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.
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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?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-midlands-today.jpg)
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-central.jpg)
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, 8 September 2011
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Dave Davies6:54 PM
I seem to be receiving all the channels fine here in Rugby but with most of the channel bouquets being given over to either cooking, game shows or late nite pornography I don't feel I would be missing much if I couldn't.
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dutchman
7:55 PM
7:55 PM
Mux A is definitely on Ch41, not Ch47
Also here in Coventry Mux 1 is now subject to random breakup, it was perfect before.
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dutchman: Yes, thus "Between the first and second stages of switchover at Sutton Coldfield, SDN will use channel 41 (8kW)." I will make a manual change to the page to reflect it at the top, rather than just in the footnotes.
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ezrapound: Yes, it says this above
"Wednesday 7th September 2011
ITV-1 swaps to C40. BBC TWO C43 closes. BBCA starts on C43. "
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After switchover frequency notes ():
Between the first and second stages of switchover at Sutton Coldfield, SDN will use channel 41 (8kW).
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dutchman
9:28 PM
9:28 PM
Thanks Briantist :o)
Can someone with a 'proper' signal strength meter (ie: not an STB readout) confirm that BBC A is now at full power because there is very little evidence of it here?
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dutchman: At *ALL* transmitters, BBCA operates at full power, now 200kW up from 8kW, that's +14dB.
Most set-top boxes will show a "signal overload" looking more-or-less like a "low signal" condition.
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samantha: Please check your equipment is not on the TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice list.
If is isn't you may have a signal overload, if you have you will need to remove any boosters or amplifiers from your system.
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dutchman
10:20 PM
10:20 PM
Thanks Briantist :o)
My Pioneer STB is showing 91% signal strength across all active channels, exactly the same as before DSO. Not saying it's accurate mind. There are no boosters in the system other than the distrib-amp for the communal system (10 flats).
Our contractor might be reluctant to make adjustments to every block on the estate for something which may only last two weeks.
Will try a makeshift attenuator later to see if that helps.
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Paul Kelly: I shall keep my finger crossed whilst you twiddle your thumbs.
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dutchman: You sometimes find that a communal system is "channelised", and contains a number of boosters for each of the require channels.
If these have changed at switchover (which they have) then the communal system will need changing to reflect the new channel allocations.
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