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.
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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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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 today to 06:50 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 today to 06:25 today BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 today to 04:52 today [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 yesterday to 04:52 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 yesterday to 06:25 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 yesterday to 04:52 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 yesterday to 06:25 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 yesterday to 06:25 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 yesterday to 04:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 yesterday to 06:25 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 yesterday to 04:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 yesterday to 06:25 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 yesterday to 04:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - Analogue BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:22 yesterday to 06:25 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 06:27 yesterday to 06:50 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 04:45 yesterday to 04:52 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Sutton Coldfield main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) Possible weak signal, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Grumpyoldman5:00 PM
Solihull
Terry:How did you get on? If you are still having problems with Wolfbane or Brian's suggestion, put up your post code and I will take a look.
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terry7:38 PM
Hi grumpyoldman had go to work today so have not had a look yet but my post code is B901ED if this is any good to you thanks again.Terry.
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jb387:46 PM
Grumpyoldman: I really don't think it would make much difference if Terry did try moving his aerial, as the Litchfield transmitter is only approx 4 miles away to the North East of Sutton Coldfield, this only requiring his aerial to have a "very" minor nudge to the right of where presently positioned.
Or put another way, for normal purposes if Litchfield was transmitting on a bit higher power, both it and Sutton could be picked up on just about the same angle from Terry's location.
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