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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Saturday, 17 September 2011
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Philip Silverman6:20 PM
I have an LG LED HD Tv which was receiving good HD pictures prior to the 7th Sept On the morning of the 7th Sept the HD picture was very BLOCKY but after I retuned the tv
the HD picture disappeared altogether. Can you help please?
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Prog10:10 PM
I was about to try jb38's advice but selected automatic scan by mistake or more likely force of habit. I decided to let it run out of interest and lo and behold it found all the channels.
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Sunday, 18 September 2011
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John1:58 PM
Does anyone know if the BBC will increase the number of interactive channels on Freeview to the same number as Freesat after the switchover, when there is more bandwidth?
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Mike Dimmick8:11 PM
John: No. The BBC actually loses capacity at switchover, which is why they shut down the second and third interactive streams a couple of years ago.
Before switchover: 2 x 18 Mbit/s
After switchover: 1 x 24 Mbit/s
The BBC's second multiplex is converted to DVB-T2 at 40 Mbit/s to provide the HD services; they must provide the capacity directed by Ofcom to commercial PSB channels.
Arqiva's capacity increases from 2 x 18 Mbit/s to 2 x 24 Mbit/s. To allow new channels to launch before switchover completes, the BBC have agreed to match Arqiva's new capacity with the unused space on pre-switchover Mux B. Sky Sports 1 and 2 launched in this space (BT won the auction and Sky are required to wholesale the channels) which uses all the new capacity on Arqiva B. There are several transmitters that haven't yet got Arqiva A at full capacity - the final channel or power level isn't yet available - so nothing has yet launched in the new capacity there.
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Monday, 19 September 2011
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Chris10:25 AM
Stafford
I installed a Labgear free view box for my father inlaw yesterday and it only picked up the BBC digital channels. his ariel is attached to the chimney and is pointing at Sutton Coalfield i.e 21 channels only. Is this a problem with the transmitter or something else?
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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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Rick Homer1:29 PM
Coventry
Hi there,
I am helping a friend with her Freeview. I have replaced the cable from the aerial to her Samsung HDTV. This has a built in DTV decoder, all is working except that I cannot tune into any HD channels. Her location is CV8 2FT and her aerial is 'looking' directly at Sutton Coldfield. Should she be able to receive the same channels as Freesat and should she be able to receive Freeview HD directly on her HD TV?
Thanks very much
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Rick's: mapR's Freeview map terrainR's terrain plot wavesR's frequency data R's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Alan2:16 PM
Nuneaton
Rick
I don't think HD Service is available at your postcode until this Wednesday after final DSO. On/after 21st if you do a full re-scan you should get them if you have a HD receiver
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Dennis4:19 PM
Rick,the HD multiplex is still being broadcast from Lichfield,at the moment,and on low power.
Wait until Wednesday,when the service will transfer to Sutton Coldfield,and on high power,you should be OK, after you do another scan.
Ref getting Freeview HD directly on her HD TV the answer is yes,as long as it has a HD tuner DVB-T2,and not just a HD ready set.
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herbie6:46 PM
Ihave just reurned from changing over my mum in laws tv for her ,she comes in the suton coldfeild area . The next stage, is the 21 september , does the change over have to be done on that day or can I wait untill I go back up there at the w/end.25 september
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M W CARTER7:55 PM
Burton-on-trent
de13 9ah new tv,10 year old vcr should I still be able to record
M W Carter
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