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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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
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Mike Dimmick2:00 PM
john: New satellite-grade - dense copper braid over copper foil outer conductor - cables should sort out pick-up of electrical noise.
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Mike Dimmick2:09 PM
Paul Kelly: *Just* Russia Today, or also all other channels on Multiplex D (see above)?
Mux D on C55 is out-of-group and subject to more interference than the others because Winter Hill ArqB also uses C55. Depending on the weather conditions, the effect of this co-channel interference could be greater or lesser on a particular day. The effect does depend on where you are - people particularly affected will be those whose aerials point in that direction or who are in the north-west of Sutton Coldfield's coverage area.
This channel clash goes away in two weeks, and all post-DSO transmissions from Sutton Coldfield are within group.
If it is just that one channel, your box might have trouble with a large NIT - see http://www.digitaluk.co.u…tnit for a partial list - or not have enough memory. If you have a number of channels in the 800s, or other duplicates elsewhere in the channel list, try doing a full reset with the aerial unplugged and then manually retune using the channel numbers above - the middle line, except for BBC A on C43, and Mux A has moved from C47 to C41 for the next two weeks.
The current low-power HD transmissions are actually from Lichfield, which also transmits analogue Channel 5. It's referred to as being from Sutton Coldfield in many sources, as the transmitters are so close together and supposed to serve roughly the same area. For people very close, though, they may not be close enough together for the aerial to pick up both well enough.
High-power post-DSO HD transmissions will come from Sutton Coldfield; they start at stage 2 on the 21st. If analogue BBC Two is currently good quality you shouldn't have any trouble.
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Joanne 3:03 PM
Birmingham
AB - They haven't come back as yet :(
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Joanne's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Janet White: A rooftop aerial is required for stable Freeview reception, indoor aerials are generally unsuitable.
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Paul Kelly4:02 PM
Thanks Mike, you are correct it is mux d, 5 or 6 channels lost. I am in Stoke so NW of SC, typical :) Just tested for BBC2 & we have no analog BBC1 & BBC2 at all! Even more typical! How can I remedy this? Thanks for helping. PK.
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Wendy Wheeldon4:19 PM
Derby
I have a Sony Bravia HD ready TV and a Sony SVR-HDT500 Hard Disk recorder and despite web site saying HD channels have been available in my area since March 2010 I cannot get any HD channels at all. I have an ordinary(Yagi) aerial on the roof and have never had reception problems with any other freeview channels. I have retuned both today but still no HD.
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Wendy's: mapW's Freeview map terrainW's terrain plot wavesW's frequency data W's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb386:03 PM
Wendy Wheeldon: Indications are that you should be able to receive Freeview from Sutton Coldfield as well as Waltham, however what you have mentioned suggests that you are using Sutton, and its HD service on Mux Ch34 (from "Hints" Litchfield) is operating on low power until the 21st of this month, so its very unlikely you would be able to receive it irrespective of what might be seen published.
I initially suspected that your TV might not be capable of HD reception, but I checked the spec and indications are that it is fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner.
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jb386:07 PM
Wendy Wheeldon: Further to what said, you could try manually tuning it in on Mux Ch34, as sometimes a manual tune will pick up a signal where an auto-tune wont, but I still doubt that you will receive it.
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