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, 30 May 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:33 PM
10:33 PM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 18:18 today to 20:27 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 31 May 2015
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bill smith2:54 AM
Time 02.45, BBC channels, pick, sky news ,itv3,movie mix,movies for men,quest, could not receive any signal from these channels.
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Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 18:18 yesterday to 20:27 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 18:18 on 30 May to 20:27 on 30 May. [BBC]
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Sunday, 7 June 2015
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S Jackson 7:06 PM
Hi is there any problems tonight? Our dignal has just dropped out.
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Monday, 8 June 2015
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Nick Gaunt9:48 PM
ITV1 and channel 4 are dropping out BBC1 OK. Any transmitter problems?
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MikeB10:16 PM
Nick Gaunt: Look at the top of the page - it says everything is fine. Might not be, but most likely to be your system.
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Monday, 22 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
SUTTON COLDFIELD transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Wednesday, 1 July 2015
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dave1:34 PM
my neighbor who lives about ten doors down has lost channels 10,20,61 where as i am recieving them all with full signal i have took out her aerial and re tuned with no signal then plugged the aerial back in and re tuned still missing these channels could it be work you are doing or is it likely to be her aerial
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dave1:40 PM
Redditch
my neighbor who lives ten doors down has suddenly lost channels 10,20,61,and HD channels 1,2,3.i have taken the aerial out of the back of the TV and tuned it without then i plugged the aerial back in and re tuned but the channels are still missing is this due to any work you are doing as in my house i am still getting these channels and with a good signal our post code is b97 6ns
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