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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Saturday, 12 October 2013
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jb387:55 PM
john: Yes please do!, because when dealing with problems such as yours it really does require an on site investigation to be made by someone armed with a proper signal meter, and as such look forward to your report on the aerial installers findings.
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Monday, 14 October 2013
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Lyn10:09 PM
I have lost all of my bbc channels on all three of my televisions?
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MikeB10:46 PM
Lyn: If they are on one aerial, then its the aerial system itself, perhaps a powered splitter?
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013
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john10:05 PM
Surprise surprise Sutton Coldfield transmitter doing engineering works again they do that more times lately than the council electric board water and gas have the road up its a joke why can't they just leave things alone
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Thursday, 17 October 2013
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john10:13 PM
Just a update people my picture break up etc could be to do with 4g mobile interference I have rang them and they done some diaonostic checks with me and said that is more than likely the problem so a engineer is coming out Monday to do some tests and if any problem is found they are going to fit me a filter which will sort the problem out
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MikeB11:19 PM
john: Have a look at Brianists page on 4G - the actual number of people being affected is probably pretty small, and if they didn't send you a filter (which was a precaution anyway), its unlikely your having a problem with 4G.
Check your signal strength - could be too high these days, or possibly loose cables.
Let us know what the chap says though, it would be interesting to see what the effects actually are.
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Monday, 21 October 2013
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john1:27 PM
A engineer has come round today from 4g and put a filter between the areal and mast head amp and everything is fine now so it was 4g interference after all
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
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Ezra Pound11:23 AM
Any news on the start date for COM7 from Sutton Coldfield?
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Michael1:40 PM
Ezra Pound: 10th December according to the Digital UK postcode checker.
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Saturday, 16 November 2013
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S.Eaton4:55 PM
Is there engineering work taking place at Sutton Coalfield Transmitter 16/11/13 @ 4.53pm - my freeview ITV channels have all vanished without trace - have done the re-tune etc but still no signals - NOT impressed with freeview !!!
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