Full Freeview on the Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 52.600,-1.835 or 52°36'1"N 1°50'5"W | B75 5JJ |
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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Saturday, 30 August 2014
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jb387:43 PM
richard: Well, the DY4 area can be as little as 10 miles away from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, and as such the area should in theory anyway, be capable of receiving a good signal from same, however, judging by what you have reported as far as the signal breaking up and disappearing on some days, then this gives rise to suspicion that although the transmitter is located at only 10 miles away you might not actually have a clear a line-of-sight to it, something which can cause problems not only related to atmospheric conditions, but also the surface condition of the terrain, meaning wet or dry.
This being another reason for requesting a reasonably accurate location, i.e: to enable the terrain checker site to be used as well as the signal level predictor, info obtained from both sites being based on a post code.
By the way, just to reiterate, according to DUK, all six multiplexes at Sutton Coldfield are radiating on 200Kw, COM7 being 89.22KW, and the local L-BRM Mux being on 10Kw.
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Monday, 1 September 2014
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Howard1:49 PM
What time is the digital retune happening on Wednesday 3rd September 2014?
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9:20 PM
9:20 PM
Howard The information given at http://www.a516digital.co…tml, which was updated today 1st September, does not appear to give a time but does detail how the changes will affect viewers. Another page says "On-screen messages will prompt viewers to retune on or after mid-afternoon on 3 September." which is not very precise! Hope that helps?
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John Herbert10:25 PM
Hello all does anyone no what the channel frequenciesare for sSutton Coldfield after the free viewupdate on wWednesday 3rd sSeptember cheers
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John Herbert10:28 PM
Sorry I meant to say frequencieschannel numbers 39 46 etc
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Tuesday, 2 September 2014
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Gordon Insley3:49 PM
John Herbert......
You will find that info listed here:
All free TV channels | ukfree.tv - 12 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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KEVIN GARDINER7:12 PM
Stourbridge
JOHN HERBERT, On wed 3rd Sept all the multiplexes are staying on the same frequencies as before. The only changes that are happening are that some tv channels are moving to another channel number, and some radio stations are moving multiplex.
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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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John Herbert10:55 PM
Thank you for your help OK do we then no when there are these other channels being added to freeviev and roughly then will there be anymore HDchannels added soon iIunderstand tthat's what this update is all about to make space for more channels
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John Herbert10:59 PM
Sorry was meant to say roughly when will these new channels be added do we no yet
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Matt11:13 PM
Hi everyone, I have been experiencing reduced signal for the past week and am wondering if this due to changes atmospheric pressure, as I'm sure this happens around this time of year to every year. Has anyone else experienced this?
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