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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter._______
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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Thursday, 3 October 2013
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john10:28 PM
Hi I live in the out skirts of Leicester my aerial is facing the Sutton cold field transmitter as I can't have it facing Waltham I have a booster fitted to my outdoor aerial but over the past couple of weeks I keep losing channel 3 and 4 and 5 and it says weak or no signal then comes back with picture jerky soon popping and bangin squealing. When I went to work Tuesday morning picture was perfect on 3 etc came home in evening picture all jerky jumpy breaking up any ides anyone thanx
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jb3811:48 PM
john: Your problem you refer to is most likely connected with the engineering work that is taking place at the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, an engineering notice to this effect currently being in force warning of possible interruptions to the service.
Just out of curiosity, why cant you have your aerial facing Waltham? not of course that this would always help as engineering work is also taking place at Waltham.
By the way, a post code is really required for questions of this sort in order to enable a more accurate assessment to be made of the situation.
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Friday, 4 October 2013
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john7:43 AM
Hi than for replying I can't have my aerial facing Waltham cause I'm in a block of flats at the back and the bloke who put my aerial up said he had not got a pole long enough to point the arterial over the top of the roof to face Waltham by the way this aerial goes directly in to my flat and is not shared with anyone else
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jb385:59 PM
john: I had a sneaking suspicion that you possibly resided in this type of situation, although its a bit unusual to have your own individual aerial installed.
However, although your post code is still unknown therefore I am unable to assess the chances of success, but dependant on the angle of Waltham in relation to that of Sutton Coldfield you "might" be able to receive a signal from Waltham on the rear (or near to) of your aerial.
To test this out go into your TV or boxes set up menu / manual tuning and enter "but do NOT scan" Walthams BBC mux on Ch49, because on most equipment if anything is being received the strength / quality of will appear on the signal indicator bar, if nothing is indicated then try Walthams ITV on mux Ch54, if still nothing then your Sutton facing aerial is likely to be positioned around 90 degrees or so from Waltham and which is an aerials area of minimum reception. (Ch49 be)
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Saturday, 5 October 2013
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john7:25 AM
Hi again yes I can pick the Waltham signal up but it goes from 28% to 98% up and down like a yo yo and of course picture break up so one second strong signal then back down low.by the way these engineering works they are doing at the Sutton Coldfield transmitter is it any thing to do with this new mobile phone 4g service so it doesn't interfere with the tele frequencies or just routine maintenance do you no cheers thanx
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Sunday, 6 October 2013
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jb388:53 AM
john: As far as the signal level vaulting around is concerned, although the engineering work being carried out at Waltham could well be playing a role, however the effect of any temporary power reductions that "may" take place would appear worse at the receiving end if an aerial is not positioned exactly on the signal path, or in your case at 180 degrees from the Waltham transmitter, as signals received in many areas can fluctuate at the best of times but with this generally not being noticed if an aerial is perfectly aligned on the TX, because if not, then reflections of the signal from objects on either side of the signal path come into play to a much greater extent and with this resulting in a higher percentage of level changes being seen.
By the way, the work being carried out at Sutton C, or any station if it comes to it, apart from frequency changing is not even remotely connected with 4G, but more concerned with the additional local commercial channels coming into action next year.
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Monday, 7 October 2013
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john10:15 PM
I will tell you also my set up is I have a free view humax HD recorder fox t2 500 GB and a Samsung television with HD built in as well the BBC channels are fine through my TV tuner but not ITV as I have said in other email but if I take aerial out of back of humax and plug direct to TV aerial ITVis fine and stable as is wwatching ITV through humax tuner when aerial goes through humax first picture breaks a little now and again but still you can watch no prob and same with HD channels through both tempory loss some time but pic comes back perfect that's it basically
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Tuesday, 8 October 2013
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john10:07 PM
I have just been watching tele and have noticed this problem with my picture breaking up is on frequency 674000 MHz channel 46 bit error level rate 2000 sky high in the red
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Michael10:15 PM
john: And the other channels....? You need to find out if it's just that one or the whole lot of them.
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Michael10:16 PM
Michael: Should've added: check the signal on channels 1, 3, 10, 11, 18 and 101.
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