Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
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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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) mast?
Sutton Coldfield transmitter - Sutton Coldfield transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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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Geoff Harrison7:21 PM
I also have lost the HD Multiplex from Lichfield here at LE9, Broughton Astley near Hinckley. It must be more than reduced power if those in Brum have also lost it.
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SimonW7:28 PM
Lost all HD channels on freeview - Birmingham B26.
Glad its not just me - lets hope they sort it soon as they are the only 4 channels I watch these days!
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lee7:30 PM
half got in the loft incase aerial moved aarrrggghhh inching (yes i have a dodgy install lol)
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lee7:35 PM
12 including myself in 2 hours!
unless all our aerials fell over simultaneously lol
Steve
Jev
Ezra Pound
Lesley
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clive goode
Peter
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Dennis
Geoff Harrison
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Dennis7:36 PM
I have just been on to Arqiva,not sure if they knew about it or not,but they DO now :)
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Reg7:38 PM
Halesowen
Same problem in Halesowen, channels 50-54 blank screen, then after re-turning don't appear at all in my list. I knew the HD signal was coming from Lichfield and heard it was due to be turned off during the digital switchover...I thought, though, that the HD channels were moving over to Sutton?
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Reg's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Geoff Harrison7:38 PM
And there's a smaller thread on digitalspy
Lichfield HD - Technical - Digital Spy Forums
We're not alone!
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Chris7:39 PM
Lichfield
In LIchfield, lost all freeview hd to.
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Chris's: mapC's Freeview map terrainC's terrain plot wavesC's frequency data C's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steven Dean7:39 PM
Yes BBC have definitely earned their licence fee this time(not!) I live in Sutton Coldfield and there are absolutely zero HD channels being broadcast now. Have re-tuned my Humax box about 6 times and also done a factory re-set and ... nothing.
Very poor administration when you think how long they have had to plan for this. Still the BBC these days do not care about their customers... look at how they mess about with HD quality and don't get me started about DAB ! lol.
Wonder how long they will take to fix this...
in time for the Christmas specials???
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Eliza Doolittle7:41 PM
This multiplex should still be with us until 21st September so something has gone wrong
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