Full Freeview on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 920,000 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 Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Sandy Heath 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Sandy Heath transmitter?
BBC Look East (West) 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Cambridge CB4 0WZ, 29km east-northeast (65°)
to BBC Cambridge region - 4 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 1.0m homes 3.7%
from Norwich NR1 3JG, 119km east-northeast (60°)
to ITV Anglia (West) region - 5 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (East)
How will the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1965-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | K T | K T | W T | W T | ||||
| C6 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | _local | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C43 | _local | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C51tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C52tv_off | ArqA | ||||||||
| 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 30 Mar 11 and 13 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 1000kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.4dB) 180kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-7.7dB) 170kW | |
| com7 | (-13dB) 49.6kW | |
| com8 | (-13.1dB) 49.1kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 20kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-20dB) 10kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sandy Heath transmitter area
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Saturday, 6 February 2016
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MikeB8:28 PM
coach: Dont assume that that channels are all that weak for you - check actual signal strength. It might be too high, hence the problem.
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Monday, 8 February 2016
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coach9:02 PM
MikeB: Thanks. All appears ok since "possible reduced power" has been taken off Sandy Heath status.
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Tuesday, 9 February 2016
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John9:53 AM
We have once again problems with Multiplex CH.52, picture breakup etc. We have always had excellent reception from Sandy Heath TX for the past 12 years. I cured it the other day by doing the reset and all was well but today SKY news etc is terrible.
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MikeB4:00 PM
John: Check signal strength - might be too high or low.
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John4:53 PM
MikeB: We have 3 other PVR's that get CH.52 Mux. Now the one which is having problems cannot even get CH.51 or CH.52 MUX. I am just wondering if one of the tuners might be faulty, although having said that I was able to reset and retune a couple of days ago and was able to retune to both those MUX's.
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MikeB5:59 PM
John: Check your aerial lead - if they are a bit dodgy, then the mux might not being picked up. At least its an easy check -just swap out the lead. Or just pop it into the socket where the other ones are - might be the feed.
My mystery at the moment is that at least one mux on my HD box is pretty poor, but yet the TV which is looped through the box has a perfect signal strength - can't understand that one at all.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016
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John12:54 PM
MikeB: Checked out the PVR in another room and had no trouble picking up Mux's CH.51 and CH. 52. All my aerial points were built into the house, but I suspect just this one in the main bedroom is faulty. I am getting a weak signal and Bit Rate error of 2000 just on those two and all the other Mux's are fine.
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Monday, 15 February 2016
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dave macready4:13 AM
My TV, Sony Bravia 32" keeps skipping chs 16 (wifes!) and 37 on many scans over several days.
I have done the no signal scan. I would like to try a manual scan but cannot find the channel numbers?
My two Freeview recorders are fine.
Regards, Dave.
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jb389:30 AM
dave macready: If you are referring to 16 QVC and Quest 37, both are broadcast by Sandy Heath's COM4 Mux on C51/ 714 Mhz.
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Tuesday, 16 February 2016
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Carole10:14 AM
Luton
Signal down in postcode area lu2 7ld.
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