Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - 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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Sutton Coldfield transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C43 (650.0MHz)	433m	DTG-	200,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C46 (674.0MHz)	433m	DTG-	200,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C40+ (626.2MHz)	433m	DTG-	200,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C42 (642.0MHz)	433m	DTG-8	200,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C45 (666.0MHz)	433m	DTG-8	200,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C39+ (618.2MHz)	433m	DTG-8	200,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LB	H -13dB	C48 (690.0MHz)	433m	DTG-12	10,000W
	from 31st October 2014: 7 Big Centre TV,

DTG-8 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	BBCtv_waves
C33						com7
C35						com8
C36						LOCAL2
C39					+ArqB	ArqB
C40		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C42					SDN	SDN
C43		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C45					ArqA	ArqA
C46		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C48						_local
C50_{tv_off}		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C51_{tv_off}						LB
C55_{tv_off}						com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}						COM8_{tv_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

Local transmitter maps

Sutton Coldfield Freeview Sutton Coldfield DAB Sutton Coldfield AM/FM Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Sutton Coldfield was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Meirion jenkins
8:00 PM

Will the mux that relays ,yesterday ,film 4 etc, return normal service to cefn mawr wrexham after sept 2011

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John Russell
1:05 PM

I live in (in the East Midlands)served by .
programmes are currently only available on weak .

Will BBC East Midlands programmes be available on freeview, from Sutton Coldfield after ? If not how can Derby Freeview Viewers get East Midlands programmes.

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Jean Timms
11:52 AM
Coventry

Help! We live in CV1 3GQ, a block of flats and don't know where the communal is, presumably IN the space. We have 2 televisions.On Thursday 11th August, we lost the ITV (not BBC)but they came back later. On Friday we could only receive the BBC channels plus Dave and a couple of freeview 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,Derby

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12:14 PM

John Russell; What is your postcode?- so a check can be made of predicted at your location. will continue to transmit after . The 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 from 31st August 2011, replacing the analogue BBC1 service. Most viewers in Derby will be able to receive the East Midlands service direct from when using a suitable . MuxBBCA (East Mids)is to be transmitted from Waltham at high from 17th August 2011.

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Mike Dimmick

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12:30 PM

Jean Timms: The responsibility for providing a good 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 UK predictor does show that there are a number of possibilities for the local , though the most likely is . If the system is not channelised - only amplifying selected - 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 . 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 at the socket(s) in your flat. If the 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 , or an amplifier's power supply.

If the system *is* channelised, it will need to be retuned at on 21 September. The levels might need to be corrected after the BBC high-power starts on 7 September.

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Alex
3:35 PM
Coventry

Mux D appears to be down at the moment - I'm getting 0% - is it the same for anyone else?

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Gareth
5:05 PM
Crewe

I have just retuned my box my bbc 1 is now Midland where as before it was Look north (Cheshire) done it 3 times same result, why. ( )

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Alex
7:09 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 that are the same (from different transmitters), and can shuffle them around when retuning depending on which one has the better .

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kate
12:18 PM
Stourport-on-severn

can you tell me if i can get the from stourport as i would like to get all the after .

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Briantist

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2:26 PM

kate: Yes, from 21st September 2011 you can get all the from . Or or Bromsgrovem should you want.

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