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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Monday, 16 December 2013
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brian3:10 PM
when will the red button service be availible on the new bbc freeview hd channels .
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013
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KEVIN GARDINER12:29 PM
Stourbridge
Brian, from what I've read, it doesn't seem that such a service on HD will be in operation any time soon due to bandwidth considerations, but I'm sure that when standard freeview is switched off and the new HD standard is fully launched 1n 2018, I'm sure they will bring a red button service online then.
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KEVIN's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby2:18 PM
KEVIN GARDINER: The suggested plan for 2018 is for the COM muxes to run as SFNs on C22, C25, C28 using DVB-T2. Some services on each mux might be HD, but others could opt to remain SD in order to fit in more services and save on transmission costs. PSB1 and PSB2 might, depending on the proportion of viewers still using DVB-T only receivers, continue in SD as at present but in some areas they would be allocated frequencies vacated by the COM muxes where this is necessary in order to clear C49 to C60.
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Friday, 20 December 2013
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KEVIN GARDINER4:31 PM
Stourbridge
At the present time, the take up of freeview HD equipment, integrated TV's etc, stands at just 15%, even though the transmission coverage of HD in the uk is at 50%.The powers that be need to get a good advertising campaign going demonstrating the advantages of the HD format, thus encouraging the take up of HD equipment. IF the take up stays at it is in the forthcoming years, then the 2018 switch over date will have to be re-drawn, as I believe take up of HD equipment has to reach 90% of households before a full switchover to the new HD standard can go ahead. Thus in the meantime, we have to have multiplexes of standard and HD channels running along side each other.
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KEVIN's: mapK's Freeview map terrainK's terrain plot wavesK's frequency data K's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael5:21 PM
KEVIN GARDINER: Transmission coverage of HD on Freeview is 98.5%, exactly the same as the rest of the PSB channels.
And not sure where you get your figure of 15% for Freeview HD equipment - according to the BBC it's "more than half, ... rising to 90% in 2019" who have the ability to watch in HD - some might only be able to watch via satellite/cable but I don't think that will by 40% of them! BBC - Blogs - About the BBC - CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD & BBC News HD launch Tuesday 10 December 2013
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Michael: Could the difference in figures be down to percentage of receiving devices versus number of properties with at least one HD receiving device?
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Dave Hagen.5:32 PM
Michael:
Hi Dave Hagen here,does anyone know when the rest of the H.D. channels are due to launch in the Tyne Tees area from Pontop Pike.Cheers in anticipation.
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Michael: It should say "Could the difference in figures be down to percentage of receiving devices which are HD versus number of *properties* with at least one HD receiving device?"
It is not uncommon for these types of statistics to only count the "main" television or radio and disregard those in other rooms.
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Dave Hagen.: Some time in 2014. Digital UK Coverage Checker doesn't give a date yet. Enter your postcode here and click "Detailed view":
Digital UK - Coverage checker
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Dave Hagen.: Be aware that the new HD multiplex will be out of Group C/D, so if you haven't had your C/D aerial replaced with a wideband one, you could, potentially, need to in order to get these new services.
The stronger the signal is, the more chance you have of getting away with a C/D aerial.
For an explanation of aerial Groups, see:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
The new multiplex will be on C33. Current Pontop channels range from 49 to 59. A small proportion of Pontop users are unlikely to be able to receive the new multiplex because it's on lower power.
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