBC East Midlands programmes are currently only available on weak analogue signal.
Will BBC East Midlands programmes be available on freeview, from Sutton Coldfield after switchover? If not how can Derby Freeview Viewers get East Midlands programmes.
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Sunday, 14 August 2011
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Jean Timms11:52 AM
Coventry
Help! We live in CV1 3GQ, a block of flats and don't know where the communal aerial is, presumably IN the roof space. We have 2 freeview televisions.On Thursday 11th August, we lost the ITV channels (not BBC)but they came back later. On Friday we could only receive the BBC channels plus Dave and a couple of freeview Sky channels.Saturday and today (Sunday)we still cannot receive the ITV channels or BBC radio channels. Have tried re-tuning but no luck. Could it be that the communal aerial needs re-tuning or is it a temporary tramsmitter blip?
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KMJ,Derby12:14 PM
John Russell; What is your postcode?- so a check can be made of predicted reception at your location. Sutton Coldfield will continue to transmit BBC West Midlands after switchover. The Derby relay transmits a signal intended to serve viewers with aerials pointing towards Sutton Coldfield in the Allestree and Chaddesden areas. This will transmit the MuxBBCA (East Midlands) on C48 from 31st August 2011, replacing the analogue BBC1 service. Most viewers in Derby will be able to receive the East Midlands service direct from Waltham when using a suitable aerial. MuxBBCA (East Mids)is to be transmitted from Waltham at high power from 17th August 2011.
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Mike Dimmick12:30 PM
Jean Timms: The responsibility for providing a good aerial and connections to it lies with the building manager. See PARAS - Professional Aerial Riggers Against The Sharks for some thoughts on who to contact. Some part of the building maintenance fees, or rent, should be going to maintaining the communal aerial system - insist that it is maintained.
The Digital UK predictor does show that there are a number of possibilities for the local transmitter, though the most likely is Sutton Coldfield. If the system is not channelised - only amplifying selected channels - your box could decide to tune in signals from a different transmitter rather than the best one that the aerial is pointing at, if it encounters that transmitter earlier in the scan. Try doing a manual retune using the frequencies at the top of the page. If that works, check whether your box automatically retunes itself - some do. If so, turn that feature off.
If a manual retune doesn't correct the problem, ask the building management to get the system properly set up, so that there is sufficient signal at the socket(s) in your flat. If the analogue pictures have also deteriorated, it's likely to be a system problem, and if it's affecting all residents, it probably is the aerial, or an amplifier, or an amplifier's power supply.
If the system *is* channelised, it will need to be retuned at switchover on 21 September. The levels might need to be corrected after the BBC high-power multiplex starts on 7 September.
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Monday, 15 August 2011
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Alex3:35 PM
Coventry
Sutton Coldfield Mux D appears to be down at the moment - I'm getting 0% signal quality - is it the same for anyone else?
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Gareth5:05 PM
Crewe
I have just retuned my digital box my bbc 1 is now Midland where as before it was Look north (Cheshire) done it 3 times same result, why. (roof aerial)
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Alex7:09 PM
Coventry
Your box may have moved your local BBC 1 channel into the 800 channel number range, have a look on the electronic programme guide on the box. It happens when the box detects two channels that are the same (from different transmitters), and can shuffle them around when retuning depending on which one has the better signal.
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Friday, 19 August 2011
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kate12:18 PM
Stourport-on-severn
can you tell me if i can get the sutton coldfield transmitter from stourport as i would like to get all the channels after switchover.
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kate: Yes, from 21st September 2011 you can get all the channels from Sutton Coldfield. Or Ridge Hill or Bromsgrovem should you want.
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