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?
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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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Friday, 23 September 2011
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Aerialman5:54 PM
Thank you,Briantist.It seems logical,but no information has been released as yet from Digital uk etc.
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MikeS7:26 PM
Birmingham
prior the the switchover i received all freeview channels including HD.
Now I get 70ish channels and no HD at all signal strenth/quality is strong, but,
Ch40 shows strong signal strength but zero quality.
I think the whole switchover has been handled very, very poory in terms of HD. (theres no mention of losing it the service as as so many people seem to have done)
I've retried auto and manaul retunes with still noHD. also using a smalller aerial in xase it was a too strong signal problem, but with no difference
in B37 7HT aerial @ sutton.
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MikeS's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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keith8:04 PM
since the switchover on 21st, i retuned i got all the same channels as i got before but no sound on any of the channels, the picture is perfect and the signal indicator on screen is full for all channels, but no sound, can anyone advise me.
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Dave Davies8:06 PM
Have five MUX's perfectly in Rugby but CH40 HD shows nothing. Manual scan of digibox and computer DVB-T device shows no signal on CH 40 at all. No big deal but I wonder why.
Had to retune the computer (Linux + Kaffeine) using the old settings for Waltham?. SC came up scan failed. Am I right in thinking there was a major MUX/ Frequency change?.
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jb388:21 PM
Dave Davies: Any device used for receiving Freeview has to be fitted with a DVB-T2 tuner to be able to receive HD, not DVB-T, thats the problem with a multitude of TV's seen about that have a label stating "HD Ready", insomuch they can only show an HD quality image if connected to an external HD device, and are not not actually capable of receiving it.
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jb389:39 PM
keith: I would carry out a factory reset to see if that cures the problem, or take the aerial out an carry out a scan without it, this blanking out anything stored, then after re-connecting carry out a further scan to load the channels back in again.
Also if by any chance its a box you are using, then make sure that the scart connection at both ends is fully located.
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Saturday, 24 September 2011
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P Cairns7:40 AM
I have Freeview and subscribed to ESPN and Sky Sports, I live in Worcester and have lost both channels due to the Bromsgrove Transmitter. I have read that I need a wideband aerial. I went into a TV shop and was told that an indoor wideband aerial would be no good at all(i live in a flat) and that even a new wideband aerial on the roof wouldnt probably solve the problem. I dont wish to waste money on trying to get channels back, as usual topuptv didnt have the manners to email anyone and tell them that channels would disappear. If the cost is too high I will cancel the channels asap.
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Billy2:38 PM
My sympathies P Cairns....
It depends, what side you on, might look ugly, but can have aerial, like I do satellite dish, inside, be surprised sometimes how well it can work and how robust the signals are.
I have trouble with channel 39 most, figures, one with Sky Sports 1 and 2 on of course....
Stuck if you do not roughly face the transmitter way, on other side etc.
But if you do, worth experimenting with perhaps.
Maplins offers on at moment, log periodic one, mine was different from advertised and better still, but with an amplifier that it comes with, it might help, but again, all dependent on you being on the right facing side to the transmitter.
Hope that helps, :).
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jb383:20 PM
P Cairns: Just out of curiosity, when you say that you lost ESPN etc due to the Bromsgrove transmitter, where were you receiving your signal from before? as I cant quite see the connection between Bromsgrove and and you losing these programmes, unless that is you have carried out a re-scan and its Bromsgrove you have picked up.
If this is whats happened, then all you would require to do is to manually tune in the station you previously used, more than one indicating as being possible, so maybe you could mention the station previously used.
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John Allen7:39 PM
What has happened to ESPN from Sutton Coldfield?
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