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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Thursday, 1 September 2011
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Steve6:24 PM
Update - I have spoken to BBC and they have no idea why the HD service has gone. My parents tv is also not receiving hd but I have asked them not to retune just in case they come back on some time soon. Do any of you techno boys and girls have any idea whats going on? I notice that the hd services are not listed on the sutton channel list above,how come when they have been working fine for the last 6 months. (52.4770,-1.4268)
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clive goode6:38 PM
Hinckley
Lost all my hd bbc itv and 4 please let me know what is going on le10 3lt
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Lesley6:40 PM
Sutton Coldfield
HD due to come from Lichfield until 21st September.
BBC and digital uk saying should be ok from Sutton Coldfield, although I'm pretty sure I was receiving from Lichfield until it went down.
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Steve6:46 PM
Lesley, I have done some more digging and you are correct HD should be coming from Lichfield until 21st but it looks like somebody has pulled the plug early.
HD is not listed from sutton -see channel list above on whats being trasmitted. (52.4770,-1.4268)
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Peter6:47 PM
I also lost all HD channels. Signal went at approx 2pm. I live in Olswinford (DY8) and have had been able to receive HD for months, aerial points to Sutton Coldfield but HD picked up from the Lichfield transmiier.
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Colin6:57 PM
Birmingham
I have no HD channels either i have telephoned Freeview and BBC and they both say there is no know issues but that dosnt mean there might not be one.Not that really helps?
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Colin7:04 PM
Birmingham
Just checked this and it still says no problems www.bbc.co.uk/reception do they know what they are doing??
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lee7:13 PM
same here hd channels gone (tamworth pointing at lichfield iirc)
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Lesley7:15 PM
Sutton Coldfield
Spoke to digital uk again, they say might be my equipment, too big a coincidence really as I'm not the only one and DSO so soon. Just to check I'm using a Sagemcom pvr anyone else the same?
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Dennis7:20 PM
Same with me in Tamworth,just switched on,glad its not just me.
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