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 25/11/2024 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, 23 June 2012
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kevin11:18 PM
Nottingham
For the last 3 weeks or so i have lost all bbc channels (apart from HD) in NG5 4LH, my TV has inboard freeview and the signal is from Sutton Coldfield, the screen shows no or week signal any ideas
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Thursday, 28 June 2012
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IPG Derwent11:37 AM
Warwick
My antenna serves a block of flats. It is directed at the Leamington Spa transmitter. I understand that this transmitter only delivers a 'light' service. Is this the reason why I only receive a small range of Freeview programmes? Should the antenna be turned towards either the Lark Stoke transmitter, or the one at Sutton Coldfield?
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IPG Derwent: This is correct.
Unfortunately the UK now has a two-tier terrestrial transmitter network. It is likely that viewers will wish to receive from full service transmitters where possible.
Leamington Spa transmitter only carries the Public Service channels because the Commercial broadcasters don't wish to invest in it.
Looking on Streetview, there are buildings on the other side of Coventry Road receiving from Sutton Coldfield, and these are as high as yours, so it may be a possibility.
Obstructions such as buildings and trees can cause difficulty with reception. However, your chances could be increased by virtue of the fact that you are in a two-storey building.
Some aerials, particularly those installed in the days of four-channel analogue, only work with certain bands of frequencies (those frequencies that the designated transmitter uses/used). Should this be the case then a Leamington Spa aerial won't be suitable for Sutton Coldfield. If it is a wideband, then it will be suitable.
Recepion from Lark Stone would appear extremely unlikely, according to the Digital UK predictor.
I suppose that it will probably be down to your landlord to do something.
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Friday, 29 June 2012
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Steve F10:25 AM
Solihull
BBC 1 keeps freezing intermitently. Have only noticed in last 3 weeks.
B91 3JU Roof Arial.
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Steve F: Check that you are tuned Sutton Coldfield for BBC, and not The Wrekin. Do this by bringing up the signal strength screen whilst on BBC One. It should say C43 for Sutton Coldfield and not C26 which is The Wrekin.
If you find that you are tuned to The Wrekin, run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged for the first 30% to miss out scanning of The Wrekin's channels.
If it is tuned to Sutton Coldfield, then maybe it is the signal level which is verging on being excessive. See Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012
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gillian2:14 PM
Either it is no digital/or it keeps breaking up and not able to watch it for two days now. HELP 17 July 2012
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Thursday, 19 July 2012
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Lee Warr3:53 PM
Question, for about the last week when I watch TV late at night (after Midnight) the picture pixelates and the signal and bit error rate goes up and down making it unwatchable. This only happens at night. Do they turn the transmitter down at night? Also it works fine in the day and all connections are sound. From my roof where the digital aerial is you can see the Sutton Transmitter. Any ideas?
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Saturday, 18 August 2012
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Kim10:56 AM
Coventry
Have had very poor signal strength approx 29% from the Sutton Coldfield Transmitter, affecting all channels for last 48 hours. Aerial on roof. Have switched off & retuned but no improvement. Weather has been worse without affecting reception & as far as I can tell nothing in the neighbourhood has changed. Anything else I can do?
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Sam2:31 PM
Nottingham
I live in a block of flats (a converted mill) in Arnold, Nottingham and recieve signal from here.
The past week, particularly yesterday, my signal has been very bad @Kim
My signal goes off every Saturday, without fail, at 2:15pm, for a few hours. Any ideas anyone?
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Terry likes cactii7:48 PM
@Kim & @Sam, as above, we have had a poor signal for probably two weeks or so. Actually, thinking about it, last night I gave up with TV and put the radio on.
@Sam, we had a similar problem many years ago, we checked for local interferrence for 2 miles and there was no consitent identifiable source.
It was interesting how you could state the times the channels would stop and start.
Sorry, not much help, but at least you know others have had the same problem.
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